Sure, for ruby, I usually send them to something like this: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/ http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quic

Sure, for ruby, I usually send them to something like this: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/ http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/ It's short and gives them quick wins. Having their hands dirty with code that works really builds the confidence they need to continue. If someone is willing to even just start the tutorial, that meets my filter-qualification and I'm very happy to help them with any stumbling points as they go through it.