Refactoring: Ruby Edition: Ruby Edition (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series) Paperback – 15 October 2009

If you recently read the Java or Javascript versions of this book, you might not need this one. The catalog of refactorings is not exactly the same, but is very similar. But even if you read those (I read the Java version years ago), this book can be a satisfying reading for any Ruby developer.And if you work with Ruby and never read the other versions, do yourself a favor and read this version. The knowledge it contains will certainly be a nice addition to any developer.

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Even if you’ve read the original “Refactoring”, Ruby is original enough to find many interesting Ruby-specific approaches in this version.And although the purely technical and immediately practical part of the book is of course invaluable, I liked the most the closing chapter 13: “Putting it all together”. I know this is may be only me, and I don’t mind that. ;)Here is one of the take-away quotes:“Stopping is the strongest move in the refactorer’s repertoire.”

Got it yesterday and cannot detach it from my hands. I won't list a review of content here because it's on the book preview.Techniques you might already be doing intuitively, and many you probably don't, are described with clear examples and detail helping you convert intuitive decisions into a continuous working method.This book is a cornerstone for people who is serious about Ruby and want their code to be readable, robust, built from testing, beautiful and easy to change.

I wish I'd read this book years ago. I got caught up in reading new tech books, rather than books like this, that cover programming theory. Reading this and books similar to it would have spared me much frustration. Read, learn, practice, grow.