<div dir="ltr">For experienced programmers (and beginners as well in some cases) my usual recommendation is The Well-Grounded Rubyist by David A. Black.<div><br></div><div>-Ali</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:48 PM, James McCarthy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@lety.co" target="_blank">james@lety.co</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Keep in mind that Rails is not Ruby, a lot of people know how to use
rails but cannot really do anything else using Ruby.<br>
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Rails is a great framework for what it does (webapp), have a look at
other types of tasks (system administration scripts is something
Ruby has taken over from Perl a little).<br>
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James.<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 02/06/15 12:38, Jay Greasley wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hello all,</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm a bit of
a dinosaur, having started with COBOL through Visual Basic 3,
classic asp and then onto the <a href="http://asp.net" target="_blank">asp.net</a> stack.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">But, I'm
really interested in moving over to using Ruby.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I supported
an old Rails 2.3 app a couple of years ago and liked the
syntax and flexibilty.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I have a new
work opportunity where Ruby appears to be a good candidate for
the product.<br>
Has anyone else made a similar move?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">My main
question is what one book would you recommend to start with.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Is it the
Pickaxe book? </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm sure
it'll take a while to change mindset to appreciate
metaprogramming etc.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">All responses
are much appreciated</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jay</div>
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