From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2010-03-06T04:36:43+09:00 Subject: Re: On what of these books is better to start to study Ruby? On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Vlad Gerasimov wrote: > I have 3 books: > > 1. The Ruby Way: Solutions and Techniques in Ruby Programming, Second > Edition (2006 год, версия 1.8...) I wouldn't start with this one, plus, it's rather old now. It's more a survey of the available open-source ruby searches four years ago than in introduction to the language, so much is no longer applicable to what's out there today. > 2. Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition (2009 > год, 1.9) Not familiar with this one, other than seeing the cover in bookstores. > 3. Programming Ruby 1.9 The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide (2009 год, 1.9) I'd say that is the best place to start, it has a good tutorial followed by more in-depth discussion and the reference material. Another good book for beginning/slightly advanced Rubyists is David A. Black's The Well Grounded Rubyist. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale