About the guide
This introductory user's guide is mirrored in various places and is available in several translations. If you come across an out-of-date version, please notify the webmaster where the mirror is hosted.
About the Zamplized version of this document
This Zamplized version was based on the official English language version on rubyist.net and is maintained by Zamples, Inc. at zamples.com/rubyUG/.
The live code examples all point to http://zamples.com, and will work when served by any web server. If you wish to host a Zamplized version of this document on your web server for non-commercial purposes, Zamples, Inc. would be happy to execute code examples on your behalf for no charge; we only ask that you notify us of your intent to do so. If the volume of code examples should become very high we may ask you to cover expenses, or we might invite you to acquire your own Zamples server. Requests to execute live code examples from unknown web servers may be rejected, so please have the courtesy to let us know of the domain that will be serving this document.
Document history
- Original Japanese version by matz.
- First English translation by GOTO Kentaro & Julian Fondren.
- Re-translation and added material by Mark Slagell.
- Examples and narrative corrected, new material added and document Zamplized by Mike Slinn of Zamples, Inc. Nov 25/05.