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Ruby is a programming language from Japan ( available at ruby-lang.org and rubyforge.org) which is revolutionizing the web. The beauty of Ruby is found in its balance between simplicity and power.

- Splendid interactive tutorial, programmed and managed by whytheluckystiff.net

• Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide by Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt — the entire first edition of their book online at rubycentral.com
• From the introduction of the above book: Yukihiro Matsumoto's description of how and why he created Ruby

• For beginners: Ruby in Twenty Minutes tutorial at ruby-lang.org
• For beginners: RubyLearning.com
• For beginners: Free Online Ruby Programming Course

• Installing Programs with setup.rb thanks to i.loveruby.net — nice listing of all command calls for setup.rb, and their purposes
• i.loveruby.net has done the same for Creating Packages with setup.rb

[edit] Versioning and Downloading

• Versions of Ruby and Rails currently installed on our servers
• List of gems, and their current versions, that are installed on our servers
  

NOTE: Ruby on Rails is installed via cgi using FastCGI and not as an Apache module.

Should you want to download your own version, you may do so from:

• ruby-lang.org:
  • en
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Polish
• ibiblio
• RubyForge

Alternatively, if you're going to use our installed version to program (and why not?), you can practice safely online, in a sandbox of sorts.

[edit] Resources

• our Ruby subforum
• Transitioning from "x" programming language to Ruby: included are C and C++; Java; Perl; PHP; and Python.
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Polish
• Documentation
  • Spanish
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  • Polish
• oreillynet.com/ruby

• Replacing AppleScript with Ruby by Matt Neuberg

[edit] Community

• our Ruby subforum

• i.loveruby.net, the site of Minero Aoki:
  • in Japanese
  • in English
  • file archive

• ruby-lang.org's mailing lists
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Polish

• User Groups
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Polish

• Helpful blogs and blog collaborations of note
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  • French
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Polish

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* : a list of  specific code snippets, tips and tricks

• ERuby
• Ruby
• Ruby/RubyOSA
• Ruby/Snippets
• Ruby on Rails

Related wiki pages: ERuby, Ferret, Gems, Rails, Ruby on Rails, Scripting and Development Guide, Installed software and their versions

source for large, official Ruby icon: .svg file, directly from Ruby's creator