From: "Jörg Hagmann" <joerg.hagmann@...>
Date: 2009-09-08T16:47:24+09:00
Subject: Re: newcomer to Ruby

I'm not a programmer, and Ruby is my first (and only) programming 
language. I bought 4 books, all of them good in their way, and managed 
to write the (simple) programmes I needed. But I didn't really 
understand what I was doing; sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't 
and I had to go by trial and error (and copying from sources).

This changed after I read "The Well Grounded Rubyist". It is quite 
simply superb, and what it achieves is contained in its title. Thanks, 
David.

J�rg

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University of Basel
Department of Biomedicine
Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics
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Phone +41 (0)61 267 3565



David A. Black wrote:
> Hi --
>
> On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, 7stud -- wrote:
>
>> Chris Dempsey wrote:
>>> For learning the Ruby language I'd have to go with David A. Black's 
>>> "The
>>> Well-Grounded Rubyist".
>>>
>>
>>
>> I think that even if you are an experienced programmer trying to learn
>> ruby, "The Well Grounded Rubyist" is a stretch as a beginning book.
>
> I kind of hope not -- that's the main target audience :-) The book
> starts at the beginning; no Ruby experience assumed or required.
>
>
> David