2012, ISBN: 9780835912303

Pragmatic Bookshelf. Very Good. 7.5 x 0.89 x 9 inches. Paperback. 2012. 280 pages. <br>Learn from legendary Japanese Ruby hacker Masatosh i Seki in this first English-language book … More...

Pragmatic Bookshelf. Very Good. 7.5 x 0.89 x 9 inches. Paperback. 2012. 280 pages. <br>Learn from legendary Japanese Ruby hacker Masatosh i Seki in this first English-language book on his own Distributed Ruby library. You'll find out about distributed computing, advan ced Ruby concepts and techniques, and the philosophy of the Ruby way---straight from the source. dRuby has been part of the Ruby standard library for more than a decade, yet few know the true po wer of the gem. Completely written in Ruby, dRuby enables you to communicate between distributed Ruby processes as if there were n o boundaries between processes. This is one of the few books that covers distributed and parallel programming for Ruby developers. The dRuby Book has been completely updated and expanded from it s Japanese version, with three new chapters written by Masatoshi- san. You'll find out about the design concepts of the dRuby libra ry, and walk through step-by-step tutorial examples. By building various distributed applications, you'll master distributed progr amming as well as advanced Ruby techniques such as multithreading , object references, garbage collection, and security. Then you'l l graduate to advanced techniques for using dRuby with Masatoshi- san's other libraries, such as eRuby and Rinda---the Ruby version of the Linda distributed tuplespace system. In the three new cha pters, you'll see how to integrate dRuby and eRuby, get a thoroug h grounding in parallel programming concepts with Rinda, and crea te a full text search system using Drip. Step by step, you'll g ain mastery of dRuby and distributed computing. What You Need: Ruby 1.9.2 or above. All exercises were run on OS X, though it sh ould work on any operating system. You are expected to be comfort able reading Ruby code, as we do not explain basic syntax. Edito rial Reviews About the Author Author Masatoshi Seki is a Ruby c ommitter and an author of several Ruby standard libraries includi ng dRuby, eRuby, and Rinda. He's an expert in object-oriented pro gramming, distributed systems, and eXtreme programming. His favor ite Ruby methods are method_missing and inject. He's the author o f Distributed Object Programming with dRuby and Distributed Web P rogramming with dRuby, of which this book is an updated and expan ded translation. </div ., Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2012, 3, Reston Publishing Company. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included., Reston Publishing Company, 2.5<