From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2008-02-06T10:19:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Would like to learn ruby step by step

Adam Akhtar wrote:
> Sudhindra Joshi wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry if I am spamming your inbox. Actually since 2  months I have been
>> working with Watir[Web Application Testing Tool Using Ruby]. But I am
>> unable to focus on Ruby that much. So please suggest me some ways in
>> which I can develop Ruby skills and fundamentals of Ruby.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sudhindra
> 
> Hi Sudhindra!
> 
> Join the club. I too am also starting out. If you havent already done so 
> I suggest  getting C.Pines "Learning to Program" free ebook from his 
> site (do a google). Its written assuming you are a total beginner to 
> both ruby and programming. Its easy to read and has proglems for you to 
> solve at the end of each chapter (a must i think for any book!). I have 
> to say i wish they were more as they simply is a massive void after this 
> book and the next availalble level. (Chris if your reading  add more 
> problems!!!)
> 

After Chris Pines' book, try Peter Cooper's _Beginning_Ruby_. I reviewed 
it for Slashdot: http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/23/1429230.

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