Praise for the Second Edition

Once again, David Black has written the definitive book on Ruby. A must have for any Rubyist!

William Wheeler
TEKsystems

The Well-Grounded Rubyist digs into Ruby’s quirks and provides powerful insights into how the core artifacts interact. Revelatory.

Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC

All wheat, no chaff—takes you from Ruby programmer to full-fledged Rubyist.

Doug Sparling
Andrews McMeel Universal

The best way to learn Ruby fundamentals.

Derek Sivers
sivers.org

If you have ever read a tutorial on Ruby on Rails and wondered, ‘Okay, it works, but why and how?’ then this book is for you. A great book to learn Ruby from the beginning.

Andrea Tarocchi
Istituto Clinico Città Studi (ICCS)

Any passionate Rubyist can discover plenty of practical treasures inside.

Marius Butuc
Influitive