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Ruby Books Recommended on Hacker News

These Ruby books are ranked using Hacker News discussions, comment activity, and editorial review. The list focuses on learning Ruby, object-oriented design, metaprogramming, refactoring, patterns, and practical application development.

Top 5 quick picks

#1 Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) #2 Polished Ruby Programming #3 Design Patterns in Ruby #4 Metaprogramming Ruby 2 #5 Ruby Best Practices
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Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

1. Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Sandi Metz
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Polished Ruby Programming cover

2. Polished Ruby Programming

by Jeremy Evans
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Design Patterns in Ruby cover

3. Design Patterns in Ruby

by Russ Olsen
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Metaprogramming Ruby 2 cover

4. Metaprogramming Ruby 2

by Paolo Perrotta
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Ruby Best Practices cover

5. Ruby Best Practices

by Gregory T. Brown
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The Ruby Programming Language cover

6. The Ruby Programming Language

by David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto
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Refactoring: Ruby Edition: Ruby Edition (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series) cover

7. Refactoring: Ruby Edition: Ruby Edition (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series)

by Jay Fields, Shane Harvie, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck
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Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional (Beginning From Novice to Professional) cover

8. Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional (Beginning From Novice to Professional)

by Peter Cooper
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Rails AntiPatterns: Best Practice Ruby on Rails Refactoring (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

9. Rails AntiPatterns: Best Practice Ruby on Rails Refactoring (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Chad Pytel, Tammer Saleh
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Service-Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series) cover

10. Service-Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series)

by Paul Dix
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