Ruby-Doc.org: Documenting the Ruby Language

Getting Started

A collection of resources for those just starting out with Ruby.
- Programming Ruby
  An on-line copy of the first edition of the book Programming Ruby, by Dave Thomas.
- Additional Documents
  A varied collection of other documents hosted on Ruby-Doc
- Downloads
  Various document sets and translated works, suitable for downloading for local perusal.

Why Ruby

Help and explanations on why Ruby may be the best choice of programming languages.
- 10 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby
  Jim Weirich's Presentation at Dayton-Cincinnati Code Camp 2006
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Core API

These are the API documents for the base classes and modules in the current stable release, 1.9.3.
- 1.9 core
  Core API docs for the current version of Ruby 1.9
  Base classes and modules, such as String, Array, Symbol, etc.
- 1.9.1 core
  Core API docs for Ruby 1.9.1
- 1.9.2 core
  Core API docs for Ruby 1.9.2
- 1.9.3 core
  Core API docs for Ruby 1.9.3
- 1.8.7 core
  Core API docs for Ruby 1.8.7.
- 1.8.6 core
  Core API docs for Ruby 1.8.6.
- 2.0 core
  Core API docs for Ruby 2.0 (this is not an active release version).
- 1.9 keywords
  Keywords defined in 1.9.

Standard Library API

These are the API documents for the standard library classes and modules in the current stable release, 1.9.3.
- The 1.9 standard library
  Additional libraries included with the standard Ruby distribution, such as CGI, OpenURI, and REXML
- The 1.9.3 standard library
- The 1.9.2 standard library
- The 1.9.1 standard library
- The 1.8.7 standard library
- The 1.8.6 standard library
- The 2.0 standard library Highly beta! Not an active release.

Ruby Books

There are an increasing number of Ruby books. This section shows what's currently available.

Ruby Stuff

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