From: Paul van Delst Date: 2006-08-03T00:55:10+09:00 Subject: Re: R: Ruby Cookbook David Riccitelli wrote: > A must-buy. > > Le informazioni trasmesse attraverso la presente e-mail ed i suoi allegati sono diretti > esclusivamente al destinatario e devono ritenersi riservati con divieto di diffusione e > di uso. La diffusione e la comunicazione da parte di soggetto diverso dal destinatario > � vietata dall'art. 616 e ss. c.p. e dal d. l.vo n. 196/03. Se la presente e-mail ed i > suoi allegati fossero stati ricevuti per errore da persona diversa dal destinatario > siete pregati di distruggere tutto quanto ricevuto e di informare il mittente con lo > stesso mezzo. > > > -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Morton Goldberg [mailto:m_goldberg@ameritech.net] > Inviato: mercoled� 2 agosto 2006 13.09 A: ruby-talk ML Oggetto: Ruby Cookbook > > Anyone care to post their first impressions on Ruby Cookbook? I haven't seen it yet. > I'd like hear what others think of it before buying or not. Disclaimer: I'm a total Ruby newbie, so anything that collects together a great deal of information and examples about Ruby in one place is going to be looked upon favourably. I've found the Ruby Cookbook to be an essential companion to the pickaxe book. The layout of the Cookbook is an easier format for me to access - the problems are listed in the contents, logically grouped, so I can go directly to where a potential solution awaits. I was always flipping through the pickaxe book (paper and pdf) looking for a particular example (that I was *sure* I saw just a few pages back :o) hence my liking the Cookbook layout. And even the examples for the first couple of chapters (string and number manipulation) are replete with nuggets of Ruby that you can apply in other situations as well. The one thing that would make this book better would be if it was available in pdf format like the pickaxe book. :o) cheers, paulv -- Paul van Delst Ride lots. CIMSS @ NOAA/NCEP/EMC Eddy Merckx Ph: (301)763-8000 x7748 Fax:(301)763-8545