Michael Guterl
6/16/2008 1:19:00 PM
[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Victor Reyes <victor.reyes@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Team,
>
> Is there a good book exclusively devoted to Networking in Ruby?
>
> As I continue learning and struggling on my journey to become a Rubyst (is
> it Rubist?), I noticed that my suffering could be lessen if I could put my
> hands on a good Ruby book exclusively dedicated to networking.
> Something like "Networking in Ruby" or "Ruby in a Networked World" or
> something to that effect. That book would collect all the current knowledge
> in network programming, as it relates to Ruby:
>
>
> 1. Sockets - This would describe all type of socket programming.
> 2. HTTP with all its variations.
> 3. Threads as it relates to Inter-Process Communications.
> 4. NET
> 5. SSL
> 6. SSH
> 7. FTP
> 8. EventMachine
> 9. GServer
> 10. DB (DB2, Oracle, PostGres, MySql) communications.
> 11. ...and everything else I missed here, which I bet is more than what I
> listed here!
>
>
> To be successful and useful the book must go beyond what's covered on RDoc.
> It should have myriads of examples for people that learn by example, like
> I.
> The book should also cover the major platforms *NIX, Mac, Wintel.
> It should also cover networking on small devices such as cell phones, etc.
> I
> think all the info is already loosely available and it is just matter of
> putting things together.
>
You might want to check out the Ruby Cookbook. While it doesn't cover
everything you mentioned, it does provide great examples for the areas it
does cover.
Michael Guterl