A guide to Ruby, a popular Object-Oriented Programming Language. It is designed for programmers and developer's looking to embrace the object-oriented features and functionality of this robust programming language. It helps readers learn how to develop, implement, organize and deploy applications using Ruby.

"Ruby Developer's Guide" discusses the role of Ruby in real-world applications, including the use of databases and XML, the coding of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) by means of different toolkits, communicating with other languages over SOAP/XML-RPC or sockets, and the programming of concurrent and distributed applications. Using step-by-step examples and real-world applications, the book is designed for programmers and developers looking to embrace the object-oriented features and functionality of this robust programming language.