Why is there so little literature on Ruby?

Question

Ruby on Rails

Hello!
I've been eyeing Ruby for quite some time, and somehow this language really attracts me. Yes, and cool Rails included. At an amateur level, I have studied this bunch and now I want to go into full immersion. The only thing that stops me is the poor informational support of Ruby.
I want to study in a structured way, and it is desirable to have one fundamental book in paper form. The only such reference/textbook in Russian, as I understand it, is Flanagan D., Matsumoto Y. - Ruby Programming Language (2011). Having run through the electronic version, I decided to buy its paper version, but it is not for sale in any major online store. And yes, it's not as fresh anymore. For Python, there is a whole series of excellent books from Mark Lutz, combining both a textbook and a reference. All of them (and many others) are on sale.
This leads to several related questions:
1. Should I bet on Ruby now? The language is suitable for my web development tasks, but at the same time, there is Python, which has much more support. Without holivars.
2. What is the reason for the lack of paper literature on sale? More precisely, does not the cessation of replication mean that it will only get worse in the future?
3. Is an updated edition of the above book expected in the near future? Or something similar? I would like to have at least one paper reference book in Russian.
4. What is the best Ruby literature currently available in English?
In summary, I would like to hear the opinions of the community about the current time being favorable for a complete switch to Ruby, and also is it possible to buy something fundamental in paper now and is it worth waiting for something like this to be released in the near future?
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Answer 1

This is ruby ​​a little literature?? one, two . If the question is purely about the web, then Ruby is better, if something else is planned, then Python, it’s better not to bet on the trend, only if there is some kind of financial reserve in case Ruby is forgotten in 5 years, otherwise the language is mature, 20 years after all, so is Python. in Russian, don’t look for Ruby, it’s either an overbrain (“Partials”) or outdated, that’s more or less in Russian, but briefly, and so it’s probably the best thing in Ruby and on rails , under the hood , about meta programming (I didn’t read it myself but they say well written)

Answer 2

There is a huge amount of literature on ruby.
Moreover, what a huge number of interactive courses I have not seen for other languages.
Your problem is. that you ignore sources of knowledge in English. This is not true.

Answer 3

Here are the sources I use myself:
Book on Ruby on Rails in Russian. Also free Ruby screencasts in Russian and free Rails screencasts in Russian.

Answer 4

mexalib.com/search/?q=ruby
progbook.ru/ruby
rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3642347
I think from everything that you have listed here, you can collect a good collection, and be taken into account in the trash, it is better to night. )

Answer 5

it would be nice to know English, at least at the level of reading the documentation , the
lack of literature in Russian is a stupid excuse for refusing ruby

Answer 6

You can switch to 1C, there will be no shortage of documentation in Russian)