After the runaway success of the third batch of the Free Online Ruby Programming Course, that has 2190 participants, the next batch has been announced for 1st March 2008.
Here’s your chance to learn Ruby programming for free, at the comfort of your home and along with an online teacher.
This course is ideal for those of [...]
A pair of ruby slipperssequined and well-wornOld friends gingerly placed,lovingly left for another dayI don’t know their owner;but I have seen the smiles, the gleeI can imagine, from my own princessesand their joy in dress-uptime when their wonder, magicrubs off on meOh, I can imagine her so welland the giggles that erupteach time she slips them back onJanuary 22, 2008
Recently, odinjobs talked to a panel of Ruby Experts and asked them “Why they were in love with Ruby?” Peter Cooper, Alex Wayne, Alex Leverington, Abhay Kumar, Adam Williams, Alex Kane and Adam Keys were the panel of experts. Surprisingly, they included me too in this panel !!
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Dave Thomas just announced that the Third Edition of the PickAxe has just entered beta. Each edition of the book tracks the latest Ruby release, and each is the definitive reference to Ruby. This third edition maintains that tradition, and has been updated to reflect the new features of Ruby 1.9.
In Dave’s words, here’s the [...]
Ruby’s popularity and usage is growing exponentially with each passing day. Don’t get left behind. Here’s your chance to learn Ruby programming for free, at the comfort of your home and along with an online teacher.
This course is ideal for those of you who want to complement your skill-set with Ruby, but haven’t quite found [...]
Recently, Pragmatic Programmer Dave Thomas, author of the ‘Pickaxe book’ Programming Ruby, and co-author of Agile Web Development with Rails and The Pragmatic Programmer, talked with InfoQ about Ruby, Rails and the importance of choosing the right tool for the job.
The quote that made my day was when Dave was asked: “Why does coding in [...]
Pune is now increasingly becoming the hot-bed of Ruby on Rails activity in India and Josh Software Pvt. Ltd. are strongly making a mark in this field. Satish Talim of RubyLearning.com recently talked to Gautam Rege, one of the founders of this company.
Satish>> Could you tell us something about yourself - your background, where you [...]
Fabio Akita’s “AkitaOnRails” series at RubyLearning.com, for would-be Ruby developers, has been quite a hit. Today in another article, Fabio talks in depth about Ruby’s Blocks/Closures, This is a rather long article but well worth the time invested in reading it. The entire source code for the programs in this article is available here.
Fabio Akita [...]
The RubyLearning.com site has been active for some time now and the users of my site are normally people learning the Ruby programming language. For the last two years, I have been promoting the Ruby language in whatever way I can and have been keen knowing whether Ruby is catching on in India or not. [...]
RubyLearning recently caught with Fabio Akita from Brazil and got his viewpoint on one of the vexing areas for beginners in Ruby - Symbols.
Fabio Akita is a Brazilian Rails enthusiast, also known online as “AkitaOnRails”. He regularly write posts on his own blog and had published the very first book tailored for the Brazilian audience [...]
Ruby is a light pink to blood red gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). The common red color is caused mainly by the element chromium. Its name comes from ruber, Latin for red. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires. It is considered one of the four precious stones, together with the sapphire, the emerald and the diamond. Improvements used include color alteration, improving transparency by dissolving rutile inclusions, healing of fractures (cracks) or even completely filling them. Prices of rubies are primarily determined by color (the brightest and best "red" called Pigeon Blood Red, command a huge premium over other rubies of similar quality). After color follows clarity: similar to diamonds, a clear stone will command a premium, but a ruby without any needle-like rutile inclusions will indicate the stone has been treated one way or another. Cut and carat (size) also determine the price.more about ruby : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub
Let me begin with a couple of sentences about my background. My major is not CS, it’s business, my profession is online marketing, and I write code because I enjoy doing it. It helps me to think straight, so besides being fun it is also kind of a mental exercise. Of course it makes my [...]
Ruby is a red gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide)in which the color is caused mainly by chromium. Its name originates fromruber or rubrum, Latin for red. Natural rubies are exceptionally rare,though artificial ones (sometimes called created ruby) can be manufacturedby the Verneuil process relatively inexpensively. Other varieties ofgem-quality corundum are called sapphires.Rubies are mined in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Greenland. They are mostoften found in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Madagascar and Thailand, thoughthey have also been found in the U.S. states of Montana, North Carolina andSouth Carolina. The Mogok Valley in Myanmar has produced some of the finestrubies. However in recent years very few good rubies have been found there.In central Myanmar the area of Mong Hsu also produces rubies. In 2002 rubieswere found in the Waseges River area of Kenya. Rubies are being mined atAudilamena in northeastern Madagascar. Sometimes spinels are found alongwith ru
...I prossimi 57 giorni. Sul sito Sitepoint è possibile scaricare una copia completa (in pdf) del libro di Patrick Lenz su Ruby on Rails.Il dowload è gratuito per un periodo limitato, restano ad oggi 57 giorni per approfittare di questa occasione.Dopo aver fornito l'indirizzo email ci viene spedito il link per il download. Il file è di circa 20 Mb. Nell'email c'è anche un sconto di 10$ per chi vuole acquistare la versione cartacea del libro che costa poco meno di 40$.Il titolo del libro è Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications e si basa sulla versione 1.2 di Rails ed è rivolto a chi, come me, vorrebbe avvicinarsi a Ruby on Rails. E' composto da 12 capitoli per un totale di 447 pagine (speriamo ci siano un sacco di immagini :-) ).Purtroppo non ho avuto modo di leggerlo, è da tanto che mi riprometto di avvinarmi a questo mondo che sta coinvolgendo sempre più programmatori, speriamo che questa volta sia quella giusta.Per quelli che si stanno ancora chiedendo il perchè imp
This is part 3 in our ongoing conversation - “Advice For Ruby Beginners“.
