From: Carlos Agarie Date: 2012-11-29T16:51:08+09:00 Subject: Re: Newbie question: (free) on-line courses? --90e6ba211fbf9e829404cf9d8b9d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable And don't forget about the Ruby Documentation. For example: http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/String.html http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Array.html http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Hash.html You can do a LOT with these three. Also, I vote for "Eloquent Ruby" for when you feel a bit more secure with the language. It's simply the best (intermediary with some advanced topics) book I've read so far. If you know a bit about object oriented design, "Design Pattern with Ruby" from the same author is a good one too. Enjoy! ----- Carlos Agarie Control engineering Polytechnic School, University of S=E3o Paulo, Brazil Computer engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA 2012/11/29 Alexander McMillan > Some basic lessons at www.oldkingjames.org click link top of page to > lessons index. > > > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:07:25 +0900 > > From: santoshamom@gmail.com > > Subject: Re: Newbie question: (free) on-line courses? > > To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org > > CC: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org > > > > > Codecademy just added Ruby. > > > > Learn Ruby the Hard Way by Zed Shaw > > > > The Ruby on Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl > > > > Pretty new and those have been the most useful so far. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Nov 28, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > > > > > Hello, all. There's a bunch of free on-line training for Javascript, > CSS, etc., etc., but I haven't found anything of the sort for Ruby. I > *assume* I'm just looking in the wrong places. But I've really enjoyed th= e > little exposure I've already had -- Ruby seems to take the best of Perl a= nd > Python, blend them together, and add some magic fairy dust to boot. I've > got a project coming up, and I'd love to do it in Ruby, but I definitely > need a bit more of an intro, and a training course (or good documentation > suggestions?) would be ideal. > > > > > > Thanks kindly! > > > > > > -Ken > > > > > > -- > > > This mail was scanned by BitDefender > > > For more information please visit > http://www.bitdefender.com/links/en/frams.html > > > > > > > > > > > > --90e6ba211fbf9e829404cf9d8b9d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable And don't forget about the Ruby Documentation. For example:

http://w= ww.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/String.html

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/= Array.html

http://= www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Hash.html

You = can do a LOT with these three.

Also, I vote for &q= uot;Eloquent Ruby" for when you feel a bit more secure with the langua= ge. It's simply the best (intermediary with some advanced topics) book = I've read so far. If you know a bit about object oriented design, "= ;Design Pattern with Ruby" from the same author is a good one too.

Enjoy!

-----

Carlos Agarie

Control eng= ineering

Polytechnic School,=A0University of S=E3o Paulo, Brazil

<= div> Computer engineering

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA

2012/11/29 Alexander McMillan <alexandermcmillan@hotmail.com>

Some basic lessons at www.oldkingjames.org click link top of page = to lessons index.

> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:07:25 +0900
>= From: santosham= om@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: Newbie question: (free) on-line courses?
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lan= g.org
> CC: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org

>
> Codecademy just added Ruby.
> > Learn Ruby the Hard Way by Zed Shaw
>
> The Ruby on Rail= s Tutorial by Michael Hartl
>
> Pretty new and those have been= the most useful so far.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 28, 2012, at 10:3= 6 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken@jots.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello, all. There'= ;s a bunch of free on-line training for Javascript, CSS, etc., etc., but I = haven't found anything of the sort for Ruby. I *assume* I'm just l= ooking in the wrong places. But I've really enjoyed the little exposur= e I've already had -- Ruby seems to take the best of Perl and Python, b= lend them together, and add some magic fairy dust to boot. I've got a = project coming up, and I'd love to do it in Ruby, but I definitely need= a bit more of an intro, and a training course (or good documentation sugge= stions?) would be ideal.
> >
> > Thanks kindly!
> >
> > -Ken
&= gt; >
> > --
> > This mail was scanned by BitDefende= r
> > For more information please visit http://www.bitdefender.c= om/links/en/frams.html
> >
> >
> >
>

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