[BioRuby] Fw: books to learn Ruby

[Jan Aerts]

I learned Ruby by reading a part-comic book over a Christmas holiday: why's
(poignant) guide to ruby. You can find it at
http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/book/

jan.


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Dr Jan Aerts
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Engineering - ESAT/SCD
University of Leuven
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On 5 February 2013 15:46, Marjan Povolni <marian.povolny at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I used "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" by David A. Black. I don't remember
> anymore why I liked it, but I did. Starting with a tutorial from this site
> might be also a good idea, depends on the person:
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/
>
> To me, the Ruby Koans (http://rubykoans.com/windows) provided a nice
> introduction to the language in a short time. There are also instructions
> on how to install Ruby on windows on that website.
>
> --
> Marjan
>
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Naohisa GOTO
> <ngoto at gen-info.osaka-u.ac.jp>wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just find that I've recieved the following mail in may mailer's
> > spam folder. Sorry for responsing too late.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I know little about books written in English about
> > learning Ruby. Could someone please recommend some books?
> >
> > Naohisa Goto
> > ng at bioruby.org / ngoto at gen-info.osaka-u.ac.jp
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:31:29 +0530
> > From: <**********@gmail.com>
> > To: staff at bioruby.org
> > Subject: Please Help
> >
> >
> > Dear Ruby Admin,
> > I love to learn RUBY..I'm novice,
> > Basically from a Bioinformatics Background.
> >
> > I wanted to know few things on Ruby..
> > 1.How should I start learning RUBY, Any basic books you can suggest me?
> > 2.How do I install BioRuby in my Windows PC ?
> >
> > Please help me !
> > Thanks
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