Metaprogramming Ruby 2 by Perrotta, Paolo -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Metaprogramming Ruby 2 For the Best Reading Experience... Table of Contents What Readers Are Saying About Metaprogramming Ruby 2 Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction

About This Book About You

Part 1: Metaprogramming Ruby Chapter 1: The M Word

Ghost Towns and Marketplaces The Story of Bob, Metaprogrammer Metaprogramming and Ruby

Chapter 2: Monday: The Object Model

Open Classes Inside the Object Model Quiz: Missing Lines What Happens When You Call a Method? Quiz: Tangle of Modules Wrap-Up

Chapter 3: Tuesday: Methods

A Duplication Problem Dynamic Methods method_missing Quiz: Bug Hunt Blank Slates Wrap-Up

Chapter 4: Wednesday: Blocks

The Day of the Blocks Quiz: Ruby# Blocks Are Closures instance_eval() Callable Objects Writing a Domain-Specific Language Quiz: A Better DSL Wrap-Up

Chapter 5: Thursday: Class Definitions

Class Definitions Demystified Quiz: Class Taboo Singleton Methods Singleton Classes Quiz: Module Trouble Method Wrappers Quiz: Broken Math Wrap-Up

Chapter 6: Friday: Code That Writes Code

Coding Your Way to the Weekend Kernel#eval Quiz: Checked Attributes (Step 1) Quiz: Checked Attributes (Step 2) Quiz: Checked Attributes (Step 3) Quiz: Checked Attributes (Step 4) Hook Methods Quiz: Checked Attributes (Step 5) Wrap-Up

Chapter 7: Epilogue Part 2: Metaprogramming in Rails Chapter 8: Preparing for a Rails Tour

Ruby on Rails Installing Rails The Rails Source Code

Chapter 9: The Design of Active Record

A Short Active Record Example How Active Record Is Put Together A Lesson Learned

Chapter 10: Active Support’s Concern Module

Rails Before Concern ActiveSupport::Concern A Lesson Learned

Chapter 11: The Rise and Fall of alias_method_chain

The Rise of alias_method_chain The Fall of alias_method_chain A Lesson Learned

Chapter 12: The Evolution of Attribute Methods

Attribute Methods in Action A History of Complexity A Lesson Learned

Chapter 13: One Final Lesson

Metaprogramming Is Just Programming

Part 3: Appendixes Appendix 1: Common Idioms

Mimic Methods Nil Guards Self Yield Symbol#to_proc()

Appendix 2: Domain-Specific Languages

The Case for Domain-Specific Languages Internal and External DSLs DSLs and Metaprogramming

Appendix 3: Spell Book

The Spells You May Be Interested In…