Prince:Starting with Ruby

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A suggested path for learning ruby:

1. Very basic interactive tutorial (just to get a basic feel for ruby)
2. Learn to program in ruby (for first-time programmers)
3. ruby-lang.org Documentation page
4. Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby (ch 1) (TOC)

Why's Poignant Guide is for when you have some spare time and are in the right kind of mood. An amazing and psychotic book that can be surprisingly helpful in really understanding ruby.

1. coming from Perl? PLEAC

Start writing some code:

• Ruby Programming Challenge for Newbies (RPCFN) do a couple challenges.