From: moksha <moksha@...>
Date: 2010-07-25T01:09:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby books designed especially for beginngers

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On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 12:44:43AM +0900, James Harrison wrote:
>=20
> On Jul 24, 2010, at 9:21 AM 7/24/10, Richard Conroy wrote:
>=20
> > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:53 PM, chris williams <chrisw_88@hotmail.com>=
wrote:
> >=20
> >>=20
> >> http://www.bitwisemag.com/2/Free-425-Page-Ruby-eBook
> >>=20
> >>> 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
> >>>=20
> >>> Hey experts, i need your advice.
> >>>=20
> >>> 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 ab=
out
> >>> programming.
> >>=20
> >=20
> > Brian Maricks Everyday Scripting with Ruby is a good choice, as well as
> > Learn to Program by Chris Pine which has already been mentioned.
> >=20
> > There are a few other beginner ruby books that dont often get mentioned:
> > Beginning Ruby 2nd Edition by Peter Cooper (it is big though).
> >=20
> > There are also quite a few free PDF Ruby books out there, but I dont kn=
ow
> > of any that target the novice programmer (only the novice *ruby* progra=
mmer)
> > --=20
> > http://richardconroy.blogspot.com
>=20
> To be honest, I picked up ruby from the pickaxe after picking up programm=
ing in general from K&R. I think if you're just starting to learn programmi=
ng, K&R is the best book available.

Um, K&R teaches C, not programming, so it thus wouldn't be a primer
resource to learn how to program as a beginner, in Ruby with.

A good beginner book to Ruby would probably be pickaxe, or "Learn to
Program", http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram=20

Good luck.

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