In my previous post , I detailed the strategies I used to learn the basics of a programming language in a weekend. Now I'll share the specific details I used.

Books

I used two of the best books on Ruby:

• The Well-Grounded Rubyist
• Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0

Both of these books are paid, but there are many other great Ruby books available online for free.

Also, both of these books are approachable enough for beginners, but I would recommend that newbies start with the following two resources:

Online Courses

I used the following online courses:

• Code School (This one is paid, but it's great!)
• Code Academy (This one is free!)
• Ada Developers Academy Textbook (This one is good at distiling programming concepts)

Pomodoro

I used a cute owl kitchen timer to keep track of my pomodoros :)

I hope that helps anyone that wants to learn ruby!

Vinicio