From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2013-05-21T01:12:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Programming Practice

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 04:41:52AM +0900, Stu wrote:
> I felt the book Eloquent Ruby was a nice book to work through. It has
> a small project which is used and build on throughout the book as new
> concepts are learned then applied.
> 
> http://ruby.bastardsbook.com/
> Is also a nice read

I haven't seen the "bastards book".  I'll have to check that out.

These days, my favorites to recommend are:

1. either Everyday Scripting with Ruby or Eloquent Ruby (pick at least
   one, maybe both)

2. Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby

3. Ruby Best Practices

4. Metaprogramming Ruby

. . . pretty much in that order, for leaning to do quality software
development in Ruby in general.  There is a glut of excellent
programming books for Ruby, however; our fun little language gets well
more than its fair share of good texts.

I also generally find myself compelled to point out that for purposes of
learning to do quality software development in Ruby, everyone should
avoid The Book of Ruby.  It's awful, and I'm shocked that No Starch
Press published it.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]