Eloquent Ruby (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series)
"R>Eloquent Rubyis like programming in Ruby itself: fun, surprisingly deep, and you'll find yourself wishing it was always done this way. Wherever you are in your Ruby experience from novice to Rails developer, this book is a must read."--Ethan RobertsOwner, Monkey Mind LLC "Eloquent Rubylives up to its name. It's a smooth introduction to Ruby that's both well organized and enjoyable to read, as it covers all the essential topics in the right order. This is the book I wish I'd learned Ruby from."--James KebingerSenior Software Engineer, PatientsLikeMewww.monkeyatlarge.com "Ruby's syntactic and logical aesthetics represent the pinnacle for elegance and beauty in the ALGOL family of programming languages.Eloquent Rubyis the perfect book to highlight this masterful language and Russ's blend of wit and wisdom is certain to entertain and inform."--Michael FogusContributor to the Clojure programming language and author ofThe Joy of Clojure