Ruby User’s Guide

Author: Yukihiro ‘Matz’ Matsumoto (Japanese language version)
Translated by: Goto Kentaro, Julian Fondren, and Mark Slagell
Converted to Pandora by: Alex Combas and Julian I. Kamil
Original text: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/UsersGuide/rg/

Abstract

Ruby is “an easy object oriented language”. It may seem a little strange at first, but it is designed to be easily read and written. This User’s Guide will get you started at invoking and using Ruby, and give you insights into Ruby’s nature that you may not get from the reference manual.