Comments on: Learning Ruby http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/08/07/learning-ruby/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:52:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Danno http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/08/07/learning-ruby/#comment-951 Danno Mon, 08 Aug 2005 05:56:14 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=526#comment-951 Yup, Why's guide is both informative AND hilarious, always a plus. Once you're handy with some of the basic stuff, GET THE PICKAXE ( http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/index.html ). Not as funny as Why's guide, but, put simply, the singular best Language Book I have ever read. It heavily encourages pragmatism too, which is a plus. Aside: Suprisingly, both Borders and Barnes and Noble carry the Pickaxe. Yup, Why’s guide is both informative AND hilarious, always a plus.

Once you’re handy with some of the basic stuff, GET THE PICKAXE ( http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/index.html ). Not as funny as Why’s guide, but, put simply, the singular best Language Book I have ever read.

It heavily encourages pragmatism too, which is a plus.

Aside: Suprisingly, both Borders and Barnes and Noble carry the Pickaxe.

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