From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-01-02T15:29:55+09:00
Subject: Re: New to Ruby and Programming

Will Shattuck wrote:
> Hi folks. Happy New Year!
> 
> I have lurked for a little bit to see what this list is like.  I am
> please to see how helpful people are.  I have a couple of questions
> for someone starting out with Ruby and Programming in general.
> 
> Some background... I have some fundamental understanding of
> programming, but I have more holes in my foundation than not.  I work
> with some friends on a C# project, I learned some basics of Java so I
> kind of understand OOP.  But I still do not grasp a lot.
> 
> My question:  Where should I start in learning to use Ruby?  I have
> some ideas, but I do not want to prejudice the discussion with my
> ideas.


Try here:

http://ruby-doc.org/gettingstarted/

Many resources to get you going. And browse around ruby-doc.org in general.

James Britt


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