the little book of ruby is one of the best things i have ever seen , it describes all that is to ruby , the most part of the language in a very short and sweet way . This book is all u need if u want a brief introduction on Ruby . But the Ruby cookbook provides lot more information . It provides some very neat questions, indeed some of the best questions i have ever seen . My journey into ruby has just started today , so have to see how all this finally turns up !