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[{"user_id": 39709, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1313455513.06003, "message": "Easy. Download and work tour way through the Ruby Koans", "group_id": 109, "id": 1879758}, {"user_id": 37895, "stars": [{"date_created": 1318218962.264852, "user_id": 40515}], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1313494827.381176, "message": "Right now, I am also learning Ruby. I found the 'Beginning Ruby' book by Peter Cooper (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Ruby-Professional-Peter-Cooper/dp/1430223634/ref=dp_ob_title_bk) to be extremely helpful. I am about 200 pages into the book and found the book to be very much newbie friendly.", "group_id": 109, "id": 1882929}, {"user_id": 4141, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1313544790.043937, "message": "I also did the Ruby Koans before, but I will be re-doing them after I finish the book, because I will get much more out of them that way, and the Koans are really a great learning tool.", "group_id": 109, "id": 1888136}, {"user_id": 4141, "stars": [{"date_created": 1313556133.8688819, "user_id": 37895}], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1313544766.2121379, "message": "I'm learning Ruby right now as well. I found \"The Well-Grounded Rubyist\" to be a fantastic intro.", "group_id": 109, "id": 1888131}, {"user_id": 19854, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1313670555.095376, "message": "If you want a little more interactive/structured method (with a bit of hand-holding), I recommend the Core Ruby class at http://rubylearning.org/class/ . I took that last year and really got a lot out of it.", "group_id": 109, "id": 1901201}, {"user_id": 39709, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1313709039.4829881, "message": "Better still, perhaps, would be Mendicant University: http://university.rubymendicant.com/", "group_id": 109, "id": 1905390}, {"user_id": 40358, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1314548959.3553879, "message": "How about _why's poignant guide? http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/book/", "group_id": 109, "id": 1984205}, {"user_id": 26533, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1315840443.9442849, "message": "haha", "group_id": 109, "id": 2109336}, {"user_id": 26533, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1315840421.372092, "message": "just so fun", "group_id": 109, "id": 2109333}, {"user_id": 21823, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1315842881.284476, "message": "Once the basics are set, practice with http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems\n\nI'll be teaching a intro to programming course this semester and decided that ruby would be a good starting language, I'll be coming back here for tips...", "group_id": 109, "id": 2109799}, {"user_id": 42486, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1319104010.58796, "message": "You can try videos at http://showmedo.com/", "group_id": 109, "id": 2390805}, {"user_id": 12503, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43458, "date_created": 1323316980.2676051, "message": "Anyone late to this thread: try rubymonk.com", "group_id": 109, "id": 2720926}]