Although I’ve helped in many ways over the course of the last year in preparing the Windy City Rails conference, tomorrow I will perform the most important task of the day. I know, I know… you’re probably thinking “you’re not David Hansson, or David Chelimsky“.  Yeah I’m not those guys, but… I’m the guy that’s gonna be giving you your prizes! And what glorious, might I even say fabulous, prizes they are! Throughout the day we will be raffling off various O’Reilly and Addison Wesley books, screencasts from Pragmatic, and a free...

[amazonify]0596529864::text::::Learning Ruby[/amazonify] Author: Michael Fitzgerald ISBN 10: 0-596-52986-4 ISBN 13: 9780596529864 Reviewer: Matt Polito Learning Ruby is exactly what the title says. This book offers a great ‘introduction’ to Ruby as a fun, powerful language. Now I would say that as a Ruby user, I’m not quite advanced but not really a beginner. I would have to say that this book is definitely catered to someone very new to the Ruby world. The books author, Michael Fitzgerald, uses a very easy to read style of writing that, to me, made this read far easier than...