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Sold by greatbookprices1 About this product Product Information This is just a small Ruby book. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. This is just a small Ruby book. So, yes, please distribute it and print it and read it leisurely in your housecoat.
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I don't know if I should mark this as read. I've gotten half way through the book and I've given up. It's just not my cup of tea. I'm not a Ruby beginner, so nothing to gain there. I do hope no one has considered the examples to be good form. Some are very poor. The "story" is completely impossible for me to follow.
I've enjoyed my share of absurd, dark humor, but this one didn't work for me. I'm taking a risk because perhaps it all makes sense in the end. Taking nothing away from Why. He is mu I don't know if I should mark this as read. He is much respected and my silly opinion on this one bit of his legacy should not diminish others' thoughts on him in any way. View 1 comment. Shelves: programming , ruby. I decided to read this book based on Ryan Grove's of wonko. Lots of unique humor that is usually completely off topic and engaging cartoon characters made this one of the best programming books I've read thus far.
Actually, I'd say it's one of the best books I've read thus far. The ending was pretty depressing in my opinion.
There's a pretty sad story buried in here. It did however contain a few errors, but I think that could be a good thing reminds me of an old math I had teacher who preferred us to have books with errors in them because it forced us to learn. Apr 23, Ruby Tombstone Lives! Programming huh? And here I was, thinking someone had finally gotten around to writing my unauthorised biography. Jun 10, Gaelan D'costa rated it it was amazing Shelves: comics-graphic-novels-manga , life-changing , computer-science , ruby.
Whenever I feel down and out about my profession, I come back to this book to remember that there are people who may one day actually overcome this supposed split between the humanities and the technologies that modern society seems to function under.
This is the first positive answer to the question of whether computer science can be adapted without appropriation into works of art. Beyond that, this is actually a pretty excellent Ruby tutorial. As an experienced programmer, I may be banking on previously earned knowledge which means I cannot necessarily speak for a total newcomer. However, you'll spend half an hour reading up on some seemingly nonsensical tale of Dr. Charn or Why's daughter's organ teacher or what have you, only to find that underneath the whim you have been shown exactly the principles that you will then take ten minutes internalizing in Ruby code.
The only knock is that sometimes the whimsy runs on a bit thick and doesn't hold well enough to be more than charmingly bloated words of wonder. At those moments you may either wish for another code example or perhaps just for the foxes to get on with their tale instead of wallowing in existential despair.
Jan 18, rory rated it liked it. Not a great way to learn Ruby, but it deserves credit as the first and, as far as I know, only novel written about Ruby, and for its contribution to Ruby culture.
Oct 24, Enno rated it did not like it. I refuse to finish this awful book. This book is pure awesomeness!!! It's by far the weirdest, coolest, and overall greatest introduction to a programming language ever written. Must read for so many different reasons. Feb 20, Ivan rated it really liked it. This guy is positively insane : I suspect, Ruby-related stuff from the book could be fit on to a single A4 cheat sheet, while a number of story lines included made the thing bloat quite a bit.
I'm not sure if it could insensibly infect someone from non-IT folks with enough of dose Ruby, but anyway I found it really fascinating read. This book is also a great example of common geekish English - I'll use stories from it as a reference themes for small talk in case I'll have too much attention from This guy is positively insane : I suspect, Ruby-related stuff from the book could be fit on to a single A4 cheat sheet, while a number of story lines included made the thing bloat quite a bit.
This book is also a great example of common geekish English - I'll use stories from it as a reference themes for small talk in case I'll have too much attention from the opposite gender : Ah, yeah, comics are awesome : Beard vs skeleton, he-he Oct 03, Burton Kent rated it it was ok.
Reminds me of a Lewis Carroll "Alice in Wonderland" story written in the first person. Actually it's arguable what "person" it's written in. It's funny but after awhile the "novel" part gets distracting. I'm on chapter 5 and I give up.
He's telling a story and dropping little bits of Ruby in it, it's not helping me learn or structure how I think about Ruby. If anything it's getting annoying and ruining Ruby for me. Other people might learn differently and get something out of it.
I'd like more s Reminds me of a Lewis Carroll "Alice in Wonderland" story written in the first person. I'd like more structure and less drug-induced story. Jul 28, Jared Housh rated it really liked it. This is a programming book Ruby for the criminally insane, as a friend put it. This is, without a doubt, the best programming book I've ever read an admittedly low bar. The sidebars and illustrations alone make this book worth reading.
On the flip side, I'm not sure I retained much about Ruby. I did, however, come away with Chunky Bacon, so all is not lost. Dec 29, Mihai Damian rated it really liked it.
This is definitely like no other programming book you've ever read; exactly as why promises in the book's introduction.
If you expect a clean introduction to Ruby then this is not the book for the job. Jun 10, Venkatesh-Prasad rated it it was ok. While I am fine with story-based approach to technical topics, I think they are hard to get right and they need to be done "right" for the reader. In this sense, this was not my cup of tea. I thought it had too much story than content about Ruby; hence, too slow for my taste.
I gave up after four chapters. Dec 03, Joy rated it really liked it. May 02, chris tierney rated it it was ok Shelves: programming , nonfiction. Entertaining and provides some good mnemonics for ruby syntax. Unfortunately it goes downhill near the end as the details about ruby take a back seat to the weird story, and it remains probably forever unfinished.
Apr 02, Michael rated it did not like it Shelves: work. Add me to the "didn't get it" bucket. Overly verbose with horrible examples and a very weak grasp on actually teaching. If you're looking for a programming story, this might work out for you.
If you actually want to learn Ruby, run far, far away.
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