From: Richard Conroy Date: 2010-07-25T00:21:15+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby books designed especially for beginngers --0015175cd450375621048c23a51b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:53 PM, chris williams wrote: > > http://www.bitwisemag.com/2/Free-425-Page-Ruby-eBook > > > Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:14:30 +0900 > > From: sbstn26@yahoo.com > > Subject: Ruby books designed especially for beginngers > > To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org > > > > Hey experts, i need your advice. > > > > Can anyone tell me if there's a Ruby ebook that's designed especially > > for a beginner like me? When I say beginner, I mean zero knowledge about > > programming. > Brian Maricks Everyday Scripting with Ruby is a good choice, as well as Learn to Program by Chris Pine which has already been mentioned. There are a few other beginner ruby books that dont often get mentioned: Beginning Ruby 2nd Edition by Peter Cooper (it is big though). There are also quite a few free PDF Ruby books out there, but I dont know of any that target the novice programmer (only the novice *ruby* programmer) -- http://richardconroy.blogspot.com --0015175cd450375621048c23a51b--