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24 alternatives to Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby

A Poignant Guide (!!) to learning Ruby

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hello Ruby▲107

   An illustrated storybook teaching Ruby to kids

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hello Ruby▲62

   Adventures in coding

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3RO
   Ruby One-Liners Cookbook▲191

   2020 · learnbyexample.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4OA
   Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation▲110

   2013 · omniref.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   learn Ruby The Hard Way▲2

   A book about learning Ruby & coding in general

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6LR
   Learn Ruby by Example with Challenges▲48

   2014 · learneroo.com · its alternatives →

7. 7BR
   BestRuby – Ruby Tricks, Idioms, Refactorings and Best Practices▲92

   2015 · best-ruby.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   On Writing Well▲67

   A classic piece on how to write better

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Ruby Is For Fun▲5

   New fun book about Ruby programming language

   2020 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most▲60

    Difficult conversation made easy

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Happiness▲69

    A guide to developing life's most important skill

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Meaningful▲69

    The story of ideas that fly

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Delivering Happiness▲92

    Seeking happiness and making people happy

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Glamour of Grammar▲67

    A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Meaningful: The Story of Ideas that Fly▲61

    Building ideas that make successful products

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16RT
    RubyMotion-Tutorials.com▲62

    2012 · rubymotion-tutorials.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Art of Asking▲66

    How I learned to stop worrying and let people help

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Awesome Ruby▲146

    The essential Ruby to build modern Apps and Web Apps

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Master Ruby Web APIs▲64

    Learn everything about building web APIs with Ruby.

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design ▲70

    A look at how games make us feel

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Tubes▲54

    A Journey to the Center of the Internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Art of Learning▲91

    An inner journey to optimal performance

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Changelog #202: 23 Years of Ruby with Matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)▲79

    The origins of the Ruby programming language

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    We Learn Nothing: Essays▲62

    Brilliant book that questions why we do the things we do

    2015 · its alternatives →

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