In other words, Ruby supports meta-programming. Even classes and functions are objects in Ruby, and can as such be created, modified, passed around and used as return values in Ruby.

Ruby for kids is a site that includes directions and screencasts for a new programmer, young or old, to get started in the Ruby programming language.

Ruby for Kids Helps Teach Programming I’ve long been interested in ways to help teach kids programming. Especially my kids, though they’re still young.

The Ruby Programming Language concentrates its 400+ pages on the Ruby language proper. Programming Ruby, 2nd Ed. goes farther afield in its 800+ pages, but has less material on the language itself ...

Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. It was also influenced by Eiffel and Lisp ...

The latest edition of the TIOBE Index that plots the popularity of programming languages focuses on the reascendance of Ruby in the rankings.

Ruby, however, is quite well off: according to recently published rankings by RedMonk, Ruby takes the 8th place and belongs to Tier 1 programming languages.

Microsoft-owned online code-hosting service GitHub has detailed its massive upgrade to version 2.7 of the Ruby programming language, which it deployed to production in July after a months-long ...