Installation: RVM (Ruby Version Manager) is the best way to manage Ruby installations on Linux and Mac OSX. RubyInstaller is the quickest way to get Ruby installed on Windows.
Learning tools
Books (Available online)
- _why’s Poignant Guide to Ruby
- Chris Pine’s Learning to Program
- Mr Neighborly’s Humble Little Ruby Book
- Michael Hartl’s Learn Rails by Example
Debugging tips
- I am a puts debuggerer - some useful debugging tips from tenderlove
- Ruby Debugging Cheat Sheet by Schneems
Bookmarked articles
- Learn advanced rake in 7 episodes (by Advi Grimm)
- 15 things for a Ruby beginner
- Why Ruby blocks exist
- Awesome Ruby - A collection of awesome Ruby libraries, tools, frameworks and software
Blogs
Contributing to Ruby
- How to Contribute to Ruby - resources that can help you get started in contributing to Ruby