text: There is a lot of good information and tutorials online for Ruby.\n\nTo start, check out the main Ruby site:\nhttp://www.ruby-lang.org\n\nThe original, "definitive" reference is available online:\nhttp://www.rubycentral.com/book/\n\nThe Second Edition, dead tree format:\nhttp://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0974514055/index.html\n\nThere's a clever, interactive tutorial at:\nhttp://tryruby.hobix.com/\n\nThere is a popular framework that makes a lot of web development things easier called Ruby on Rails:\nhttp://www.rubyonrails.org/