From: James Harrison Date: 2010-07-25T00:44:43+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby books designed especially for beginngers On Jul 24, 2010, at 9:21 AM 7/24/10, Richard Conroy wrote: > 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 To be honest, I picked up ruby from the pickaxe after picking up programming in general from K&R. I think if you're just starting to learn programming, K&R is the best book available.