A nice fun book for programmers

I guess non-programmers can read this book with benefit but having some programming background will help in appreciating the power of this language. The authors do a good job of going through Ruby's syntax and features while using OO principles to buildup on a non-trivial tutorial app. If you're a Perl/Python programmer, this book will get you up to speed quickly.

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• A nice fun book for programmers