# Where to start? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 19, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-start/138063 "2008-05-19T22:53:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pleiva)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-start/138063/1 "2008-05-19T22:53:29Z")
Does anyone have a good website or book, to start on Ruby and Rubyonrails ? ---
**Author:** ![pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pleiva)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-start/138063/2 "2008-05-20T00:10:53Z")
On Mon, 19 May 2008 15:53:29 -0500, Pedro R. Lopez wrote: > Does anyone have a good website or book, to start on Ruby and > Rubyonrails ? [http://poignantguide.net/ruby/](http://poignantguide.net/ruby/) ---
**Author:** ![pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pleiva)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-start/138063/3 "2008-05-20T00:18:03Z")
Casimir wrote: > On Mon, 19 May 2008 15:53:29 -0500, Pedro R. Lopez wrote: > > > Does anyone have a good website or book, to start on Ruby and > > Rubyonrails ? > > [http://poignantguide.net/ruby/](http://poignantguide.net/ruby/) What is that ??? junk ?? ---
**Author:** ![pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pleiva)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-start/138063/4 "2008-05-20T01:23:00Z")
If that’s a little too crazy, then feel free to try: > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. Yes, I wrote it. 🙂 So if you hate it, too, then please do tell me. –Jeremy On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Pedro R. Lopez [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). – [http://jeremymcanally.com/](http://jeremymcanally.com/) [http://entp.com](http://entp.com) Read my books: Ruby in Practice ([Ruby in Practice](http://manning.com/mcanally/)) My free Ruby e-book ([http://humblelittlerubybook.com/](http://humblelittlerubybook.com/)) Or, my blogs: > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://mrneighborly.com)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. [http://rubyinpractice.com](http://rubyinpractice.com) ---
**Author:** ![pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pleiva)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-start/138063/5 "2008-05-20T07:25:45Z")
Pedro R. Lopez wrote: > Does anyone have a good website or book, to start on Ruby and > Rubyonrails ? Hope this link would help you to learn ruby from the basics. [http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/ruby/0.3/](http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/ruby/0.3/) you have very nice documentation here with library functions… [http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) – jose martin ---
**Author:** ![pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@pleiva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pleiva)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-start/138063/6 "2008-05-20T08:11:35Z")
Pedro R. Lopez wrote: > Casimir wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 May 2008 15:53:29 -0500, Pedro R. Lopez wrote: > > > > > Does anyone have a good website or book, to start on Ruby and > > > Rubyonrails ? > > > > [http://poignantguide.net/ruby/](http://poignantguide.net/ruby/) > > What is that ??? junk ?? Actually, it’s very good. Written by “why the lucky stiff” - a Ruby god.