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Ruby Study Notes Book
2008-05-04 13:08:38
The Ruby Study Notes eBook has been downloaded over 14500 times. For a long time there was a constant request of creating the Ruby Study Notes in print form and finally with the help of Lulu.com, I did it! With 1000s of participants at the Free Online Ruby Programming Course, many being from countries where the [...] ...

“AkitaOnRails” Advises A Young Ruby Beginner
2008-04-29 06:00:54
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 called “Repensando a Web com Rails”. He is now a full-time Ruby on Rails developer working as Brazil Rails Practice Manager for the [...] ...

Some Security Concerns While Programming In Ruby
2008-04-28 08:20:15
Making critical information available across the Internet has arguably been one of the most profound business enablers in the history of technology. It has meant expanded markets, increased productivity, and streamlined processes. Unfortunately, it has also meant a profound increase in operational risk. Vulnerabilities like command injection attacks result from inadequately designed or written Ruby [...] ...

Yahoo! Web Services in Ruby
2008-04-25 10:45:34
José Carlos Monteiro is a Portuguese Ruby enthusiast and a student of the FORPC101 course. He has over 10 years of experience in programming with languages such as C, C++, Delphi, Java, Perl, PHP. He is also familiar with coding Unix Shell Scripts and used to working with version control systems (CVS and Subversion). His [...] ...

Looking for 1001 Ways to Promote my Ruby eBook
2008-04-22 07:58:31
I am looking for ways to promote my Free Ruby eBook. I have come up with some ideas. Some zany, impractical and okay maybe a bit stupid.. but some are simple, fun and easy to do. Will you help me come up with even more? Any idea is acceptable …. this is just a fun [...] ...

Ruby Interview: Adam Keys of FiveRuns
2008-04-22 05:26:11
For the past two years, RubyLearning has been promoting the Ruby language world-wide, by conducting its Free Online Ruby Programming Course. 1000s of participants have either completed or are in the process of completing the course. Most Ruby course participants have a plethora of questions related to the language; opportunities in Ruby; Ruby’s future etc. Satish [...] ...

Ruby Interview: Bruce Williams of FiveRuns
2008-04-18 11:34:14
For the past two years, RubyLearning has been promoting the Ruby language world-wide, by conducting its Free Online Ruby Programming Course. 1000s of participants have either completed or are in the process of completing the course. Most Ruby course participants have a plethora of questions related to the language; opportunities in Ruby; Ruby’s future etc. Satish [...] ...

Rails Interview: Michael Slater of BuildingWebApps.com
2008-04-15 06:59:22
For the past two years, RubyLearning has been promoting the Ruby language world-wide, by conducting its Free Online Ruby Programming Course. 1000s of participants have either completed or are in the process of completing the course. Most Ruby course participants have a plethora of questions related to the language; opportunities in Ruby; Ruby’s future; Rails [...] ...

Web Transformations 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, But What Is It?
2008-04-14 06:13:50
Today’s guest blogger is Sunil Kelkar, a programmer, author, trainer and speaker. A recognized expert in the field of software development with over 15+ years of I.T. experience, Sunil has consulted and trained teams at various companies in India and the US. He has been involved with Rails for the last two years and Java [...] ...

Appreciating Ruby Bloggers
2008-04-14 04:05:36
Darren Rowse, as usual, has come up with a lovely idea “Today is Blogger Appreciation Day [UNOFFICIAL]” - that certainly fosters the sense of community, which I love about blogging. In Darren’s words: We’re in it together, blogging is about collaboration and together going further than we can by ourselves - so why not help another [...] ...

Rails TakeFive Interview
2008-03-29 05:07:19
It was fun being interviewed by FiveRuns Blog. FiveRuns exists for the express purpose of delivering affordable and radically simplified tools for monitoring applications and their supporting infrastructure with a focus on Ruby on Rails. Every Friday, FiveRuns interviews Ruby/Rails enthusiasts and it was an honor to be amongst luminaries such as Chad Fowler, Peter Cooper, [...] ...

