> Now, being as outdated as it is, it can no more be treated as one. Relatively "small" changes were made to Ruby since 2.0, but those changes are everywhere, and they seriously reshaped the language, preferred style, common patterns, and solution. So, one being introduced to language through Pickaxe will immediately be in possession of outdated knowledge.
source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/82ubtj/is_it_still_wo...
I see Picaxe outdated? do you have another resource just to not learn the outdated stuff?
Re:How to be an open source gardener (2014)
by steveklabnik on Monday October 29, 2018 @05:04PM
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Interesting! I had not heard that. Maybe I myself am becoming outdated :)
So I think I have to learn ruby the hard way, through outdated sources, ruby's latest version is 2.5.0 right now,
I'll be learning through source on 2.0 and 2.1.0
please tell me if you have a better alternative or if it even matters to learn the latest ruby.
Re:How to be an open source gardener (2014)
by zedeks48K on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @03:26AM
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The Well Grounded Rubyist is a wonderful resource and the third edition, released this August, covers Ruby 2.5.
https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-rubyist-thir...
* Sorry, it seems it's going to be released on January 2019. In any case, the second edition covers Ruby 2.1. It's safe to learn with that one.
The best book for leveling up your Ruby is "Metaprogramming Ruby". Yes, it's technically a book about metaprogramming, but in order to metaprogram, you need to learn about how Ruby really works. In my mind, if you don't grok what's in that book, you're still new at Ruby (which is okay!), and once you do, you're intermediate/advanced. Before that, the classics like the Pickaxe are good for getting started.
From there, I personally would go the "pick an issue and dig in" route; there's a lot to learn, and so having a reason to learn about a specific part of the project is a good way to get going. If you hit a wall, pick another issue.