When faced with the prospect of learning to code, aspiring programmers are hit with the complexity, the arcane symbols, and the fear that they simply aren't technical enough to learn code. The initial ...

My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

For Immediate Release For more information, a review copy, cover art, or interview with the author, contact: Kathryn Barrett (707) 827-7314 or kathrynb@oreilly.com The Ruby Programming Language - New ...

As we head toward Christmas what could be more festive than learning a new programming language? As an early present (ho-ho-ho), we bring you a fascinating and highly useful language called Ruby. As ...

Ruby is a language that is fun to use. It mixes a number of different programming styles - functional, dynamic and object-oriented. In this first look at Ruby we examine its way of doing ...