From: Francis Hwang <sera@...>
Date: 2005-04-16T10:34:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Looking for a Ruby tutorial for Java programmer

This probably isn't a tutorial, but once you're a little past the 
tutorial stage, you might this blog entry of mine useful: It's a tour 
of idiomatic Ruby from a Javaist's perspective.

http://fhwang.net/blog/40.html

On Apr 15, 2005, at 5:59 AM, Kevin wrote:

> Hello everyone, I am new to here. I have been using Java for 5 years,
> before that, did a few small projects in perl (web site, shopping cart,
> things like that).
>
> Now I wish to learn something new and decided I should pick up a new
> language. I have looked around for sometime. Recently I read a basic
> introduction on Python , it's a feature by feature comparison with
> Java, and this writing style really got my attention and it helped my
> understanding of  the stuff in python. I also looked Groovy, pnut, but
> I want to get to know Ruby a little bit before choosing one to
> concentrate on. I am sure there are lots of excellent ruby tutorials,
> Just curious if there is one specifically geared at java programmer. If
> not, I will still study ruby using available tutorials.
>
> Most of my works are of back end of commercial web sites, things like
> database access, web services, networking, search engine, both Windows
> and non windows platform. For projects in these fields, between ruby
> and python, which one should I learn? I appreciate your information and
> suggestions. Thanks in advance.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>

Francis Hwang
http://fhwang.net/