Ruby and Twitter
2008-03-24 11:44:26
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? They say that Twitter is on its way to becoming the next killer app. RubyForge has a command line interface and Ruby api wrapper for twitter. I got hooked [...] ...

Ruby On Rails: Free Training
2008-03-20 11:44:04
Sunil Kelkar is an Indian Rails enthusiast and has been working with Rails for the last two years. With the number of Rails based projects booming in India, Sunil decided to pass on his Rails experience to would-be Rails enthusiasts by offering a Free Online Introductory ROR Course. This course starts from 12th April 2008 [...] ...

Learn Programming Online, For Free
2008-03-06 04:13:57
Jimmy Atkinson the founder of WHDb has published a feature article, “Learn Programming Online, For Free“. In this article, they have listed a total of 77 free open course-ware collections that teach Ajax, C++, PHP, Ruby, and many more Web programming languages. Technorati Tags: Learn Programming Online For Free, Ruby programming ...

Ruby Turns 15 on 24th Feb.
2008-02-23 06:39:37
Kathryn Barrett reports that this month marks Ruby’s 15th birthday. Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto–creator of Ruby confirmed that Ruby was conceptualized and named on Feb. 24, 1993. Mark your calendars. While this doesn’t yet qualify Ruby as an old-timer among programming languages, it’s a good indication that it’s here to stay and probably doesn’t deserve to [...] ...

University of Pune: Ruby Programming
2008-02-22 04:43:31
With the growing popularity of the Ruby Programming language in India, the University of Pune proposes to introduce Ruby Programming as part of the Masters in Computer Management (MCM) post-graduate course, from June 2008. The University has uploaded the new syllabus on the web so that students, members of the public and experts may post their [...] ...

FORPC101-4: Free Online Ruby Programming Course
2008-01-24 11:42:01
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 [...] ...
Course  Programming  Ruby 

Why We Love Ruby
2007-12-20 03:51:51
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 !! Technorati Tags: odinjobs, Ruby, Ruby Interview, [...] ...
Love  Ruby 

Third edition of “Programming Ruby” now in beta
2007-12-14 00:34:36
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 [...] ...
Beta  Programming  Ruby 

Free, Online Ruby Programming Course
2007-12-08 03:47:35
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 [...] ...
Course  Programming  Ruby 

Ruby Quote
2007-12-05 02:50:16
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 [...] ...
Ruby 

Josh Software: Making its mark in Ruby on Rails
2007-12-04 07:31:24
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 [...] ...
Rails  Ruby  Software 

“AkitaOnRails” On Anatomy of Ruby Blocks/Closures
2007-11-30 13:28:02
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 [...] ...
Ruby 

Ruby Usage Trend in Indian Cities
2007-11-29 13:48:33
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. [...] ...
Cities  Indian  Ruby  Usage 

“AkitaOnRails” On Ruby Symbols
2007-11-26 02:24:29
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 

Advice For Ruby Beginners 3
2007-10-04 03:30:41
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 [...] ...
Advice  Ruby 

Interview: Karmen Blake
2007-10-03 02:56:55
(This interview appeared before on 23rd Sept. 2006 on the PuneRuby blog). Today we talk to Karmen Blake, a Ruby/Rails teacher at Spokane Community College. Satish Talim>> Hello Karmen and welcome. Could you tell us something about yourself - your background; where you are based…? Karmen Blake>> I teach in Spokane, WA at Spokane Community College. I went [...] ...
Interview 

Advice For Ruby Beginners 2
2007-10-01 03:51:31
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 [...] ...
Advice  Ruby 

Advice For Ruby Beginners 1
2007-09-27 07:36:06
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 [...] ...
Advice  Ruby 

Rails Hosting In India
2007-09-15 07:01:31
I have been asked time and again about ‘Rails Hosting In India‘ and thought it best that I list down the Rails Hosts that I have heard of, in India. Here’s the list, not in any specific order: Traffic Pullz - a very detailed list of services available with them (related to Rails) has been mentioned on [...] ...
Hosting  India  Rails