The Well-Grounded Rubyist
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The Well-Grounded Rubyist is a widely respected programming book that provides a clear, thorough introduction to the Ruby language and its idioms for both new and experienced developers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Well-Grounded Rubyist canonical | 2 |
| The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Second Edition | 1 |
| The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Third Edition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4394542 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Well-Grounded Rubyist Context triple: [David A. Black, notableWork, The Well-Grounded Rubyist]
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A.
The Pragmatic Programmer
The Pragmatic Programmer is a highly influential software development book that offers practical advice, best practices, and philosophical guidance for writing maintainable, high-quality code and growing as a professional programmer.
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B.
The Clean Coder
The Clean Coder is a professional guide by Robert C. Martin that focuses on the ethics, discipline, and practices of being a responsible and effective software developer.
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C.
O’Reilly Library
O’Reilly Library is the main academic library of Dublin City University, providing study spaces, print and digital collections, and research support for students and staff.
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D.
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship is a highly influential software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that teaches principles and practices for writing readable, maintainable, and high-quality code.
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E.
The Art of Unix Programming
The Art of Unix Programming is a book that explores the philosophy, design principles, and culture of Unix software development, emphasizing simplicity, modularity, and the Unix way.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Well-Grounded Rubyist Target entity description: The Well-Grounded Rubyist is a widely respected programming book that provides a clear, thorough introduction to the Ruby language and its idioms for both new and experienced developers.
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A.
The Pragmatic Programmer
The Pragmatic Programmer is a highly influential software development book that offers practical advice, best practices, and philosophical guidance for writing maintainable, high-quality code and growing as a professional programmer.
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B.
The Practice of Programming
The Practice of Programming is a widely respected book by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike that teaches practical software development techniques, emphasizing clear code, debugging, testing, and performance.
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C.
The Clean Coder
The Clean Coder is a professional guide by Robert C. Martin that focuses on the ethics, discipline, and practices of being a responsible and effective software developer.
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D.
O’Reilly Library
O’Reilly Library is the main academic library of Dublin City University, providing study spaces, print and digital collections, and research support for students and staff.
-
E.
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship is a highly influential software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that teaches principles and practices for writing readable, maintainable, and high-quality code.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ruby programming language book
ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ programming book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
help readers write idiomatic Ruby code
ⓘ
provide a solid foundation in Ruby ⓘ |
| author | David A. Black ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Joseph Leo III ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationalLevel |
intermediate
ⓘ
introductory ⓘ |
| field |
computer programming
ⓘ
software development ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
clear explanation of Ruby concepts
ⓘ
idiomatic Ruby style ⓘ practical examples ⓘ |
| genre | technical literature ⓘ |
| hasCompanionWebsite | Manning Publications website ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Second Edition
ⓘ
linked to:
The Well-Grounded Rubyist
The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Third Edition ⓘ
linked to:
The Well-Grounded Rubyist
|
| intendedFor |
classroom use
ⓘ
self-study ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being widely respected in the Ruby community
ⓘ
thorough introduction to Ruby ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Well-Grounded Rubyist ⓘ |
| publisher | Manning Publications ⓘ |
| structure | progressive introduction of Ruby concepts ⓘ |
| style |
example-driven
ⓘ
tutorial ⓘ |
| subject | Ruby (programming language) ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Ruby programmers
ⓘ
beginner programmers ⓘ experienced programmers ⓘ software developers ⓘ |
| teaches |
Ruby idioms
ⓘ
Ruby metaprogramming concepts ⓘ Ruby modules and classes ⓘ Ruby syntax ⓘ blocks and iterators in Ruby ⓘ object-oriented programming in Ruby ⓘ |
| topic |
Ruby collections
ⓘ
Ruby control structures ⓘ Ruby method definitions ⓘ Ruby object model ⓘ Ruby standard library features ⓘ |
| usesProgrammingLanguage | Ruby ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Well-Grounded Rubyist Description of subject: The Well-Grounded Rubyist is a widely respected programming book that provides a clear, thorough introduction to the Ruby language and its idioms for both new and experienced developers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Well-Grounded Rubyist
linked to: The Well-Grounded Rubyist