Satish>> What opportunities exist in your country for Ruby freshers; people who know Core Ruby thoroughly?
Agnieszka (Poland)>> Companies that use Ruby and RoR are mostly happy to hire both Ruby experts and beginners. Those are usually small companies, some of them with a [...]
This is part 2 in our ongoing conversation - “Advice For Ruby Beginners“.
Satish>> What kind of mini-projects one should work on, to get a good grasp on Ruby?
Agnieszka (Poland)>> Something useful for you personally or internally for your company, this way you’ll be very clear about initial requirements. Two things to remember from the start [...]
The popularity of Ruby grows exponentially and with that, more and more people are learning the language. Recently, 400+ would-be Ruby developers from around the world registered for the Free Ruby Lessons at RubyLearning.com and more keep joining everyday. Most Ruby beginners have a plethora of questions related to the language; opportunities in Ruby; Ruby’s [...]
Ruby de 20 años, una de las hijas del cantante Rod Stewart, ha decidido darle un nuevo dolor de cabeza a su padre, al aceptar posar en ropa interior para la marca más conocida de ropa interior femenina de Inglaterra y Europa.Ultimo ha tentado a Ruby, por 143 mil euros para que pose en cuatro sesiones fotográficas para su nueva linea de ropa interior.Esta no es la primera vez que una Stewart hace este tipo de cosas, pues recordemos que en 2004 la ex esposa del cantante Rachel Hunter y Kimberly Stewart, otra de las hijas del cantante, modelaron también en ropa interior, lo cual causó, como ahora, la íra del cantante.Estas son las fotos, gracias a Dailymail.Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Rod Stewart fotos fotos fotos fotos
The Ruby Association has announced ‘The Ruby Logo Contest‘. An official Ruby logo is needed to promote Ruby, and therefore a contest to select one.
Requirements
it must be easily recognizable as the Ruby logo
it must look good in low resolution and in grayscale
works both with and without text `Ruby’ (can be ignored if the text `Ruby’ [...]
Ruby is a red gemstone that varies from a light pink to a blood red, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). The color is caused mainly by chromium. A fine ruby still commands the highest price of any stone in the world! The brilliant red color of the ruby has supported many tales. Ruby is considered one of the four precious stones, together with the sapphire, the emerald and the diamond. One is that rubies store vast quantities of heat and when placed in water, they will cause the water to boil. It is a powerful stone and has long been considered a magnet for prosperity, attracting abundance both materially and spiritually. On Mohs’ scale of hardness, ruby is 9. It has a strong luster like diamonds and sources include Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia, Kenya, Afghanistan, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Tanzania. Ruby is the birthstone of a person born under the zodiac sign of Cancer (Crab) from June 22 – July 22. Choose quality coloered gems at Icefo
Ruby is an aluminum oxide, a variety of corundum; it occurs in medium to dark tones of red and violet-red to brownish-red.Ruby is the most popular and highest priced colored stone of all time and its being used in King's crowns through out the history.The Burmese believed that "blazing red" stones could be found in a "bottomless" valley. Natives threw pieces of meat into the valley, hoping that some stones could then be recovered by killing the vultures. In the Royal Collection of England, you can view a gold ring set with a pale but nearly flawless ruby into which a portrait of Louis XII of France is carved.The most important factor in the value of a ruby is color. The top qualities are as red as you can imagine: a saturated pure spectral hue without any overtones of brown or blue. The word red is derived from the Latin word for ruby, rubier, which is derived from similar words in Persian, Hebrew, and Sanskrit. The intensity of color of a fine ruby is like a glowing coal, probably the
In August 2006, I conducted some Free Ruby Lessons on the net. Peter Cooper the author of Beginning Ruby wrote a small note on his popular Ruby Inside blog and over 100+ would-be Ruby developers registered and learned Ruby along with me. These lessons culminated into my RubyLearning site and my Ruby Study Notes eBook.
Even [...]
