Programming Ruby 1.9 : the pragmatic programmers' guide / Dave Thomas with Chad Fowler and Andy Hunt.

Includes index

Previous ed.: 2005

Includes bibliographical references (p. 891) and index

Getting started -- Ruby.new -- Classes, objects, and variables -- Containers, blocks, and iterators -- Sharing functionality: inheritance, modules, and mixins -- Standard types -- Regular expression -- More about methods -- Expressions -- Exceptions, catch, and throw -- Basic input and output -- Fibers, threads, and processes -- Unit testing -- When trouble strikes -- Ruby and its world -- Namespaces, source files, and distribution -- Character encoding -- Interactive Ruby shell -- Documenting Ruby -- Ruby and the web -- Ruby and Microsoft Windows -- The Ruby language -- Duck typing -- Metaprogramming -- Reflection, objectspace, and distributed Ruby -- Locking Ruby in the safe -- Built-in classes and modules -- Standard library -- Extending Ruby

Ruby 1.9 is the latest version of Ruby. It has many compelling features, including multinationalization support, new block scoping, and better performance. At the same time, the current Ruby 1.8 is still being maintained and is widely used