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As a newbie to Ruby and Rails, these are the books that I've found most useful.
=====Books or Things to read=====
* O'Reilly Head first series
*Visual QuickStart Guides http://www.peachpit.com/imprint/series_detail.aspx?ser=335245*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlVSWa90m8umdGg3U0h4bjdMT0ttVUJBU3RCaUc0WGc#gid=0 QA Collection Purchases for Code4Lib]* [http://www.worldcat.org/title/pragmatic-programmer-from-journeyman-to-master/oclc/42038638 "The Pragmatic Programmer"] by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas. A book that teaches beginners how think like a programmer, and reminds experts of good practices.
* The top 9 in a hacker's bookshelf: http://grokcode.com/11/the-top-9-in-a-hackers-bookshelf/
* "How to Design Programs" http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/. Good for newbie coders.
* Kernighan and Ritchie's [http://www.worldcat.org/title/c-programming-language/oclc/17650642 "The C Programming Language."] A keeper for life, and surprisingly readable and directed to the newbie. Also * [http://www.worldcat.org/title/pragmaticagile-programmerweb-fromdevelopment-journeymanwith-torails-master4/oclc/42038638 "The Pragmatic Programmer"852808602&referer=brief_results Agile Web Development with Rails 4] by Andrew Hunt is well-paced introduction to Rails and David ThomasRuby.Covers a lot of core concepts (MVC, agile development, testing, AJAX).** To dive further into Ruby, there's [http://www.worldcat.org/title/programming-ruby-19-20-the-pragmatic-programmers-guide/oclc/855706057&referer=brief_results Programming Ruby] (aka The PickAxe Book)
* http://www.w3.org/International
* Guide for the Perplexed on the code4lib wiki: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/A_Guide_for_the_Perplexed
