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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 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hello Ruby▲62

   Adventures in coding

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3RO
   Ruby One-Liners Cookbook▲191

   2020 · learnbyexample.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   learn Ruby The Hard Way▲2

   A book about learning Ruby & coding in general

   2016 · learnrubythehardway.org · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Learn Ruby by Example with Challenges▲48

   2014 · learneroo.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   On Writing Well▲67

   A classic piece on how to write better

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Ruby Is For Fun▲5

   New fun book about Ruby programming language

   2020 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most▲60

   Difficult conversation made easy

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Happiness▲69

   A guide to developing life's most important skill

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Meaningful▲69

    The story of ideas that fly

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Delivering Happiness▲92

    Seeking happiness and making people happy

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Glamour of Grammar▲67

    A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Ember 101▲68

    A beginners guide to Ember.

    2015 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Meaningful: The Story of Ideas that Fly▲61

    Building ideas that make successful products

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    "Programming is for Anyone"▲105

    A Ruby programming tutorial for journalists, researchers, investigators, scientists, analysts and anyone else in the business of finding information and making it useful and visible. Programming experience not required, but provided.

    2011 · ruby.bastardsbook.com · its alternatives →

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    The Art of Asking▲66

    How I learned to stop worrying and let people help

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Awesome Ruby▲146

    The essential Ruby to build modern Apps and Web Apps

    2015 · awesome-ruby.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Master Ruby Web APIs▲64

    Learn everything about building web APIs with Ruby.

    2016 · master-ruby-web-apis.samurails.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Ruby▲129

    Ask better questions, live on every call

    Jun 2026 · ruby.codeongrass.com · its alternatives →

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    How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design ▲70

    A look at how games make us feel

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Letters to a Young Poet▲60

    A collection of letters on art, love and solitude

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Tubes▲54

    A Journey to the Center of the Internet

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Art of Learning▲91

    An inner journey to optimal performance

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Changelog #202: 23 Years of Ruby with Matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)▲79

    The origins of the Ruby programming language

    2016 · changelog.com · its alternatives →

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