Web Directory

» A Practical Introduction to Ruby: First Steps
   Beginners introduction, on installing Ruby, and writing a first simple script.
   http://coolnamehere.com/geekery/ruby/rubytut/part01.html

» ActiveRecord Without Rails
   Provides a tutorial explaining how to use the active record library outside of a rails application.
   http://rails.aizatto.com/2007/05/21/activerecord-without-rails/

» Meshplex : Ruby Tutorial
   Provides a Ruby and Rails guide for beginners.
   http://www.meshplex.org/wiki/Ruby/

» Phrogz
   By David Thomas and Andrew Hunt. Offers a beginner guide to start with the language.
   http://phrogz.net/ProgrammingRuby/

» Prawn samples
   Provides slides and examples to use the Prawn library.
   http://prawn.heroku.com

» Ruby Embedded into C++
   Describes how to embed Ruby interpreter in C++, gives skeleton to build on, treats concepts of embedding, advanced topics like SWIG. Descriptions, code, diagrams, links, news.
   http://metaeditor.sourceforge.net/embed/

» Ruby Koans
   A tutorial to learn the language's syntax, structure, and some common functions and libraries by making tests pass.
   http://github.com/edgecase/ruby_koans

» Ruby Slides
   Provides an introduction to the language with slides. [English, Russian, French]
   http://www.approximity.com/ruby/

» Ruby User's Guide
   Original Japanese version by matz. First English translation by GOTO Kentaro and Julian Fondren. Further translation and editing by Mark Slagell.
   http://www.rubyist.net/~slagell/ruby/

» Ruby-Doc.org
   Ruby documentation project: links and downloads of programming information, on many aspects of Ruby.
   http://www.ruby-doc.org/

» RubyLearning.com
   Set of thorough study notes, and class, for those new to Ruby and meeding a solid introduction to its concepts and constructs. By Satish Talim.
   http://rubylearning.com/

» Thirty-seven Reasons I Love Ruby
   By Hal Fulton.
   http://rubyhacker.com/ruby37.html