Practical Object-Oriented Design An Agile Primer Using Ruby [Paperback]

Sandi Metzis a programmer, teacher, author, and sometime consultant. In the past 30+ years she has written innumerable applications and creates practical solutions that produce working software that is easy to change. She has spoken about object-oriented design and refactoring at international Ruby conferences since 2009.

Praise for the first edition of Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby

“Meticulously pragmatic and exquisitely articulate,Practical Object Oriented Design in Rubymakes otherwise elusive knowledge available to an audience which desperately needs it. The prescriptions are appropriate both as rules for novices and as guidelines for experienced professionals.”

—Katrina Owen, Creator, Exercism

“I do believe this will be the most important Ruby book of 2012. Not only is the book 100% on-point, Sandi has an easy writing style with lots of great analogies that drive every point home.”

—Avdi Grimm, author ofExceptional Ruby and Objects on Rails

“While Ruby is an object-oriented language, little time is spent in the documentation on what OO truly means or how it should direct the way we build programs. Here Metz brings it to the fore, covering most of the key principles of OO development and design in an engaging, easy-to-understand manner. This is a must for any respectable Ruby bookshelf.”

—Peter Cooper, editor,Ruby Weekly

“So good, I couldn’t put it down! This is a must-read for anyone wanting to do object-oriented programming in any language, not to mention it has complã8