A lot of you, the readers of my Free Ruby Study Notes, wrote in asking for a simple program and a brief explanation on how to connect to a MySQL database using Ruby and ActiveRecord. I just sat down and added the page Ruby ActiveRecord and MySQL to my RubyLearning site. Have a look.
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Today’s web-based applications are required to provide more storage, more compute power, and a greater level of reliability than ever before. With a pay-as-you-go model, Amazon Web Services, combined with freely available RubyGems and Rails plug-ins, provides enterprise-class capability to Ruby on Rails applications. Using the power of Ruby on Rails and RESTful web services, [...]
Jillian Barberie Reynolds had a Baby Girl on July 6th named Ruby Raven Reynolds. Jillian married Grant Reynolds on July 8th 2006. The baby was born almost one year to the date she married Reynolds I think that is so special. She reminds me of me on so many levels that is probably why I like her so much on her TV show Good Day LA. She gives me hope for that maybe I will find love someday too even though it might be later in my life. I am so happy for her she is going to be a wonderful mother and I wish good thoughts from my heart to hers. - Shop Jillian Barberie Reynolds - Shop for Baby Products
A quick note. My friend Sunil Kelkar pointed me to this interesting link - Top 346 Ruby on Rails Projects Sites.
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The Learning Ruby Job Board is getting a very good response from the Ruby and Rails readers of RubyLearning.com.
Two new job posts need mention here:
DormAid, NY, USA - DormAid is a college service company operating at over 40 major campuses. They are planning to extend their cutting edge web applications to interact with tech-savvy students [...]
This time around it is not good news or is it?
Through some contacts I came to know that an Italian IT journalist has been copying my Ruby Study Notes and publishing it in the journalist’s own name in an Italian online journal - programmazione.it and without providing any copyright information. My initial reaction was one [...]
It’s an honor for me as Richard Piacentini and Mathieu Fosse have agreed to translate my Ruby Study Notes in French.
Richard Piacentini is a French Rails enthusiast and evangelist. He and his friend Laurent Julliard did the French Adaption of the book “Agile Web Development with Rails.” He is the creator of RailsFrance.org. He is [...]
To showcase the latest and greatest RoR implementations, softwaredeveloper.com has assembled a list of the 56 best Ruby on Rails websites and tools in action today. From social networks of local tutors to tools allowing business partners to collaborate on projects across the globe, these RoR websites will inspire you to take your Ruby on [...]
So you want to do something with Ruby but think there’s not much you can do? Rubbish!
Below is a list of just 7 things you can do with Ruby.
Name your daughter or puppy Ruby - Peter Cooper reports that Ruby has become the 4th most popular name in the UK! Dan Kubb named his puppy Ruby.
Draw Cartoons for Ruby - whytheluckstiff popularized Ruby with his excellent cartooning ability in his book Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby.
Become Famous using Ruby - Build a ‘killer’ application using Ruby like David Hansson did with ‘Ruby on Rails’.
Write a book on Ruby - Bruce Tate, David Black, Hal Fulton, James Edward Gray II, Peter Cooper to name a few, have done it. If you have the knack and the knowledge, write one.
Build a business around Ruby - Peerant amongst hundreds of other companies are doing it. Why not you?
Have fun - My RubyLearning.com site’s motto is - ‘Ruby helps programmers have more fun…’ Why not?
Blog about Ruby - And f
Chinmoy Gavini has a nice set of 6 videos that introduces you to Ruby programming. Do check these out and give your feedback.
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This brief Ruby MySQL Tutorial shows you how you can connect to MySQL in Ruby. MySQL support in Ruby was made possible by Tomita Masahiro. He has developed a pure Ruby binding called Ruby/MySQL. We need to install the same on our PC and the installation (you need to be connected to the internet and it takes some time) is as shown below:
C:>gem install mysql
Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-mswin32)
1. mysql 2.7.1 (mswin32)
2. mysql 2.7 (ruby)
3. mysql 2.6 (ruby)
4. mysql 2.5.1 (ruby)
5. Cancel installation
> 1
Successfully installed mysql-2.7.1-mswin32
Installing ri documentation for mysql-2.7.1-mswin32...
Installing RDoc documentation for mysql-2.7.1-mswin32...
C:>
This installs mysql-2.7.1-mswin32 driver which is faster and supports MySQL 4.1 and later. The documentation for this driver is here.
I will assume that you’ve already installed mySQL 4.1 or above on your PC and that
Ruby is growing in popularity by leaps and bounds. For those looking at learning Ruby, there are many online resources available. In case you want to learn Ruby offline, then here is a list of all the free, Ruby eBooks available for download.
Ruby Study Notes. A thorough collection of Ruby Study Notes for those who are new to the language and in search of a solid introduction to Ruby’s concepts and constructs. Download this Ruby eBook.
The Little Book Of Ruby. It will guide you through the fundamentals of Ruby programming.
Mr. Neighborly’s Humble Little Ruby Book. It walks you through the very basics of working with Ruby.
If you have come across any other free, downloadable eBook on Ruby then please post a comment with the url.
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