Getting Started with Ruby To get the most of out Ruby Study Hall: Work on some Ruby code using the tutorials listed below Get stuck on something Post where you’re stuck somewhere online where I can easily read it (preferably at https://gist.github.com/) Think of questions about programming or Ruby concepts you don’t yet understand Email your questions and/or the link to your code to me at help@rubystudyhall.com Your First Assignments Setup your programming environment Read Chris Pine’s Learn to Program Read Learn Ruby the Hard Way Complete tryruby.org Tackle these awesome Jumpstart Lab tutorials: Ruby in 100 Minutes and EventManager Try some Ruby Koans Extra Credit If you are not comfortable at the command line, I recommend watching Peepcode’s Unix Command Line Tutorial ($9) and practicing with the shell. You’ll spend a lot of time at the command-line with Ruby.
