I am familiar with PHP and JSP. I am interested in learning ruby and would like some learning materials / resources / books to learn ruby. It would be better if the material / books / resource compares Ruby with PHP or JSP, as I prefer comparative learning. I would also like some suggestions for an IDE for ruby.
I've never come across a book that bridges PHP to Ruby, sorry.
I am a Ruby beginner, and here is what I have bookmarked.
Interactive, try now:
https://try.ruby-lang.org/
Free resources:
I'm not a fan of Why's Poignant Guide - I think the book's (attempts at) humor are distracting. He knows his stuff however. It might be to your liking, so:
Recommended not-free book for beginner:
Programming challenges for practice:
I use SciTE for my Ruby interaction. It comes with the Ruby installer and does everything I need.