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Part 1. Foundations and scaffolding. Let's get it started: installing Ruby -- Programming == joy: a whistle-stop tour of Ruby and object orientation -- Ruby's building blocks: data, expressions, and flow control -- Developing your first Ruby application -- The Ruby ecosystem -- Part 2. The core of Ruby. Classes, objects, and modules -- Projects and libraries -- Documentation, error handling, debugging, and testing -- Files and databases -- Distributing Ruby code and libraries -- Advanced Ruby features -- Tying it together: developing a larger Ruby application -- Part 3. Ruby online. Two web application approaches: rails and sinatra -- Ruby and the Internet -- Networking and sockets -- Useful Ruby libraries -- Appendix A: Ruby primer and review for developers -- Appendix B: Useful resources