Go Ruby: Straight to IronRuby?

Question

I just started learning Ruby and as a .Net developer, I wonder if I just need to go straight ahead and use IronRuby without trying to try pure Ruby first.

What do you think? Am I missing something?

- rauchy

Answer 1

I would use pure Ruby (Matz Ruby Interpreter (MRI)) to get started. I understand that the iron ruby ​​is not quite ready yet.

If you are looking for a good book, my current favorite (above the pickaxe) is http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596516177 by matz and flanagan, the book is a very concise, well-written paragraph, and it gives great examples (in 1.8 . * and 1.9)

Enjoy !: D

Answer 2

Use pure Ruby first, IR is not finished yet. Check out http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ - although this is rather strange, this is a very good introduction

Answer 3

Ruby has a somewhat unique syntax and style that you will get faster when working with other people's ruby ​​code. You could find out about this using IronRuby just like in any other ruby ​​language implementation. (Although you may run into problems with some of the more obscure syntaxes or libraries with IronRuby, but this is not a 100% complete implementation.)

One interesting resource for studying idiomatic ruby ​​is http://www.rubyquiz.com/ .

Answer 4

I know this is an old question, but I would like to say that four years later (today) the implementation of JRuby is certainly advanced enough to start with it.