I agree that this is an important need. I suspect Ruby is not as broadly accepted as it could be because we all assume a basic knowledge of computers that probably is WAY beyond most people. But, really, Ruby is just plain great and we need to figure out how to make it accessible to the masses. I believe that many people may balk at "Absolutely New to Programming", since they may have taken an Intro to Programming using Basic/Cobol/Whatever. Perhaps just say "An Easy Start for Ruby", or something. I believe the vast majority of the under-served Ruby illiterate are using Windows (not Macs and not Linux). In Windows, I think all one really needs is: 1. How to download and execute RubyInstaller 2. How to use Notepad as a program editor 3. How to access and use a Command Window 4. How to run a Ruby program in a Command Window I've TALKED a few people through this, while standing over their shoulder. I ain't no great writer, so I'm not gonna be able to help there. But one thing I noticed when TALKING is that jargon is a killer. Very basic concepts (to me) are WAY beyond the newcomer. They've never downloaded and installed nothin' (at least, that they know). They never heard of Notepad. They aren't aware that a Command Window is available (or what it is or how to use it or why). And every other word out of my mouth is Greek to them (e.g., What's a program? What's a script? What's an object? etc., etc.) I thinkin' we need instructions a 5th grader could understand, who's only used a Windows computer to play games on Facebook. Just WHAT to do and HOW to do it to get Ruby up and running on their Windows platform and run a simple program (I beg you, please, NOT "Hello World"). After they have it, then we can point them to lots of doc (though someone needs to prepare a "curriculum" for newbies). If this takes off, I'll follow the thread and look to see if there's any way I can help. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.