[janfoeh]

"Programming Ruby" [0] ("the pickaxe book") and "Agile Web Development with Rails" [1], both from Pragmatic Programmers.

I learned Ruby and Rails through them in the late 2000's; they are still being released as new editions. It has been a while since I bought new books from PragProg, but they used to have a recurring sale of ~40% off around late autumn (thanksgiving?).

[0] https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby5/programming-ruby-3-3-5th-e...

[1] https://pragprog.com/titles/rails8/agile-web-development-wit...

[f4stjack]

Ta! Heard about them but will definitely check them out.