Ruby
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This Guide is based on Rails 3.2. Some of the code shown here will not work in earlier versions of Rails. 1 Guide Assumptions This guide is designed for beginners who want to get started with a Rails application from scratch. It does not assume that you have any prior experience with Rails.
Getting Started with Rails
Installing Ruby, RubyGems, and Rails on Snow Leopard
Monday, 31 August 2009 • Permalink These are instructions for compiling and installing 64-bit Ruby, Rubygems, and Ruby on Rails on Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard. The benefits of manually building a copy of Ruby in /usr/local are detailed here and here .
Variables and Assignments
To store a number or a string in your computer's memory for use later in your program, you need to give the number or string a name. Programmers often refer to this process as and they call the names . A variable springs into existence as soon as the interpreter sees an assignment to that variable. s = 'Hello World!'
Ruby Programming for the Absolute Beginner: Safari Books Online - Premium
Want to learn the fundamentals of Ruby programming but aren't sure where to start? Look no further! Ruby is a free, easy-to-learn, yet powerful scripting programming language that can run on any operating system. These attributes have made Ruby an extremely popular language in recent years for almost any programming task. Ruby Programming for the Absolute Beginner teaches you the basics of computer programming with Ruby through the creation of simple computer games.