# One Suggestion ( Re: I'm having a hard time learning ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-suggestion-re-im-having-a-hard-time-learning-ruby/68248>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 11, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-suggestion-re-im-having-a-hard-time-learning-ruby/68248 "2006-09-11T04:48:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![bodikp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bodikp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bodikp)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-suggestion-re-im-having-a-hard-time-learning-ruby/68248/1 "2006-09-11T04:48:06Z")

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PickAxe didn’t work for me. I’ve found “The Ruby Way” and now "Ruby  
Cookbook " give sme the morsel sizes I need to be productive, then I  
turn to  
either “Ruby for Rails”, “Pickaxe” or google when I have other  
questions. B

Avoid analysis paralysis and start coding is the best advice I ever  
foolishly ignored.

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**Author:** ![bodikp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bodikp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bodikp)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-suggestion-re-im-having-a-hard-time-learning-ruby/68248/2 "2006-09-11T17:04:28Z")

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Hi

I’d recommend the ‘Ruby Cookbook’ as well. It’s nothing more than  
several  
hundred functional samples with detailed explanations. Just sit down at  
your computer and work though the samples one by one. The book is also a  
great reference to keep around once you’ve gained some experience with  
ruby.

I’d also recommend doing everything in irb at first. When you are more  
confortable with the language start coding rb files.

Finally, I’d suggest looking at the rb files included in the  
distribution.  
For example, runit, net, and cgi. These files really helped me get used  
to  
the language.

I hope this helped.

Thanks