Used this book to help a friend learn to code. Reminds me of the Learning Perl series. Good examples of Ruby. Good explanations of basic constructs. Not the greatest to teach some of the core CS theories.

Excellent book for any newbie Rubyist! No previous experience required. The best part in my opinion is the answer key that provides two versions of scripts! One that the reader could write with the knowledge they've read from the book thus far and another version which the author as an experienced programmer would write. The author's version motivates me by reminding me how much more is there to learn ahead of me.

Great book. If you are remotely interested in computer programming-read it.

I would prefer still more tasks for the slower programmers among us.

I can't say enough good things about this book, about the way it teaches programming, the examples it gives, the approach it takes.

It made programming about solving puzzles, word problems and challenges- not about crunching numbers. I wish there were more in this series, as I have yet to find more advanced books that follow the same approach.

من النادر أن تقرأ كتاب برمجة موجه للمبتدئين بهذا المتسوى، أغلب الكتب الأخرى تعتمد أسلوب التبسيط في طرح الأمثلة على عكس الأمثلة والتمارين التي يطرحها هذا الكتاب والتي تعتمد على “ تشغيل الدماغ “ لفهم الفكرة.

الكتاب جميل ومليء بالتحديات.

A good introduction to how thinking about programming will result in solution patterns to practical common concepts in Computer Science.

It's okay, but I want more than this book provides in the way of creative outlet options.

It's best as an introduction to scripting as a general programming concept.

such a great book for beginners!

Verme ahora leyendo este libro explicar��a lo mal que me va con mi proyecto fin de carrera, claro. Si tras 4 a��os en Ingenier��a Inform��tica a��n necesito leer eso, tengo definitivamente serios problemas.

Todo parti�� de un pedido que iba a hacer a Amazon.com. Estaba echando un vistazo al cat��logo de The Pragmatic Bookshelf, que son unos libros muy chulos de programaci��n, y me detuve en ��ste (en gran parte porque sal��a fruta en la portada). Le�� la descripci��n y me llam�� la atenci��n la parte en la que hablaba del autor:

"Chris Pine first discovered the programming language Ruby in early 2001 and immediately began using it to build tools for his day job: programming computer games. After hours, he volunteered with gifted children teaching them advanced mathematics. With Ruby, he began to teach his students programming as well. Once he saw how easily his students learned advanced programming concepts in this environment, he decided to expand his teaching materials into a book.

Chris enjoys board games and juggling, and lives with his darling wife and two darling children in darling Oslo, Norway. He is very happy."

Eran unos 12��� al cambio as�� que me dije, "venga, va". En cuanto me lleg�� el paquete, empec�� a leerlo como si se tratase de una novela.

Me ha parecido el libro t��cnico m��s adorable jam��s escrito, si es que los t��rminos "t��cnico" y "adorable" son muy compatibles. No he aprendido nada con ��l, eso es cierto, vamos, unas nociones de Ruby que con cualquier tutorial habr��a adquirido en much��simo menos tiempo. Pero aparte de eso, me ha gustado much��simo leerlo. Si no estuviera en ingl��s, se lo pasar��a a mi madre, para que al menos se hiciera una idea de a lo que me dedico.

Es un libro lleno de humor y de amabilidad que te hace mantener una sonrisa mientras aprendes lo que es la recursividad o las cadenas de caracteres. Incluso si no tiene nada que ense��arte, es muy agradable de leer. No s��, supongo que un fil��sofo puede disfrutar leyendo El mundo de Sof��a, a pesar de que no vaya a aprender nada nuevo, s��lo por el hecho de que es un gran libro. Es la comparaci��n m��s f��cil que se me ocurre.

Claro, si hay alguien con ganas de aprender a programar o de tener al menos una idea de lo que es, definitivamente ��ste es el libro. Ojal�� yo hubiese tenido algo as�� cuando empec��.

Great intro book to programming in general with a Ruby focus. I loved the author's tone and writing style. Chapter 9/10 seemed to take a pretty big jump and I found myself struggling to understand the concepts though. Overall great intro book, gets you writing some code and feeling the sense of excitement at making some things happen with programming.

This is a great book for anyone with no prior programming experience. If you're ambitious, this is a great weekend project. Chris Pine really knows how to answer the questions anyone brand new to programming is wanting to ask.

The work is very easy and the hand-holding really helps you get a good grasp on the basic concepts or programming, as well as the Ruby language.

Look at this as a bare-bones startup to your learning. Finish this book, and then decide if you want to be a programmer, as well as if you want to be a Ruby programmer. I haven't found any better book to get your feet wet in computer programming.

Nice and fun introduction to the basics of programming and Ruby. That being said, you're gonna need more than this book to start writing real programs.