Written by project developers Shrimp Ruby, this book succinctly explains how to design beautiful APIs and domain-specific language with Ruby, and how to work with the ideas and functional programming techniques that can simplify your code and make you more productive. Ruby Best Practices will help you: Understanding the power of secrets was opened with a block of Ruby code Learn how to bend a Ruby code without breaking it, like mixing in module quickly Discover the ins and outs of testing and debugging, and how to design for testability Learning to write code faster by keeping things simple Developing strategies for text processing and file management, including regular expressions Understand how and why things could be wrong Reducing cultural barriers by utilizing the multilingual capabilities Ruby This book also offers you a comprehensive chapter on driving through the test code, API design, and maintenance projects.