Getting Started with Ruby Development

Question

What good online tutorials / quick starts / screencasts are suitable for speeding up Ruby development? I recently read an article by Brad Wilson Ruby in the September / October 2008 issue of CoDe magazine and would like to continue on my Ruby / IronRuby journey.

(My background is mostly C # and .NET.)

Answer 1

Ruby is one of my favorite languages, here are some places to start.

Why Poignant Guide to Ruby is pretty fun and educational.

Ruby Documentation contains many links.

Ruby Programming is a free online version of one of the best Ruby books.

Answer 2

You Should Read The Why (Poignant) Ruby Guide

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And if you are too old, read

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As you have a .NET background, try

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Answer 3

You should check out The Ruby Way by Hal Fulton. This is one of the best Ruby books. It should be able to answer most of your problems with Ruby at startup.

Answer 4

You buy Ruby Programming - Book kickers

OR for a non-orthodox entry Why Poigant Guide for Ruby

Answer 5

Don't Forget Just Try Ruby In Your Browser .

Answer 6

Huw Collingbourne Book Of Ruby is incomplete, but pretty decent, as much as possible.

Otherwise, take the installer with one click (assuming you are on Windows) and go. Digging around the ruby-lang.org Documentation page will give you more material than you can probably stand.

If you are behind a proxy server and want to try some kindness, which is rubygems (easy to download libraries, very cool), you may need additional authentication help from RubySSPI , without which the gem library can struggle to get to intervets.

Answer 7

I highly recommend the why (sharp) ruby ​​guide . It is both informative, funny, and nothing like any programming book you have ever read. Oh and it's free. :)

It's also great to read Agile Web Development with Rails

Answer 8

Mr. Neighborly Humble Little Ruby Book is a great introduction to the language. It is well written with a chatty, witty style.

Answer 9

Like me, a .NET dev companion, I would recommend this book . He explains the syntax of the Ruby language, comparing it with C #, and then plunges into rails.

Answer 10

You should check out "Books of Interactive Programming" from http://roorky.com . Interactive books (iPUB) can be a good start to learning a new language such as Ruby and Python. They have a reader that can be used to execute code snippets while reading the book itself.

- PK