getting started...

* getting started *
Um... some decisions to make like
- what programming language
- what to programm
- which OS
- which Tools
- ...

Without getting to much into detail, I decided to use
- windows and cygwin (as this is most easy-to-start option)
- ruby
- git

* first steps *
I just finished installing cygwin and the newest (cygwin) version of ruby and git. Now I need to learn ruby. I am pretty curious. I know C, C#, JAVA, PERL, shell-scripting. But I'm not an expert in any one of those. And I don't have a idea about ruby, except that it's young and sexy
Grrrrr. A bash. I dislike the bash shell. I prefer ksh. [ToDo: create wiki entry: how to customize ksh]

* first tutorial *
Wow, I am such a quick learner :) I just rushed through http://tryruby.org/ But is this sufficient? I guess not... [ToDo: get a good ruby book]
[EDIT 2010-09-26] Hey, this book is available online too: http://ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ Nevertheless, I prefer a hardcopy