Fresh Fish!!

[Asif Syed]

Hey guys, yet another ruby-nuby here. And I am totally floored, but
don't really know which book to start with. I am nearly a programming
newbie too. I've heard of two books - 1) Ruby in a Nutshell by
Matsumoto, himself. 2) Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers'
Guide by Dave Thomas.

Now which book do you guys suggest? Any one of the above or any other
book? I hope to get some great feedback. I also hope to join in the
conversation very soon, at least once I get hold of the book.

 

[Stephan Kämper]

Hey guys, yet another ruby-nuby here. And I am totally floored, but
don't really know which book to start with. I am nearly a programming
newbie too. I've heard of two books - 1) Ruby in a Nutshell by
Matsumoto, himself. 2) Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers'
Guide by Dave Thomas.

Now which book do you guys suggest? Any one of the above or any other
book? I hope to get some great feedback. I also hope to join in the
conversation very soon, at least once I get hold of the book.

How about "Learn to Program" by Chris Pine?

Happy rubying and welcome!

Stephan

 

[Dark Ambient]

How about "Learn to Program" by Chris Pine?

Happy rubying and welcome!

Stephan

I'd recommend "Between Nothingness and Eternity" Jean Paul Satre!

Stuart

 

[Rcmn 73]

Hey guys, yet another ruby-nuby here. And I am totally floored, but
don't really know which book to start with. I am nearly a programming
newbie too. I've heard of two books - 1) Ruby in a Nutshell by
Matsumoto, himself. 2) Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers'
Guide by Dave Thomas.

Now which book do you guys suggest? Any one of the above or any other
book? I hope to get some great feedback. I also hope to join in the
conversation very soon, at least once I get hold of the book.

I would try online tutorial before investing on any books.Once you're
confortable and you actually have to do something just go to a bookstore
with a list of ruby books and pick the one that answered the most of
your questions.

 

[Asif Syed]

How about "Learn to Program" by Chris Pine?

Actually I am learning quite a bit about Ruby from the original Chris
Pine tutorial on his website. It is definitely a good starting point but
I need things to be a bit complex .

 

[Huw Collingbourne]

You might want to try my 'Little Book Of Ruby' - 10 chapters, it's free and
it comes with all the source code ready to run.

http://www.sapphiresteel.com/The-Little-Book-Of-Ruby

best wishes
Huw Collingbourne

http://www.sapphiresteel.com
Ruby Programming In Visual Studio 2005

 

[Rich Morin]

Actually, I wouldn't suggest either one as a tutorial.
"Programming Ruby" is a fine reference, but is a bit
terse as an introduction. "Ruby in a Nutshell" is a
bit dated, but it is handy as a pocket reference.

I would recommend David Black's "Ruby for Rails". In
fact, I'd love to see him extract a beginning Ruby book
from it, for folks who aren't planning to do Rails...

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[Dark Ambient]

There is another book that just came out and it's available on Lulu ?
It's from Jeremy ..errr..forget the last name. It's called Mr
Neighborlys humble little Ruby Book. I thought it contained a good
amount of Ruby material and is easy to read and approachable. You can
check out a chapter for a sample I believe at
www.rubyonrailsbook.com

Stuart

 

[Timothy Hunter]

Hey guys, yet another ruby-nuby here. And I am totally floored, but
don't really know which book to start with. I am nearly a programming
newbie too. I've heard of two books - 1) Ruby in a Nutshell by
Matsumoto, himself. 2) Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers'
Guide by Dave Thomas.

Now which book do you guys suggest? Any one of the above or any other
book? I hope to get some great feedback. I also hope to join in the
conversation very soon, at least once I get hold of the book.

Welcome to Ruby!
No nuby recommendation list can be without why's poignant guide to Ruby.
Read it and be illuminated.

http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

 

[James Britt]

David A. Black's, Ruby for Rails.

Doesn't matter if you use, know, or care about Rails. You can think of
Rails as the 'sample app' every book needs.