# Ruby Best Practices (O'Reilly) now a Rough Cut

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**Created:** [November 6, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-best-practices-oreilly-now-a-rough-cut/152661 "2008-11-06T05:17:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-best-practices-oreilly-now-a-rough-cut/152661/1 "2008-11-06T05:17:54Z")

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Hi folks,

Since RubyConf is a great time for announcements, I’ve got one I’d  
like to share.  
I’ve been relatively quiet about this, but I’ve been working on a book  
for O’Reily titled “Ruby Best Practices.”

With just under 90 pages of content, we’ve released this as a rough  
cut which is now available for purchase:  
[http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596156749/](http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596156749/)

The purpose of this book is to provide something fun for folks who  
have learned the Ruby language but want to write code and ‘think’ like  
a Rubyist. To do this, I’m using a lot of examples from real  
projects, some of which is my own code, other samples are from more  
prominent folks who I’ve become friends with over the years.

The book is being watched over by an excellent group of internal  
reviewers that I put together, many of whom are regular contributors  
here on RubyTalk. However, the more eyes the better, so please  
consider picking up the rough cut if you’d like to help provide  
feedback.

This book will become a community resource under the Creative Commons  
NC-SA license 9 months after its print publication, so hopefully it  
will become a valuable resource that stays relevant and up to date  
over time. But if you’re interested in getting involved right now,  
please pick up a copy and start submitting feedback.

Also, if you manage to pick one up and read it while RubyConf is still  
going on, you can catch up with me and tell me what you think in  
person, which would be great.

-greg