Ruby Programming

Ruby Programming Language

• Try Ruby in your browser
• Learn Ruby for Free, a good introduction to Ruby
• Programming Ruby Guide
• Ruby Documentation Project
• 10 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby
• Francis Hwang Ruby Tips
• Ruby Process Management
• Six Ways To Run Shell Commands in Ruby
• Ruby Users Guide
• Ruby Core Language Documentation
• Ruby PLEAC - Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook
  • Pattern Matching
  • File Access
• YAML for Ruby -- YAML is a generic data serialization language that is optimized for human readability. It can be used to express the data structures of most modern programming languages. YAML is a great way to format configuration files that can be edited by the user with their text editor.

Ruby Development Tools

• Ubuntu Ruby / Ruby Gems / Ruby on Rails Install
  • Install Ruby and RubyGems: sudo apt-get install ruby rdoc irb libyaml-ruby libzlib-ruby ri libopenssl-ruby ruby1.8-dev
  • Install Ruby on Rails: sudo apt-get install rails
• Another option: Use apt-get to install Ruby 1.8 then manually install the Ruby Gems and install Ruby on Rails through Ruby Gems.
• Using the Ruby Development Tools plug-in for Eclipse
• Installing Eclipse IDE on Ubuntu
• Installing Eclipse Subversion -- Subclipse : Subclipse is an Eclipse plugin that provides project integration with Subversion repositories.
• Eclipse PDT Project -- since Eclipse didn't have a Ruby version of the product I chose the PHP Development Tool and then determined I can install the RubyEclipse plugin and use the environment for PHP for Ruby instead (I used PHP before I found Ruby ) I got Eclipse working by simply installing Java and then downloading and running Eclipse PDT, and then running the Updates to Eclipse from within the program. The Ruby Development Tools Eclipse Plugin is also installed from within Eclipse.
  • After you install the Ruby Development Tools Eclipse Plugin you need to register the Ruby Interpreter with Eclipse (for some reason it isn't smart enough to determine it on its own).
    • Open Window --> Preferences --> Ruby --> Installed Interpreters
    • Click "Add" button
    • Select "Standard VM"
    • For RubyVM home directory enter: /usr
    • For RubyVM Display Name enter something like: Ruby 1.8.6
    • Click "OK" button
• Ruby Development Tools Eclipse Plugin
• Ruby Make: RAKE
• Ruby MySQL Module
• Using the Ruby MySQL Module

Ruby on Rails

• Rails Wiki
• Rails Documentation
• Ryan Bates' Railscasts
• Developing Rails Applications on Mac OS X Leopard
• Deploying Rails Applications on Mac OS X Leopard

Flex For Ruby Programmers

• Flex for Ruby Programmers

Ruby User Groups

• Tulsa Ruby User Group

-- JeffreyThompson - 24 Apr 2008