read the pick-axe

i just finished the book. yes, all the chapters. at least, up to the libary reference.

and wow, the meta-programming section blew my mind.

class << self

whoa.

half way through. page 317. chapter 22.

i rule.

the chapter on “automating” window’s stuff was pretty cool. i played around with remote controlling a internet explorer. damn, that was cool. i could imagine a really cool web test app, using that. record a person’s navigation, then use that sequence to verify an app worked.

it’s a book about ruby. it’s written by the authors of pragmatic programming.

why is it called pick-axe? because of the cover of the book.