Ruby has a simple and intuitive syntax that reads like natural language. By eliminating complex symbols and verbose constructs, Ruby's design philosophy allows you to express what you want directly.

Ruby comes with a program that will show the results of any Ruby statements you feed it. Playing with Ruby code in interactive sessions like this is a terrific way to learn the language.

The Koans walk you along the path to enlightenment in order to learn Ruby. The goal is to learn the Ruby language, syntax, structure, and some common functions and libraries.

That’s Ruby’s way of inserting something into a string. The bit between the braces is turned into a string (if it isn’t one already) and then substituted into the outer string at that point.

Ruby is a programming language from Japan which is revolutionizing software development. The beauty of Ruby is found in its balance between simplicity and power.

There are some standard libraries included in Ruby that are also commonly used, such as: Date - Date representation. JSON - JSON encoding and decoding. ERB - Embedded Ruby for templating. …

Ruby Documentation Welcome to the official Ruby programming language documentation. Getting Started New to Ruby? Start with our Getting Started Guide. Core Classes and Modules Explore the …

I hope this taste of Ruby has left you wanting to learn more. If so, please head on over to our Documentation area, which rounds up links to manuals and tutorials, all freely available online.

See the Installation page for details on building Ruby from source. If you have an issue compiling Ruby, consider using one of the third party tools mentioned above.

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