• For non-programmers
• If you are comfortable with programming
• For Pros
  • Note

For non-programmers

There are tons of cool places you can start learning ruby from,
but here are some that I personally felt were good:

1. A very good interactive tutorial - by codecademy

2. tryruby.org: A funky but good tutorial.

3. A good friend said that she liked learning Ruby at tutorialspoint

4. Here is a quick and dirty tutorial by Steve Litt, but covers all the bases

If you are comfortable with programming

1. Ruby’s own website has some good tips on where to get started.
2. Take a look at my primer and try it out on your machine)
3. And here is another blog post of mine, to get started with testing

For Pros

If you are getting cozy with Ruby, I recommend the following resources:

1. Beginning Ruby is a pretty cool book that I started it all with, if you have a good programming background..
2. The Ruby Cookbook offers quite a good list of recipes if you are looking for ad-hoc code that can come in handy for your project..
3. This brilliantly done ruby-guide RobyMonk covers all levels: from apprentice all the way to Ruby-Ninja!
4. For more hardcore CS applications on Compiler and Finite-state Automaton design, try Tom Stuart’s fascinating book: Understanding Computation
5. I felt Eloquent-Ruby gave me some good insights, tips and best-practices..

Note

With a few minutes looking them up online, you can find most of the pdfs of these books! But if you are really keen on learning Ruby well, try and start with one of these books from your local library! Or if possible, please go ahead and buy them:

Why not support the author and also invest in yourself?