I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure handling in Ruby

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Post by avdi » Wed, May 04, 2011, 2:37 PM UTC

I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure handling in Ruby
exceptionalruby.com

Re: I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure handling in Ruby

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Post by lucraft » Wed, May 04, 2011, 2:52 PM UTC

Just read the sample pages and already learned something I am going to start using.

Re: I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure handling in Ruby

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Post by thmzlt » Wed, May 04, 2011, 2:52 PM UTC

Here are the slides from the presentation on the same topic given by Avdi.

http://avdi.org/talks/exceptional-ruby-2011-02-04/

Re: I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure handling in Ruby

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Post by listrophy » Wed, May 04, 2011, 2:56 PM UTC

After seeing Avdi talk about this at Ruby on Ales, I've started using `fail` almost exclusively instead of `raise.`

It's the little things.

Re: I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure handling in Ruby

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Post by zizzler » Wed, May 04, 2011, 3:06 PM UTC

Bought the book, found out Ruby has retry. Money well spent.

Re: I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure handling in Ruby

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Post by SpiralLab » Wed, May 04, 2011, 3:18 PM UTC

thmzlt wrote: post #3

Here are the slides from the presentation on the same topic given by Avdi. http://avdi.org/talks/exceptional-ruby-2011-02-04/

Saw Avdi do this talk at Magic Ruby. It was really nice, and in depth, and answered quite a few questions. I bet the book is well worth the money.

Re: I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure handling in Ruby

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Post by mossity » Wed, May 04, 2011, 3:59 PM UTC

is it too late to suggest an epigraph?

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett

Re: I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure handling in Ruby

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Post by telemachos » Wed, May 04, 2011, 4:14 PM UTC

I'm loving the recent explosion in self-published books, but as a (general) request: they are so, so much more useful when they come in multiple formats (mobi, epub and pdf).

Re: I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure handling in Ruby

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Post by preek » Wed, May 04, 2011, 4:21 PM UTC

"Check out the talk that that inspired the book" <- Find the the redundancy.

Re: I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure handling in Ruby

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Post by hiperlink » Wed, May 04, 2011, 4:34 PM UTC

telemachos wrote: post #8

I'm loving the recent explosion in self-published books, but as a (general) request: they are so, so much more useful when they come in multiple formats (mobi, epub and pdf).

What to say when comment upvote counts are gone. Can't upvote this enough. (For me, mobi prefered.)