Ruby programming language?

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I would really like to get started programming in the ruby language, but I'm having a hard time finding a good tutorial/ learning it. If anyone code point me in the right direction to a good tutorial for the ruby language that would be amazing! Also, if you have programmed in the language, what is your opinion of the language as a whole. What are some good implication of the language when making large programming/ being a developer. Any help is greatly appreciated =)

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Hi!

I started playing with ruby since HighSchool, it is a fun language and IMO is one of the best to learn.
I'm have 3 years of software development, and during this time I've written commercial applications for clients in Western Europe and I worked with the following programming languages and technologies: 
1. C# - ASP.Net MVC, ASP.Net, Windows Phone 7
2. Java - Eclipse RCP
3. Objective-C: iPhone Apps and Games.
4. Unity3D
5. Ruby: Ruby on Rails

Having this experience I belive Ruby to be the best programming language one can chose to learn. I started learning it in highschool. The concepts that I learned in Ruby help me better understand and adopt any technology. Right now I'm a very happy Ruby on Rails developer and I'm building a very large web application that will be deployed in 13+ countries.

If you want to start learning ruby I recommend the following:

1st go trough this book: http://ruby.learncodethehardway.org/book/ (html version is free)

2nd learn Sinatra. After you have some basic ruby skills you can make a web app using ruby and Sinatra: http://sinatra-book.gittr.com/

3rd deploy your Sinatra app on Heroku: http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/rack (it is free)

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