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Foreword by Kent Beck "The authors of this book have led a revolution in the craft of programming by controlling the environment in which software grows.' --Ward Cunningham 'At last, a book suffused with code that exposes the deep symbiosis between TDD and OOD. This one's a keeper.' --Robert C. Martin 'If you want to be an expert in the state of the art in TDD, you need to understand the ideas in this book.'--Michael Feathers Test-Driven Development (TDD) is now an established technique for delivering better software faster. TDD is based on a simple idea: Write tests for your code before you write the code itself. However, this "simple" idea takes skill and judgment to do well. Now there's a practical guide to TDD that takes...

It's easy to write correct Ruby code, but to gain the fluency needed to write great Ruby code, you must go beyond syntax and absorb the 'Ruby way' of thinking and problem solving. In Eloquent Ruby, Russ Olsen helps you write Ruby like true Rubyists doso you can leverage its immense, surprising power. Olsen draws on years of experience internalizing the Ruby culture and teaching Ruby to other programmers. He guides you to the 'Ah Ha!' moments when it suddenly becomes clear why Ruby works the way it does, and how you can take advantage of this language's elegance and expressiveness. Eloquent Ruby starts small, answering tactical questions focused on a single statement, method, test, or bug. You'll learn how to write code that actually looks ...