Ruby 1.9 is just around the corner, so it looks like a good time to
create a new edition of Programming Ruby. So, I’m pleased to announce
that the Third Edition of the PickAxe has just entered beta.
Here’s the plan. I’m starting with the second edition text and going
through it revising for 1.9 changes. So far I’m done the first 120
pages or so. When you look at the beta book, you’ll see some pages
with red headers and footers, and others with gray. The red pages are
updated content, and the gray pages are content from the second
edition. Over time, more and more pages will turn red, until the book
is done.
Matz is still making changes to 1.9 functionality. This book will
track these changes, so that it will mirror what 1.9 becomes as we
move towards an eventual release. We won’t go to press until Ruby has
stabilized.
We’re experimenting with something different for this book. With all
our other titles, a fresh edition counts as a brand new book, and has
to be bought again. With this edition, we’re offering substantial
discounts to owners of the existing second edition (if those books or
PDFs were bought from us).
To get these discounts (and, remember, you have to have bought the
books directly from us to qualify) simply create an account (or log
in to your existing account) on http://pragprog.com. You’ll find
buttons on your account page which let you buy at a discount.
Ruby 1.9 is just around the corner, so it looks like a good time to
create a new edition of Programming Ruby. So, I’m pleased to announce
that the Third Edition of the PickAxe has just entered beta.
We’re experimenting with something different for this book. With all
our other titles, a fresh edition counts as a brand new book, and has
to be bought again. With this edition, we’re offering substantial
discounts to owners of the existing second edition (if those books or
PDFs were bought from us).
To get these discounts (and, remember, you have to have bought the
books directly from us to qualify) simply create an account (or log
in to your existing account) on http://pragprog.com. You’ll find
buttons on your account page which let you buy at a discount.
Oh no! My dog-eared copy of the 2nd edition was bought from a local
merchant of dead tree products. Doesn’t make me any less a loyal
customer. ;-(
Hopefully you guys can add some extra helpful pages especially about the
Ruby-C bridge. For me this would be the most interesting aspect for
various reasons.
Hopefully you guys can add some extra helpful pages especially about the
Ruby-C bridge. For me this would be the most interesting aspect for
various reasons.
And I also hope that the Tk chapter has been updated with new ttk
(Tile widget)
which is provide with the new Tk-8.5 version.
The question is which from ruby-1.9 or tcl/tk-8.5 will be release
first ??
tcl/tk-8.5rc2 has just been released, so probably we’ll have both
ruby-1.9 and wish-8.5 for Christmas
(should be another subject?..)
I also hope that the ruby-tk gurus test the binding of the
“to be realeased” Tk-8.5 against ruby-1.9.
(I’d dream that the Tk toolkit is provided with ruby lib so that
ruby
would provide a GUI out of the box)
