Tom Stuart (1)

This book is excellent. Learn about computer science and about Ruby programming at the same time. It's very approachable, very fun, and very mind-bendy. I had to pause it when life dragged me away enough that I couldn't give it the attention it deserved, but I absolutely will return to it later.

I think it makes a great third Ruby book to read; choose the first two well. I'd recommend Eloquent Ruby first, and second either Sinatra: Up And Running or Practical Object Oriented Design, if you show more want a pragmatic second book. Of course, you could go with Understanding Computation second if you prefer to go down a quirkier rabbit hole; there's no real need to read something else between Eloquent Ruby and this other than perhaps getting used to well-formed Ruby code that does things that can be useful to you in "real life".

Actually, Understanding Computation might even be used as a first Ruby book, if you're really inclined toward this subject matter. Have fun. show less