From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2008-06-04T03:18:53+09:00
Subject: Re: best Ruby book for experienced programmer?

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On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 12:37 PM, joseph collins <joec_49@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> What is the best book for an experienced programmer (Perl, C#, VisualBasic,
> APL, A+, Assembler) to
> use to jump into Ruby?
>
> Joe
>

Two really,

"The Ruby Programming Language" by David Flanigan and Matz, published by
O'Reilly is probably the best reference on the language itself, although it
doesn't really go into the standard class library. It covers both Ruby 1.8
and 1.9.

The classic is "Programming Ruby" by Dave Thomas et. al. It has more in the
way of tutorials and covers the standard classes as well as the language.
It's currently available in print as the second edition, but the third which
covers Ruby 1.9 is in preparation and is available via the Pragmatic
Programmers beta program as a PDF now updated periodically with the option
to pre-order the paper version at a discount.

-- 
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

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