Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages

✍ Scribed by Bruce A. Tate

• Publisher: Pragmatic Programmers
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 336
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages . Ruby, Io, Prolog, Scala, Erlang, Clojure, Haskell. With Seven Languages in Seven Weeks, by Bruce A. Tate, youll go beyond the syntax-and beyond the 20-minute tutorial youll find someplace online.This book has an audacious goal: to present a meaningful exploration of seven languages within a single book. Rather than serve as a complete reference or installation guide, Seven Languages hits whats essential and unique about each language. Moreover, this approach will help teach you how to grok new languages.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 7
Dedication......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Foreword......Page 14
Method to the Madness......Page 17
The Languages......Page 19
Buy This Book......Page 21
Don't Buy This Book......Page 22
A Final Charge......Page 24
Ruby......Page 25
Quick History......Page 26
Day 1: Finding a Nanny......Page 28
Day 2: Floating Down from the Sky......Page 35
Day 3: Serious Change......Page 48
Wrapping Up Ruby......Page 56
Introducing Io......Page 60
Day 1: Skipping School, Hanging Out......Page 61
Day 2: The Sausage King......Page 74
Day 3: The Parade and Other Strange Places......Page 83
Wrapping Up Io......Page 92
Prolog......Page 95
About Prolog......Page 96
Day 1: An Excellent Driver......Page 97
Day 2: Fifteen Minutes to Wapner......Page 109
Day 3: Blowing Up Vegas......Page 120
Wrapping Up Prolog......Page 132
About Scala......Page 135
Day 1: The Castle on the Hill......Page 139
Day 2: Clipping Bushes and Other New Tricks......Page 153
Day 3: Cutting Through the Fluff......Page 167
Wrapping Up Scala......Page 176
Introducing Erlang......Page 181
Day 1: Appearing Human......Page 185
Day 2: Changing Forms......Page 195
Day 3: The Red Pill......Page 207
Wrapping Up Erlang......Page 219
Clojure......Page 223
Introducing Clojure......Page 224
Day 1: Training Luke......Page 225
Day 2: Yoda and the Force......Page 243
Day 3: An Eye for Evil......Page 256
Wrapping Up Clojure......Page 264
Introducing Haskell......Page 268
Day 1: Logical......Page 269
Day 2: Spock's Great Strength......Page 285
Day 3: The Mind Meld......Page 294
Wrapping Up Haskell......Page 309
Programming Models......Page 313
Concurrency......Page 317
Programming Constructs......Page 319
Finding Your Voice......Page 321
Bibliography......Page 322
C......Page 323
H......Page 324
M......Page 325
R......Page 326
Y......Page 327