Google Directory - Computers > Programming > Languages > Ruby

Directory Help
Search only in ArticlesSearch the Web

Articles

Computers > Programming > Languages > Ruby > Articles

Go to Directory Home

Categories

Java (9)
Rails (4)

Web Pages

View in Google PageRank order Viewing in alphabetical order

A Joyful Gem - http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/56614
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]

An Interview with the Creator of Ruby - http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/29/ruby.html
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, discusses Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'. [O'Reilly Network]

An Introduction to Ruby - http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/10/25/ruby.html
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]

Bypassing the GUI - http://www.testing.com/writings/bypassing-the-gui.pdf
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]

Delightful Languages: Ruby - http://www.theperlreview.com/Issues/The_Perl_Review_0_6.pdf
Medium length positive review, with code samples, references. [The Perl Review]

Interview with the Creator of Ruby - http://slashdot.org/developers/01/12/01/0110233.shtml
Forum comments and discussion related to Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org]

Making Waves in the Ruby World - http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000085/
Three Ruby projects stand out (JRuby, Mongrel, Ruport) not so much for development, but for communicating well, something many projects do less well. Linux Journal.

Obie, Has It Been 9 Years Already? - http://jroller.com/page/obie?entry=matz_roundtable_notes
Matz Roundtable Notes from Friday night at RubyConf 2005, as questions and answers. [Obie Fernandez Weblog]

Programming in Ruby - http://www.ddj.com/web-development/184404436
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]

Programming in the Ruby Language - http://slashdot.org/developers/01/08/11/2211254.shtml
Forum comments and discussion related to July IBM developerWorks Ruby article, with the usual diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org]

Programming Ruby - http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/25/1624239
Forum comments and discussion on Ruby and the book 'Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org]

Ruby Creator Y. Matsumoto - http://www.stephenibaraki.com/rubycreater122101.htm
Interview with Matz, explains motives and early history, job duties, 10 top tips for those going into computing, focus on the human. [CIPS Connections]

Ruby-lang.org Opens Online! - http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-10-29-004-04-NW
Announcement of Ruby-lang domain and website. [Linux Today]

Ruby: A Gem of a Language - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/jul07/pollice/
First of 4-part series introduces Ruby programming, begins with variables, quotes, arrays, objects, methods. Later parts treat more advanced topics. By Joshua Drake, author of Linux books and co-founder of Command Prompt, Inc. [IBM developerWorks]

Ruby: Productive Programming Language - http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5915
Short positive overview, explains Ruby by comparing with some other languages; focus on production; code samples, forum with many comments. [Linux Journal]

The Ruby Programming Language - http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=18225&redir=1&rl=1
Very clear introductory article by Ruby creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto. [InformIT]

Using MySQL with Ruby - http://www.kitebird.com/articles/
By Paul DuBois. Two parts: Using the Ruby MySQL Module, Using the Ruby DBI Module. HTML, PDF; online, downloads (tar, zip). [Kitebird.com]

Using the Ruby MySQL Module - http://www.kitebird.com/articles/ruby-mysql.html
Article describes how to install the Tomita Masahiro's MySQL module and use it to write MySQL-based Ruby scripts. By Paul DuBois.

Why Not Ruby? - http://slashdot.org/developers/01/07/08/1955209.shtml
Forum comments and discussion, with wide diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org]

Why You Might Want to Try Ruby - http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/358/
Editorial with description and code; resulting forum comments and discussion of mostly positive opinion. [freshmeat.net]

Yukihiro 'Matz' Matsumoto: Ruby Design Principles - http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1638.html
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.

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.

Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor