Editing Programming Ruby

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| image          = Programming ruby.jpg <!-- reduce image size once the article is longer -->
| author         = [[Dave Thomas (programmer)|Dave Thomas]], [[Chad Fowler]], [[Andy Hunt (author)|Andrew Hunt]]
| country        = United States
| publisher      = [[Pragmatic Programmers]]
| release_date   = 22 Oct 2004 (second edition)
| media_type     = Print ([[Paperback]])
| pages          = 864 pages (second edition)
| isbn           = 0-9745140-5-5
| dewey          = 005.133 22
| congress       = QA76.64 .T494 2005
| oclc           = 254803547
}}

'''''Programming Ruby''''' is a book about the [[Ruby programming language]] by [[Dave Thomas (programmer)|Dave Thomas]] and [[Andy Hunt (author)|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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Black|first=David|title=David Black on the Success of Ruby|url=http://www.infoq.com/interviews/david-black}}</ref>

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 [https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby5/programming-ruby-3-3-5th-edition/ fifth edition], updated for Ruby 3.3, was written by Noel Rappin, and published by Pragmatic Programmers, LLC in 2023.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ First edition] (for online reading) at RUBY-DOC.ORG
* [https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby4/programming-ruby-1-9-2-0-4th-edition/ 4th edition at The Pragmatic Programmers]


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