Hey everyone, here is the week 2 homework. Try to mix up your usages of eval and don’t forget about define_method. Good luck!
This homework is due Friday April 18th.
Archive for April, 2008
Week 2 Homework
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008More Detailed Topic Overview
Saturday, April 5th, 2008Here is a more detailed list of the topics that we’ll be discussing. I hope to cover all of these topics before the class is over. We may cover more material depending on how fast the class goes. Please leave comments or email me about things you’d like to discuss but don’t see in the list!
Metaprogramming
- Open Classes
- Singleton Methods
- eval_*, define_method
- DSLs
- include, extend
- method_missing
- inherity
- const_missing
- method_added
- singleton_method_added
Concurrency
- Threading
- Forking
- Locking
- Timeouts
- Interprocess Communication
- Multiprocess Synchronization
- Producer-Consumer
Network Programming
- Sockets
- net/(http,smtp,ftp)
- Distributed Ruby
Patterns in Ruby
- Template
- Adapter
- Factory
- Decorator
- Observer
Alternate Ruby Implementations
- JRuby
- Ruby 1.9
- Rubinius
Packaging and Extending Ruby
- Building Ruby gems
- hoe
- sow
- Ruby Inline
- Traditional Extensions
- Extending with Java
- Publishing Gems
Class Books
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008All of these books are recommended but not necessarily required. If you have the Pickaxe, you probably won’t need the Ruby Way, and vice-versa.