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Programming Ruby

Programming Ruby is a book about the Ruby programming language by Dave Thomas and Andrew Hunt, authors of The Pragmatic Programmer. In the Ruby community, it is commonly known as "The PickAxe" because of the pickaxe on the cover. The book has helped Ruby to spread outside Japan. The complete first edition of this book is freely available under the Open Publication License v1.0, and was published by Addison-Wesley in 2001. The second edition, covering the features of Ruby 1.8, was published by The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC in 2004. The third edition, covering Ruby 1.9, was published in 2010, with the fourth edition, covering Ruby 1.9 and 2.0 being published in 2013. A fifth edition, updated for Ruby 3.3, was written by Noel Rappin, and published by Pragmatic Programmers, LLC in 2023.

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Programming Ruby is a book about the Ruby programming language by Dave Thomas and Andrew Hunt, authors of The Pragmatic Programmer. In the Ruby community, it is commonly known as "The PickAxe" because of the pickaxe on the cover. The book has helped Ruby to spread outside Japan. The complete first edition of this book is freely available under the Open Publication License v1.0, and was published by Addison-Wesley in 2001. The second edition, covering the features of Ruby 1.8, was published by The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC in 2004. The third edition, covering Ruby 1.9, was published in 2010, with the fourth edition, covering Ruby 1.9 and 2.0 being published in 2013. A fifth edition, updated for Ruby 3.3, was written by Noel Rappin, and published by Pragmatic Programmers, LLC in 2023.

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  1. publication date: 2001 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 2004 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 2010 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. publication date: 2023 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2001". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "2004". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "2010". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the publication date is "2023". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1313557157

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