Welcome to the companion Web site for the Ruby: Visual QuickStart Guide, written by Larry Ullman and published by Peachpit Press (ISBN 0-321-55385-3). The book was published in November 2008.
Beside the handful of pages dedicated to this edition of this book, there’s plenty of other content on LarryUllman.com that you might be interested in. Use the “Post Categories” links above to browse by general topic.
You can download the code for the book using the link below. If you have any questions or problems, I’d recommend using the book’s corresponding support forum, where you’ll get the fastest answer.
Downloads
Every script in the text is available here to be downloaded. Some things you should know:
- Although these scripts are named or numbered as they are in the book, they do include any updates and changes as warranted by errors that were found after publication. Thus, if you are having problems with a particular script, download the most current version here or check the errata section.
- These scripts have been formatted with line breaks that will work on most systems running most text editors. If you have difficulty opening a script, try:
- adjusting the way your text editor treats text files
- using a different text editor, if possible
- posting a message to the online forum, asking for help
Complete Set of Scripts
rubyvqs_scripts.zip (29 KB, last modified 10/31/2008)
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Thanks for your interest in the book!
Hi Larry, I am looking to move to Ruby from Perl and since I used your books to learn C++ and PHP I thought I would turn to you again! I notice that your Ruby book (2008 edition) is hard to come by is this because a newer version is planned? If I manage get hold of a copy will it be compatible with the current version of Ruby? Many thanks.
Hello Mark. Thanks for the interest in the Ruby book and for using my previous works. I’m sorry you’re finding the Ruby book hard to come by. There is no newer version planned and it’s certainly compatible with the current version of Ruby. I believe I wrote the book using Ruby 1.8.x and the current version is 1.9.3rc1. So you should be fine. Thanks again!