From: Markus Jais <info@...>
Date: 2002-04-03T04:13:35+09:00
Subject: RE: [ANN] Announcing New Ruby Book Under Development!

james@rubyxml.com wrote:

>>
>> Everybody:
>>
>> Just thought the community would like to know that it's
>> official: We'll be writing a new book on Ruby for Sams
>> Publishing. The "Ruby Developer's Handbook" (not to be confused
>> with the excellent "Ruby Developer's
>> Guide" by Syngress) is slated for release in January, 2003 --
>> we're just now signing the contract and solidifying the Table of
>> Contents.
>>
> 
> This is great news.   I, too, am working on a Ruby book (on beginning Ruby
> programming), and I'd like to suggest starting a Wiki page for Ruby book
> authors.  It could be used to track suggestions for books, list topics
> that folks think should be in different types of books (e.g., advanced
> books should cover X, beginner books should be sure to explain Y),
> suggested example code (whether actual short programs, or thoughts on
> larger example
> applications),  and the like.
> 
> I, for example, would really like to know what Ruby newbies find
> troublesome or confusing, so I can be sure to address them.

hello
what I heard from some friends is that "yield" is sometimes confusing,
that is there are question like
- what is is good for
- how do I use it effectivly

I think this is because something like "yield" does not exists in many 
common languages like Java, C++ or Perl.

if there will be a web page for ruby book development, I will post this
there too.

markus


> 
> Comments?
> 
> 
> James