Learn how to make better decisions and write cleaner Ruby code. This book shows you how to avoid messy code that is hard to test and which cripples productivity. Author Carleton DiLeo shares hard-learned lessons gained from years of experience across numerous codebases both large and small. Each chapter covers the topics you need to know to make better decisions and optimize your productivity. Many books will tell you how to do something; this book will tell you why you should do it. Start writing code you love. 

What You Will Learn

Build better classes to help promote code reuseImprove your decision making and make better, smarter choicesIdentify bad code and fixed itCreate quality names for all of your variables, classes, and modulesWrite better, concise classesImprove the quality of your methodsProperly use modulesClarify your Boolean logicSee when and how you refactorImprove your understanding of TDD and write better testsWho This Book Is ForThis book is written for Ruby developers. There is no need to learn a new language or translate concepts to Ruby.

Carleton DiLeo has been writing code ever since he built his first computer from parts in a dumpster. He has written code from high-traffic websites to back-end big data systems for video games. This wide base of knowledge provides Carleton with a unique perspective when writing Ruby code.

1. The Qualities of Clean Code.- 2. Naming Things.- 3. Creating Quality Methods.- 4. Using Boolean Logic.- 5. Classes.- 6. Refactoring.-7. Test-Driven Development (TDD).-Afterword: Wrapping Up.