Re: What is the bes Ruby's book for beginners?

Renato Veneroso wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> This is my first message to this forum.
> 
> I'm interested in learning Ruby and would like to know what book you
> think I should start with. I've worked as a developer for over 17 years
> and as a Java developer for 3 and a half years. However I don't know
> anything about Ruby. So I need a book that teaches Ruby from the
> scratch.
> 
> What book do you advice me reading? I want a book that is good both in
> content and easiness of reading and learning.
> 
> Sorry if this question has been posted before. I did a quick search on
> the forum trying to find a topic like this one but I didn't find it.
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Welcome to Ruby!

Peter Cooper's _Beginning_Ruby:_From_Novice_to_Professional_ is a good 
starting book if you don't have a lot of programming experience. Since 
you do have a lot of programming experience you could easily get by with 
Dave Thomas' 
_Programming_Ruby:_The_Pragmatic_Programmers'_Guide,_Second_Edition_, 
which has already taught 1000's of people - including me - about Ruby. 
If you want two books about Ruby, Hal Fulton's _The_Ruby_Way_ would be a 
good book to buy next.

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