Courtesy of Lifehacker (a site I’m really starting to love):

“Interested in learning Ruby, the open-source, object-oriented programming language? Start with Mr. Neighborly’s Humble Little Ruby Book, a new e-book that teaches the basics and then some.”

In addition to Mr. Neighborly’s slim volume, my growing Ruby library now includes:

• Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer’s Guide, by Dave Thomas (the “pickaxe” book)
• Agile Web Development with Rails, by Dave Thomas and David Hansson (the long-awaited 2nd edition, no less)
• Ruby Cookbook, by Carlson and Richardson (O’Reilly)

Most programming gurus recommend learning at least one new programming language per year. Looks like in 2007 it’s going to be Ruby for me assuming I find time to do something I only rarely managed to do in grad school: Actually read the books I buy.