Maik Schmidt
7/7/2003 11:51:00 AM
Jesper Olsen wrote:
> What is the best book for learning Ruby (Ruby specifically, not
> programming in general)?
Thatt depends on the reader, of course :-)
> "Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide", Andrew Hunt,
> Davis Thomas
>
> has obtained very good reviews, but it is somewhat dated (2000, Ruby
> 1.6).
It is still my favourite one and indispensable IMHO. It covers every
aspect of Ruby and contains a great language reference. If you are
looking only for a complete reference, then go and get matz' "Ruby in a
nutshell". To read something like a cookbook, give "The Ruby Way" a chance.
> What has happend to ruby since v. 1.6?
A lot has happened, but most of the changes are backwards compatible
as far as I know, so reading a book on version 1.6 is not a time waste.