# New to ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby/115703>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 27, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby/115703 "2007-09-27T20:09:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nishant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nishant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nishant)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby/115703/1 "2007-09-27T20:09:26Z")

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Hey everyone,

m new to this grp, nd fairly new to this programing world. i wanted to  
know a lil abt what exactly is ruby?? how a bigginer can go abt  
learnign it?? what r the easy way to learn for a n00b???

thanx in advance…

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**Author:** ![nishant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nishant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nishant)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby/115703/2 "2007-09-27T21:46:00Z")

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On 9/27/07, nishant [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> m new to this grp, nd fairly new to this programing world. i wanted to  
> know a lil abt what exactly is ruby?? how a bigginer can go abt  
> learnign it?? what r the easy way to learn for a n00b???

Start here: [Ruby Programming Language](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/)

You might want to invest in a new keyboard as well :~)