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PLUG MASHUP
2007-09-14 14:31:38
The Pune GNU/Linux Users Group have announced ‘PLUG MASHUP‘, a technology event which includes a Hack-a-thon and a mashup camp to be held on October 13th and 14th, 2007 at Bhaskaracharya Pratishthan, Pune, India. The Hack-a-thon will bring together many developers and contributors. It will aim to generate some serious code during the event, in [...] ...
Mashup 

Survserv: Rails based Real Time Outbreak Detection System
2007-09-10 09:22:38
RubyLearning caught up with Arindam Basu and requested him to brief us about Survserv, a Rails based real time outbreak detection system (still in Beta). Hello Arindam, and welcome to RubyLearning.com. Tell us something about your background. I am a physician-epidemiologist-health services researcher, and I direct an International Research Training Program in environmental and occupational health related [...] ...
Detection  Rails  System  Time 

The Ruby Logo Contest
2007-09-03 05:27:06
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’ [...] ...
Contest  Logo  Ruby 

Book: Deploying Rails Applications
2007-08-30 15:52:19
Deploying Rails Applications - A Step-by-Step Guide by Ezra Zygmuntowicz (Engine Yard founder), Bruce Tate and Geoffrey Grosenbach is now a Beta book. If you buy the book Deploying Rails Applications you can get early notification when it ships, order a beta copy, and support the publisher and author that make it happen. Bruce Tate will [...] ...
Book  Rails 

Interview with Ola Bini - JRuby Core Developer
2007-08-30 11:45:47
RubyLearning caught up with Ola Bini at Bangalore, India and talked to him about JRuby. Ola provides some insights for easy adoption of JRuby by the large pool of Java and Ruby developers in India. Hello Ola, and welcome to RubyLearning.com. Tell us something about your background and how you came to JRuby. Well, I’m a programming [...] ...
Core  Developer  Interview 

Web 2.0 Developer - Consultant @ Accenture
2007-08-29 12:57:42
The RubyLearning Job Board has a new job requirement from Accenture, Chicago, IL; San Jose, CA. Company: Accenture Location: Chicago, IL; San Jose, CA Description: Accenture Technology Labs creates a vision of how technology will shape the future and invents the next wave of cutting-edge business solutions. Our research and development team explores new and emerging technologies that are [...] ...
Consultant  Developer  Web 

Free Ruby Lessons
2007-08-22 11:22:08
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 [...] ...
Lessons  Ruby 

How Can I Make RubyLearning.com More Useful To You?
2007-08-20 04:35:11
It’s time for a reader question - how can I make my rubylearning.com site / blog / forum more useful for you? I like to ask readers this question in an effort to keep improving the site / blog / forum and making it more effective in helping to improve your Ruby learning process. I don’t like [...] ...

David Black Interview: Talking to RubyLearning.com
2007-08-18 06:13:39
Today, I had the good fortune to talk to David Black the author of the very popular book “Ruby for Rails“, on behalf of all the RubyLearning.com members. I have been recommending his book to one and all and if you have not read it yet, do buy yourself a copy. Hello David, and welcome to [...] ...
Interview 

RubyLearning.com Forum
2007-08-17 13:24:29
You demanded it. You have it! The RubyLearning.com Forum is up and running. You have sub-forums related to many topics such Ruby Certification, Book Reviews, Events, Jobs amongst others. Register and frequent the forums. Technorati Tags: RubyLearning.com, RubyLearning.com Forum ...
Forum 

Ruby ActiveRecord and MySQL
2007-08-02 12:52:13
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. Technorati Tags: [...] ...
Mysql  Ruby 

University of Virginia using RubyLearning.com
2007-07-25 03:17:20
Pete Yadlowsky at the University of Virginia is teaching a short course in Ruby to some of his co-workers. The class meets 2 hours once/week for six weeks. It presently meets on Tuesdays, and so he calls it “Ruby Tuesdays” (a humorous allusion to the famous Rolling Stones song and to a restaurant chain). He [...] ...
University  Virginia 

JRuby Inside
2007-07-17 04:58:33
Peter Cooper has done it again! Peter has just launched JRuby Inside a new “sister” site to his very popular Ruby Inside. JRuby Inside focuses just on JRuby. About JRuby Inside, Peter says: JRuby Inside is not just a blog. It collates links from various sources, allows me (as the webmaster) to promote certain ones to posts [...] ...

