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Subject: Re: A couple of questions from a Ruby neophyte
From: Brian Candler <B.Candler () pobox ! com>
Date: 2007-03-10 14:37:29
Message-ID: 20070310143722.GA11675 () uk ! tiscali ! com
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On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 12:23:04PM +0900, 7stud 7stud wrote:
> I've been looking at Ruby and Python this week, and I am drawn more to
> Python. I went through the "Ruby in 20 minutes tutorial" at the Ruby
> website here:
>
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
>
> and the syntax is not that appealing to me. I also started reading the
> book "Dive into Python", which targets experienced programmers moving to
> Python, and which is also available for free download at the author's
> web site:
>
> http://www.diveintopython.org/
>
> It's given a 5 star rating in the python book reviews here(click on the
> book names for the full reviews):
>
> http://www.awaretek.com/book.html
>
> How great is that?! A free 5 star rated programming book?
I learned through "Programming Ruby", a.k.a. the venerable "Pickaxe" book,
which suited my needs as an experienced programmer well. The 1st edition is
still free to read on-line: http://www.rubycentral.com/book/
If you like it, and don't want to get a real paper book (or give up the
shelf space) then the 2nd edition is available as a pay-for PDF download.
> It has a
> unique format: the author starts each section with a few lines of some
> indecipherable code, and then spends the rest of the section introducing
> the concepts and language features that make the code crystal clear by
> the end.
I never found any of the examples in Programming Ruby cryptic; most of it
was clear from day one. Once I'd got my head around 'yield' I was hooked :-)
Regards,
Brian.
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