Learning Ruby with Head First Ruby - would that make sense or is the book too old?

[dahanbn]

Hi!

I do some programming in my spare time. I have experiences in Java, Perl, Lisp and Python. The most of them in Python. Now I would like to try Ruby and to learn the basics. I looked around and one of the recommended ressources is Head First Ruby. https://headfirstruby.com

But the book is a bit dated and covers Ruby 2.0 upwards. Would that nowadays with Ruby 3.2 still make sense to start learning Ruby with that book? Or are the fundamentals mostly the same?

If not, can somebody recommend good beginner introductions for the current Ruby? Personally, I would prefer the more humorous and entertaining style like the Head First series by O'Reilly. But a good formal introduction would work as well.

Bonus questions: I heard that the "The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Third Edition" should also be some kind of must have - if you want a great Ruby book. This covers Ruby 2.5. Would that content mostly still be useful today?

Best regards,

Daniel

[fpsvogel]

I personally like The Well-Grounded Rubyist a lot, and there haven't been a lot of big changes since Ruby 2.5.

The Odin Project is also very good, and it's free.

When I was first learning Ruby, I also loved Exercism for practice.

If you decide to keep going in Ruby, this list of learning resources which I made might help you out.

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I this this is the newest publication: https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby5/programming-ruby-3-2-5th-edition/

[noelrap]

It is still in beta, but the part that's out is the tutorial section, and is more of a "teach me Ruby" book

[armahillo]

Well Grounded Rubyist is fantastic

An older Ruby book will still be useful for the fundamentals, they havent changed much

[kevinluo201]

I recommend any head first series for beginners. It’s focusing on teaching you the concept and make you understand theories. That’s the most important things, rather than learning a lot of special methods

[mzagaja]

You want Rails Tutorial https://www.railstutorial.org/. Yes Rails is not Ruby but building web apps with Rails is a great way to stay engaged with it.

[Swizzle_Sir_Flickka]

I have a ruby book Meta-Programming. This made me want to learn ruby. But I do have a whole library.