Making Use of Ruby
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
Making Use of Ruby
By Suresh Mahadevan; John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 047121972X. Hands-on full introduction, how to save much time, many real-world examples, how to move beyond examples to specific tasks, end-of-chapter reviews, exercises.
Programming Ruby: Ruby Tuesday
Interview with Programming Ruby authors, The Pragmatic Programmers. [Amazon.com]
Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's
Full online HTML text at Ruby Central, with download link. [Open Content, Open Publication License]
Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's
By David Thomas, Andrew Hunt; Addison-Wesley Professional, 2000, ISBN 0201710897. First ever English language book on Ruby assumes reader knows programming. [Addison-Wesley]
Ruby Developer's Guide
By Robert Feldt, Lyle Johnson, Michael Neumann; Syngress Media Inc., 2002, ISBN 1928994644. By programmers; comprehensive, discusses Ruby's role in many real-world applications. [Amazon.com]
Ruby In A Nutshell
By Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto; O'Reilly & Associates, 2001, ISBN 0596002149. By programmer, and Ruby creator; concise broad reference guide assumes reader knows programming. [O'Reilly & Associates]
Ruby In A Nutshell
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
RubyBookList
At Ruby Garden. Includes cancelled and non-English titles.
Sams Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
Sams Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days
By Mark Slagell. Book price comparing various online bookstores.
The Ruby Way
By Mark Slagell; Sams Publishing, 2001, ISBN 0672320835. Assumes reader knows programming, by teacher and programmer, Uses code samples to focus on how to use Ruby for specific applications, alone or with other languages. [Amazon.com]
Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
An online Ruby book for beginning coders which reads like an illustrated novel.