Anyways, I was looking for a good introduction to the language. Any oh boy did I find it, in "why's (poignant) guide to ruby". It's not just a plain-English, straightforward, fantastic introduction to Ruby. It is also by far the most entertaining technical writing I have ever read. So funny! I was hooked from the beginning page, and the cartoon foxes are absolutely killing me.

If the language is half as fun as this introduction, I'll probably switch over to it exclusively, dynamic typing and all.
Posted by James Walden on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 02:14 PM
Posted by Kaleb Brasee on Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:23 AM
I've done enough Java for a while, so I had to decide on another language to pick up. Scala is interesting and I worked with it for a while, but I finally decided to pick up Ruby first. It still has some functional elements (although a little less pure than Scala, and much less than something like F# or Haskell). The popularity of the Rails framework did have a lot to do with my selection. My work is usually either web services or web apps, so I figure there's a chance it might be usable. At the very least, it's a slightly different way to think about things, which is always good!
Posted by Jake on Monday, July 12th, 2010 at 09:45 AM
Posted by Kabe on Monday, July 12th, 2010 at 10:41 PM