# TextMate book now in beta

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 12, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/textmate-book-now-in-beta/68423 "2006-09-12T16:45:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![dirtytree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@dirtytree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dirtytree)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/textmate-book-now-in-beta/68423/1 "2006-09-12T16:45:12Z")

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Folks:

Sorry for the commercial, but I’m excited about this one. I’ve been  
using TextMate for most of my work for a year now—if you’re on a  
Mac, it really is the best tool for writing Ruby code. So when James  
Edward G. II offered to write a book on TextMate, I jumped at it.  
James helps maintain the Ruby support in TextMate, and this knowledge  
comes across strongly in the book. I know I learned a lot from  
reading what’s there so far.

Anyway, today we’re announcing the released of the book in beta form–  
the final version should be out early in the new year. There’s more  
information at [http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/textmate](http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/textmate)

Cheers

Dave