Ruby References

Here's a list of Ruby references, along with my comments.

Ruby the Language

Wikipedia Intro: Ruby (programming language)

Official site: http://www.ruby-lang.org/

Ruby Tutorial

Excellent intro on Ruby. 〔Wikebooks: Ruby Programming @ http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming〕

Written by Matz, translated. 〔Ruby User's Guide 2012-12-08 By Matz. @ www.rubyist.net…〕

〔Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide by Dave Thomas, with Chad Fowler and Andy Hunt. @ www.ruby-doc.org…〕

〔〈Ruby Programming Language〉 by David Flanagan. amazon〕 probably the best, by the same guy who wrote 〈JavaScript the Definitive Guide〉.

Ruby Reference

Official. 〔Core Reference http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/〕

Official. 〔Ruby 1.9.3 Standard Library Documentation @ www.ruby-doc.org…〕

RubyDoc.info, seems a comprehensive site for Ruby library documentation. http://www.rubydoc.info/

Ruby on Rails

Wikipedia Intro. Ruby on Rails

Official site. http://rubyonrails.org/

Rails Tutorial

Not so good. But a quick start to guide you in installing Rails and run it. 〔Getting Started with Rails 2012-12-08 @ guides.rubyonrails.org…〕

A very verbose book. 〔Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails 2012-08-06 By Michael Hartl. @ ruby.railstutorial.org…〕

Rails Reference

Official Rails API doc. http://api.rubyonrails.org/

Rails Searchable API Doc @ http://railsapi.com/

misc

Others, i haven't used yet.

http://apidock.com/ruby [with user notes]

https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/

Chinese book. 〔Ruby on Rails 實戰聖經：使用 Rails 3.2 及 Ruby 1.9.3 2012-11-15 By Ihower. @ ihower.tw…〕

Video. 〔Rails Casts China: #013 Live Show with Ye Dingding 1: Dingding 展示如何写一个简单的在线聊天室。第一期主要是展示如何实现 backend 和写测试。 2012-06-02 By Ye Dingding. @ railscasts-china.com…〕