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- Ruby-Doc.org
Ruby documentation project: links and downloads of programming information, on many aspects of Ruby.
http://www.ruby-doc.org/
- Thirty-seven Reasons I Love Ruby
By Hal Fulton.
http://rubyhacker.com/ruby37.html
- Try Ruby
Beginner's basic tutorial, online, interactive, works in Web browser, has Ruby interpreter above with lessons below.
http://tryruby.hobix.com/
- RubyCocoa Resources
Documentation and examples, as digital books, for RubyCocoa, a bridge between Ruby and Objective-C, a way to make desktop programs with Ruby.
http://www.rubycocoa.com/
- Ruby User's Guide
Original Japanese version by matz. First English translation by GOTO Kentaro and Julian Fondren. Further translation and editing by Mark Slagell.
http://www.rubyist.net/~slagell/ruby/
- A Practical Introduction to Ruby: First Steps
Beginners introduction, on installing Ruby, and writing a first simple script.
http://coolnamehere.com/geekery/ruby/rubytut/part01.html
- Ruby Embedded into C++
Describes how to embed Ruby interpreter in C++, gives skeleton to build on, treats concepts of embedding, advanced topics like SWIG. Descriptions, code, diagrams, links, news.
http://metaeditor.sourceforge.net/embed/
- Ruby FAQ
Questions and official answers on Ruby.
http://www.rubycentral.com/faq/
- Learning Ruby
By Daniel Carrera. Introduces programming, Ruby, assumes familiarity with computers in Unix X Terminal environment, but not Ruby; simple descriptions, many screenshots. Unfinished, but well done and useful for what is done.
http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/ruby/0.3/
- An Introduction to Ruby
Explains that the world can use another language for the simple reason that Ruby makes programming fun again, and that's what counts. Introduction via examining high-level Ruby traits, and distinguishing traits. [O'Reilly Network] (October 25, 2001)
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/10/25/ruby.html
- An Interview with the Creator of Ruby
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, discusses Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'. [O'Reilly Network] (November 29, 2001)
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/29/ruby.html
- Interview with the Creator of Ruby
Forum comments and discussion related to Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org] (December 1, 2001)
http://slashdot.org/developers/01/12/01/0110233.shtml
- Ruby Creator Y. Matsumoto
Interview with Matz, explains motives and early history, job duties, 10 top tips for those going into computing, focus on the human. [CIPS Connections] (December 21, 2001)
http://www.cips.ca/news/national/news.asp?aID=1224
- Programming in the Ruby Language
Forum comments and discussion related to July IBM developerWorks Ruby article, with the usual diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org] (August 11, 2001)
http://slashdot.org/developers/01/08/11/2211254.shtml
- Why Not Ruby?
Forum comments and discussion, with wide diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org] (July 8, 2001)
http://slashdot.org/developers/01/07/08/1955209.shtml
- Ruby-lang.org Opens Online!
Announcement of Ruby-lang domain and website. [Linux Today] (October 29, 1999)
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-10-29-004-04-NW
- Programming in Ruby
Take the pure object orientation of Smalltalk, remove the quirky syntax and reliance on a workspace. Add the convenience and power of Perl, but without the special cases and magic conversions. Give it a clean syntax based partly on Eiffel, add a few concepts from Scheme, CLU, Sather, Common Lisp. [Dr. Dobb's Journal] (January, 2001)
http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=871/ddj0101b/
- Programming Ruby
Forum comments and discussion on Ruby and the book 'Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org] (April 17, 2001)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/25/1624239
- Why You Might Want to Try Ruby
Editorial with description and code; resulting forum comments and discussion of mostly positive opinion. [freshmeat.net] (January 5, 2002)
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/358/
- Ruby: Productive Programming Language
Short positive overview, explains Ruby by comparing with some other languages; focus on production; code samples, forum with many comments. [Linux Journal] (March 20, 2002)
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5915
- Obie, Has It Been 9 Years Already?
Matz Roundtable Notes from Friday night at RubyConf 2005, as questions and answers. [Obie Fernandez Weblog] (October 15, 2005)
http://jroller.com/comments/obie/Weblog/matz_roundtable_notes/
- 37signals: Programming at Warp Speed
Lesson: Create a simple product as fast as you can, then get feedback from customers and make it better. Chicago firm uses Ruby and premade software from Rails. [BusinessWeek] (March 27, 2006)
http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_13/b3977005.htm
- Yukihiro 'Matz' Matsumoto: Ruby Design Principles
What makes a good programming language? It helps human thoughts, helps us think better, and makes us better programmers. Interview with brief summary, MP3 download. IT Conversations. (October 18, 2006)
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1638.html
- What Can Ruby Do for the Enterprise?
By Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier. Not only is Ruby advancing, but other languages are taking cues from it. O'Reilly Network technical editor chromatic says Ruby influences Perl 6 design. Short text, a few links. [NewsFactor] (February 27, 2003)
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20862.html
- Using MySQL with Ruby
By Paul DuBois. Two parts: Using the Ruby MySQL Module, Using the Ruby DBI Module. HTML, PDF; online, downloads (tar, zip). [Kitebird.com] (January 19, 2003)
http://www.kitebird.com/articles/
- Bypassing the GUI
By Brian Marick. Testing through a GUI is hard, testing through a scripting interface is easier. Example uses Ruby to test Word through COM. [Software Testing and Quality Engineering Magazine] (September, 2002)
http://www.testing.com/writings/bypassing-the-gui.pdf
- Delightful Languages: Ruby
Medium length positive review, with code samples, references; PDF format. [The Perl Review] (November 1, 2002)
http://www.theperlreview.com/Issues/The_Perl_Review_0_6.pdf
- A Joyful Gem
By Rick Wayne. Short positive review, with code samples. Full text, in an email; to see it on magazine website one must register. [Software Development] (November 25, 2002)
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/56614
- Using the Ruby MySQL Module
Article describes how to install the Tomita Masahiro's MySQL module and use it to write MySQL-based Ruby scripts. By Paul DuBois. (November 28, 2006)
http://www.kitebird.com/articles/ruby-mysql.html
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