Beginning Ruby
Ruby - Where to begin?
I want to make this resource as useful as possible to as many people as possible, and I realized after discussing it with my Father, who is a software engineer that doesn’t know Ruby, that it might be a good idea to 1) Offer a list of decent resources for learning Ruby, and 2) Potentially start a beginner series of my own at some point that can serve as a crash course for learning Ruby when you’re already an engineer. To start though, I’ll offer a small list of good resources.
- Ruby Quick Start - requires Ruby and IRB(comes with Ruby)
- Try Ruby - Interactive Online Tutorial - runs Interactive Ruby remotely
- Learn Ruby the Hard way - part of the ‘learn the hard way’ programming series
- Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmers Guide - One of my favorites, also known as “the pickaxe” and the definitive Ruby guide
After you’re a little more accustomed to the language:
There are plenty of other great tutorials out there, and if you think you have one that deserves to be in this list, please leave a link in the comments and I’ll review it.