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Dave thomas born 1956 is a computer programmer, author and editor. Thomas moved to the united states from england in 1994 and lives north of dallas, texas thomas. Pragmatic programmer dave thomas, author of the pickaxe book programming ruby, and co author of agile web development with rails and the pragmatic programmer, found some time to talk with infoq about. Programming ruby, by dave thomas was almost certainly instrumental in that process. Rails 3 is a major releasethe changes arent just incremental, but. Explore functional programming without the academic overtones tell me about monads just one more time. Kent beck, author of extreme programming explained. The pragmatic programmers guide by dave thomas, in very good condition. Programming ruby 2nd edition the pragmatic programmers guide by dave thomas, with chad fowler and andy hunt. Dave thomas, as one of the authors of the agile manifesto, understands agility. Dave thomas books list of books by author dave thomas.
The pickaxe book, named for the tool on the cover, is the definitive reference to ruby, a highlyregarded, fully objectoriented programming. The first edition of the book has been creditedby yukihiro matsumoto, the developer of ruby as a key reason for the popularity of the ruby language outside of japan. A guide to programming the texas instruments professional compact computer 40 a byte book dave thomas. Embrace change i found this book to be a great mix of solid advice and wonderful analogies. I was one of the first adopters of rails, and helped spread the word with the book agile web development with rails. Discover book depositorys huge selection of dave thomas books online. This book is a heavily revised version of the book programming ruby, originally published by addison wesley. From journeyman to master, and have since written more bestselling and awardwinning books. Andy hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author. Dave thomas, author of programming ruby, on librarything.
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