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ok i'll start but which book should i refer for ruby

raju 18y ago
I would recommend Peter Coopers "Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional" book. Its well written and pretty exhaustive. Another book, once you get past Peters would be Flanagan and Matz (the creator of Ruby) "The Ruby Programming Language". Good luck.
dazzawazza 18y ago
For python I can't recommend a book. Dive in to Python is available online but to be honest the best thing to do is just start using it. It's just not hard. DIP: http://www.diveintopython.org/toc/index.html http://www.diveintopython.org/toc/index.html Tutorial: http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html Std Modules: http://docs.python.org/modindex.html http://docs.python.org/modindex.html Std Library Reference: http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html good luck
- arockwell 18y ago
  I'll second dive into python. I thought it was an excellent read. The book does a good job of teaching the language while showing a lot of practical examples.
icey 18y ago
http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/ http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/
- apu 18y ago
  Google is a terrible way to find good programming/CS books. I think that's why the OP was asking here, where he can expect to find books that other hackers have used personally and can thus make earnest and informed recommendations. I did indeed learn some languages using the google route, but in retrospect, I could have saved myself a lot of time and pain if a forum like this had been around, where I could get expert opinions.
  - gtani 18y ago
    Google's not bad for ruby, scheme, etc. tutorials. I've been doing same for OCaml and F#; Also try (espec. delicious) http://searchyc.com/python+tutorial http://searchyc.com/python+tutorial http://del.icio.us/tag/ruby+tutorial http://del.icio.us/tag/ruby+tutorial http://technorati.com/tag/Ruby+tutorial http://technorati.com/tag/Ruby+tutorial http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/search?q=python+tutorial&x=14&y=9 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/search?q=python+tutorial... here's a starting line: admin tasks you do repetitivly in whatever o/s you use. Automate them. Build in checks for filename conflicts, large file/network transfers, run script off hours, etc. or rewrite something from the activestate's CPAN-loose equivalent, submit it back when it's tested robust and you know it's not a dup http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python and, oh yea, Martelli's Python in a Nutshell from Oreilly. Covers 2.4, read the PEPs to see what's new in 2.5 and 2.6. Also, Matz's original ruby nutshell on Oreilly, the little one that covers 1.6. It's little outdated, but it's also a small book that you can read carefully , cover to cover
    - silentbicycle 18y ago
      Word. Looking for programming info via combinations of del.icio.us tags became surprisingly useful for me once I knew the basics well enough to know what I was looking for. > admin tasks you do repetitivly in whatever o/s you use. Excellent advice. When you find yourself in a situation where you keep having to do something boring and repetitive, try to write a script for it. The immediate feedback and sense of accomplishment from this will teach you things that spending weeks on internet forums never could.
  - icey 18y ago
    It's obvious that the OP hasn't even tried to find out any of this information for himself.

raju 18y ago

I would recommend Peter Coopers "Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional" book. Its well written and pretty exhaustive. Another book, once you get past Peters would be Flanagan and Matz (the creator of Ruby) "The Ruby Programming Language". Good luck.

dazzawazza 18y ago

For python I can't recommend a book. Dive in to Python is available online but to be honest the best thing to do is just start using it. It's just not hard. DIP: http://www.diveintopython.org/toc/index.html http://www.diveintopython.org/toc/index.html Tutorial: http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html Std Modules: http://docs.python.org/modindex.html http://docs.python.org/modindex.html Std Library Reference: http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html good luck

arockwell 18y ago
I'll second dive into python. I thought it was an excellent read. The book does a good job of teaching the language while showing a lot of practical examples.

icey 18y ago

http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/ http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/

apu 18y ago
Google is a terrible way to find good programming/CS books. I think that's why the OP was asking here, where he can expect to find books that other hackers have used personally and can thus make earnest and informed recommendations. I did indeed learn some languages using the google route, but in retrospect, I could have saved myself a lot of time and pain if a forum like this had been around, where I could get expert opinions.
- gtani 18y ago
  Google's not bad for ruby, scheme, etc. tutorials. I've been doing same for OCaml and F#; Also try (espec. delicious) http://searchyc.com/python+tutorial http://searchyc.com/python+tutorial http://del.icio.us/tag/ruby+tutorial http://del.icio.us/tag/ruby+tutorial http://technorati.com/tag/Ruby+tutorial http://technorati.com/tag/Ruby+tutorial http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/search?q=python+tutorial&x=14&y=9 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/search?q=python+tutorial... here's a starting line: admin tasks you do repetitivly in whatever o/s you use. Automate them. Build in checks for filename conflicts, large file/network transfers, run script off hours, etc. or rewrite something from the activestate's CPAN-loose equivalent, submit it back when it's tested robust and you know it's not a dup http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python and, oh yea, Martelli's Python in a Nutshell from Oreilly. Covers 2.4, read the PEPs to see what's new in 2.5 and 2.6. Also, Matz's original ruby nutshell on Oreilly, the little one that covers 1.6. It's little outdated, but it's also a small book that you can read carefully , cover to cover
  - silentbicycle 18y ago
    Word. Looking for programming info via combinations of del.icio.us tags became surprisingly useful for me once I knew the basics well enough to know what I was looking for. > admin tasks you do repetitivly in whatever o/s you use. Excellent advice. When you find yourself in a situation where you keep having to do something boring and repetitive, try to write a script for it. The immediate feedback and sense of accomplishment from this will teach you things that spending weeks on internet forums never could.
- icey 18y ago
  It's obvious that the OP hasn't even tried to find out any of this information for himself.