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24 alternatives to Ruby Is For Fun

New fun book about Ruby programming language

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ruby Is For Fun launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Hello Ruby▲62
Adventures in coding
2015 · its alternatives →
2
Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby▲65
A Poignant Guide (!!) to learning Ruby
2015 · its alternatives →
3
Hello Ruby▲107
An illustrated storybook teaching Ruby to kids
2014 · its alternatives →
4RO
Ruby One-Liners Cookbook▲191
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5
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6
learn Ruby The Hard Way▲2
A book about learning Ruby & coding in general
2016 · its alternatives →
7
Haskell Programming▲66
Great book with a low barrier to entry for learning Haskell
2016 · its alternatives →
8IW
I Wrote a Book on Java▲586
https://www.manning.com/books/data-oriented-programming-in-j... This book is a distillation of everything I’ve learned about what effective development looks like in Java (so far!). It's about how to organize programs around data "as plain data" and the surprisingly benefits that emerge when we do. Programs that are built around the data they manage tend to be simpler, smaller, and significantly easier understand. Java has changed radically over the last several years. It has picked up all kinds of new language features which support data oriented programming (records,…
2024 · its alternatives →
9
I wrote a book about Python▲181
Develop your intuition for practical Python patterns as you use new modules and tools to write clean, efficient, and correct Python code.
2021 · pragprog.com · its alternatives →
10
Programming Pearls▲71
Clever solutions to classic programming problems
2015 · its alternatives →
11
The Changelog #202: 23 Years of Ruby with Matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)▲79
The origins of the Ruby programming language
2016 · its alternatives →
12
Awesome Ruby▲146
The essential Ruby to build modern Apps and Web Apps
2015 · its alternatives →
13LP
Learn Python the Right Way – free introduction to Python book▲245
2021 · learnpythontherightway.com · its alternatives →
14BR
BestRuby – Ruby Tricks, Idioms, Refactorings and Best Practices▲92
2015 · best-ruby.com · its alternatives →
15
The Pragmatic Programmer▲87
Solid advice and awesome analogies
2015 · its alternatives →
16
A Day in Code▲126
A picture book written in code (with English translations!)
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17LR
Learn Ruby by Example with Challenges▲48
2014 · learneroo.com · its alternatives →
18
Metaprogramming Ruby 2: Program Like the Ruby Pros▲72
Write powerful Ruby code that is easy to maintain and change
2016 · its alternatives →
19
Master Ruby Web APIs▲64
Learn everything about building web APIs with Ruby.
2016 · its alternatives →
20
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2017 · pythonbooks.org · its alternatives →
21
You Don't Know JS: Up & Going▲128
Get a more complete understanding of JavaScript
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22HP
Hello Python, my book about learning python, has just been released▲46
2012 · manning.com · its alternatives →
23MF
My free Ruby book PDF (CC license)▲5
The source is available right here https://github.com/ro31337/rubyisforfun
2022 · s3.amazonaws.com · its alternatives →
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Data Science from Scratch▲76
Data Science and Python, starting at zero
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