Tutorial: Introduction to AWS for Ruby Developers
2007-07-13 08:50:14
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, [...] ...
Developers  Introduction  Ruby  Tutorial 

Brainwave DevNet Conference, Hyderabad
2007-07-12 04:21:12
The Brainwave DevNet Conference is being held at Hyderabad, India on 27th July 2007. At this conference, Brainwave would be releasing the commercial version of their product ‘The Brainwave Platform’ - an end to end enterprise application development and deployment solution stack, that strives to reduce development time, cost and frees you from hassles of [...] ...
Conference 

Trend: India on a RoR wave
2007-07-03 15:45:48
With Google Trends, you can compare the world’s interest in your favorite topics. Google Trends shows how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and in which geographic regions people have searched for them most. Taking this further, I decided to see the trend for Ruby on Rails for the year 2007. Amongst Regions, India [...] ...
India  Wave 

Top 346 Ruby on Rails Projects Sites
2007-06-27 05:28:21
A quick note. My friend Sunil Kelkar pointed me to this interesting link - Top 346 Ruby on Rails Projects Sites. Technorati Tags: Top 346 Ruby on Rails Projects Sites ...
Projects  Rails  Ruby 

Ruby Rails Jobs Update
2007-06-22 12:08:01
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 [...] ...
Jobs  Rails  Ruby 

Ruby Study Notes in Italian?
2007-06-16 06:42:02
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 [...] ...
Notes  Ruby  Study 

Ruby Study Notes in French
2007-06-15 05:25:52
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 [...] ...
Notes  Ruby  Study 

The 56 Best Ruby on Rails Driven Sites
2007-06-14 10:37:16
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 [...] ...
Driven  Rails  Ruby 

7 Things You Can Do With Ruby
2007-05-22 07:41:37
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 ...
Ruby 

Introduction to Ruby: Videos
2007-05-17 05:39:31
Chinmoy Gavini has a nice set of 6 videos that introduces you to Ruby programming. Do check these out and give your feedback. Technorati Tags: Chinmoy Gavini, Ruby Videos ...
Introduction  Ruby  Videos 

Ruby MySQL Tutorial
2007-05-14 05:44:21
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 ...
Mysql  Ruby  Tutorial 

Ruby eBooks
2007-05-08 09:00:04
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. Technorati Tags: Ruby eBook, Ruby eBooks ...
Ebooks  Ruby 

paahijen.com - Applications in Indian Languages
2007-05-07 09:19:17
Siddharth Karandikar a PuneRuby member and some of his friends are hard at work in creating paahijen.com - a suit of applications in Indian languages. I asked Siddharth to share some of his experiences with us. Could you tell us something about yourself - your background, where you are based? I am Siddharth Karandikar, a Computer Science graduate (2002) and based out of Pune. Most of my work experience has been in Java/J2ee and Linux scripting. Could you tell us a little more about paahijen.com? All of this started a few months back. Basically, Marathi being our mother tongue, we always wanted to be able to write a blog in Marathi, without having to download/install any software on our computers. Hence we started thinking about doing this. Then we realized that there is a lot more that can be done. While working on some specifics, we came up with the idea of Tag based advertisements called TagWise. We had applied to Y-combinator for this idea. Though, we got shortlisted, we couldn& ...
Indian  Languages 

Connect JRuby to MySQL using JDBC
2007-05-05 05:05:29
JRuby is a 100% pure-Java implementation of the Ruby programming language that runs in the JVM. MySQL is a one of the most popular open source databases around and is used by many prominent organizations from Yahoo to NASA. This brief tutorial demonstrates how to install and configure JRuby to connect to the MySQL database. The tutorial is written for beginners who are familiar with Java code and JDBC. Exposure to Ruby will make the syntax easier to follow. You don’t need any specific integrated development environment (IDE) or tool knowledge. Familiarity with a text editor and setting environment variables is required. The tutorial assumes that your Java, JRuby and MySQL 4.1+ environment is successfully installed and configured. Creating a Database and User Again, I am assuming that you have MySQL running and are familiar with the basics. Run the mysql client program from the command line (as shown below) so that we can execute some administration commands. C:/mysql/bin> mys ...
Connect  Mysql