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[Cory Flanigan]

New page to collect learning resources about Ruby/Rails

Click on http://groups.google.com/group/toledorb/web/ruby-resources -
or copy & paste it into your browser's address bar if that doesn't
work.

[Scott Radcliff]

I am almost through the tutorial @ http://rubylearning.com/satishtalim/tutorial.html
Worth a look.

[Mario J Vargas]

These DevX articles are also a good introduction to the language:

Ruby—A Diamond of a Programming Language, Part1:
http://www.devx.com/enterprise/Article/30917/0

Ruby—A Diamond of a Programming Language, Part 2:
http://www.devx.com/enterprise/Article/31197/0/page/1

It's worth noting that the Part 2 sample application (stock quote
screen scraper) doesn't work. I have an updated version of the screen
scraping component, but anyone with a good grasp of HTML and regular
expressions should be able to quickly figure out what the problem is.

I also tried this interactive Ruby tutorial, which gave a nice
introduction to the language. I think it was created by the author of
"Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby":
http://tryruby.hobix.com/
(This tutorial can be accessed from the Ruby website)

As a side note, this DevX article, though acceptable, will cause a lot
of frustration. The author is very inconsistent with the use of
parentheses in method definitions/calls and doesn't explain very well
how to put together a refactored version of his "application launcher"
program:
http://www.devx.com/RubySpecialReport/Article/34502

[Cory Flanigan]

Maybe everyone knows about http://railscasts.com/ already, but just in
case, I've added it to our collection of resources. I've been watching
a lot of these lately and have found them to be extremely helpful!