While only a little bit of Ruby knowledge is necessary to utilize frameworks originally written in Ruby, the more Ruby you learn, the more capabilities you can achieve. Programming the Ruby Way, 2nd Edition is written to help you achieve this level of knowledge using real, well written, code examples. It provides solutions to specific tasks that you need and often struggle with as you hone your Ruby programming skills. This practical "how-to" approach, written by experienced Ruby programmer Hal Fulton, has been updated to not only cover the newest features of Ruby, but also to cover how people use Ruby today including coverage of Ruby on Rails.