# Ruby Beginner - Recommended Books **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 25, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner-recommended-books/115490 "2007-09-25T19:11:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amir)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner-recommended-books/115490/1 "2007-09-25T19:11:19Z")
Hi I’m new to this Ruby thing. Would like to get some books to get up to speed on this language. I’ve only done BASIC and VBA. I would like to be able to design a web app for employer’s rental business. Any help would be great. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amir)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner-recommended-books/115490/2 "2007-09-25T19:20:21Z")
[http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr\_ltp/](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_ltp/) [http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/title/rails/](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/title/rails/) [http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/title/ruby/index.html](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/title/ruby/index.html) and a personal fav, but not really ruby related [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735619654/sr=1-1/qid=1156801743/ref=sr\_1\_1/104-6313703-3867159?ie=UTF8&s=books](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735619654/sr=1-1/qid=1156801743/ref=sr_1_1/104-6313703-3867159?ie=UTF8&s=books) ~Jeremy ---
**Author:** ![Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amir)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner-recommended-books/115490/3 "2007-09-25T19:25:21Z")
Hello, try Peter C.'s “Beginning Ruby, from Novice to Professional” from Apress. It has been a great tool for me to learn Ruby. I have done C, Pascal and Basic before, never Web programming and I can say it is getting me on track… maybe later on Rails…jejeje Luis Fernando Flores Oviedo Project Management Professional Mobil: (449) 114 9577 -----Mensaje original----- De: Amir [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] Enviado el: Martes, 25 de Septiembre de 2007 12:10 Para: ruby-talk ML Asunto: Ruby Beginner - Recommended Books Hi I’m new to this Ruby thing. Would like to get some books to get up to speed on this language. I’ve only done BASIC and VBA. I would like to be able to design a web app for employer’s rental business. Any help would be great. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amir)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner-recommended-books/115490/4 "2007-09-25T22:14:55Z")
On 9/25/07, Amir [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi > > I’m new to this Ruby thing. Would like to get some books to get up to > speed on this language. I don’t know how many you’re looking for, but here’s a link to the book reviews (and author interviews) I’ve done: > **[On Ruby](http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/search/label/Books)** > > The (mostly) tech related musings of Pat Eyler. Ruby, Erlang, Haskell, Scala, Ocaml, Publishing, and more ... they’re mostly Ruby or RoR related ---
**Author:** ![Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amir)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner-recommended-books/115490/5 "2007-09-25T22:04:18Z")
I am really enjoying this one: > **[Learning Ruby](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/learning-ruby/9780596529864/)** > > You don't have to know everything about a car to drive one, and you don't need to know everything about Ruby to start programming with it. Written for both experienced … - Selection from Learning Ruby \[Book\] You learn as you go along trying out many examples in the chapters. At the end of each chapter you try the exercises to see what you have mastered so far. Really good. HTH. Helio ---
**Author:** ![Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amir)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner-recommended-books/115490/6 "2007-09-25T23:36:26Z")
For learning: Peter C.'s, Begining Ruby, from Apress For reference: Programming Ruby Ruby Cookbook After Peter C.'s book, if you want to learn Rails, from Sitepoint publishing, their Rails book will get you going or from Freinds of ED, Rails Solutions For reference: Agile Web D. With Rails Rails Cookbook ---
**Author:** ![Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amir)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner-recommended-books/115490/7 "2007-09-27T07:36:17Z")
On Sep 26, 2:35 am, John J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Agile Web D. With Rails > Rails Cookbook * * * Hi You can also find many links here… [http://ironruby.blogspot.com](http://ironruby.blogspot.com) they have published many sources for great books. Hope this helps