From: Oscar Del Ben <thehcdreamer@...>
Date: 2008-06-14T05:38:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Documenting Networking in Ruby. Any volunteer

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2008/6/13, Victor Reyes <victor.reyes@gmail.com>:
>
> Team,
>
> Is there a good book exclusively devoted to Networking in Ruby?
>
> As I continue learning and struggling on my journey to become a Rubyst (is
> it Rubist?), I noticed that my suffering could be lessen if I could put my
> hands on a good Ruby book exclusively dedicated to networking.
> Something like "Networking in Ruby" or "Ruby in a Networked World" or
> something to that effect. That book would collect all the current knowledge
> in network programming, as it relates to Ruby:
>
>
>    1. Sockets - This would describe all type of socket programming.
>    2. HTTP with all its variations.
>    3. Threads as it relates to Inter-Process Communications.
>    4. NET
>    5. SSL
>    6. SSH
>    7. FTP
>    8. EventMachine
>    9. GServer
>    10. DB (DB2, Oracle, PostGres, MySql) communications.
>    11. ...and everything else I missed here, which I bet is more than what
> I
>    listed here!
>
>
> To be successful and useful the book must go beyond what's covered on RDoc.
> It should have myriads of examples for people that learn by example, like
> I.
> The book should also cover the major platforms *NIX, Mac, Wintel.
> It should also cover networking on small devices such as cell phones, etc.
> I
> think all the info is already loosely available and it is just matter of
> putting things together.
>
> I might be asking for too much!
>
> Any comments!
>
> Thanks you
>
>
> Victor





Well, it's not possible to cover all what you are looking for in one book.
Probably one for each section should do the job.

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