For Ruby, check out The Well Grounded Rubyist. David Black's writing style simply delivers. http://www.amazon.com/Well-Grounded-Rubyist-David-Black/dp/193398865

For Ruby, check out The Well Grounded Rubyist. David Black's writing style simply delivers. http://www.amazon.com/Well-Grounded-Rubyist-David-Black/dp/1933988657/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1296242376&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Well-Grounded-Rubyist-David-Black/dp/1... While you await delivery of your books, also check out Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book. It's a solid introduction to Ruby. http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/html/index.html http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/html/index.html Download the Ruby Koans. All you need to do is run "ruby path_to_enlightenment.rb" from the command line. It'll tell you what line number in what file you need to change to complete each step. It's up to you to come up with the solution. There are 287 steps towards enlightenment. This is a great way to get "on hands" experience with and to learn a great deal about the Ruby langauge. http://rubykoans.com/ http://rubykoans.com/ Rails starter material http://railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book http://railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ http://guides.rubyonrails.org/