Ruby

Ruby is a dynamic language that first appeared in 1995. It was made popular by Dave Thomas of Pragmatic Programmer fame and then more so by Ruby on Rails. Because of its popularity Ruby has been ported to run under both the Java JDK as JRuby and the .NET runtime as IronRuby.

There is a large and vocal Ruby community that is comprised of a wide range of talents. From interface designers, .net converts, people preaching best practices, those focused on rails and just something different you can find a wide range of points of view.

Like PHP there is wide library support for Ruby with the most common form of packaging being gems. Two sources of libraries are rubyforge and rubygems.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Ruby”

• RT/WW: Christmas decor

  
  Sasha says... — Authority: 108
  Preparations for the coming holiday season is in full blast here in the country right now. The holiday season in this part of the world starts right after Halloween and ends on the celebration of the Three Kings in January. So you can only imagine the preparation done by most of the Filipino people. [...]
  2 hours ago

• Ruby Enterprise 1.8.7-2009.10 Packages for Ubuntu Hardy

  
  Brightbox Blog — Authority: 99
  We’ve built 32bit and 64bit Ubuntu Hardy packages for Ruby Enterprise 1.8.7-2009.10.  These packages are still in beta, and this is quite a major change from the default Hardy Ruby interpreter,which is 1.8.6, so we recommend you test thoroughly before putting it into production.  We’ve been using them for a ...
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• A Two True Freaks Special Presentation: Episode 82 – Star Trek: The Next Generation – “Encounter At Farpoint”!!

  
  The Comics Podcast Network — Authority: 141
  It’s a Two True Freaks Special Presentation! The full-length made-for-tv movie that started it all — Star Trek: The Next Generation – “Encounter At Farpoint”!! Listen to The Freaks boldly embark on yet another MASSIVE UNDERTAKING – the show-by-show, chronological coverage of the full run of Star Trek: The ...
  6 hours ago

• Tea, Cake and The Scottish Song

  
  t5m: Love Personality, Love t5m — Authority: 150
  Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy from Franz Ferdinand, like The Enemys Tom Clarke, Maxïmo Parks Paul Smith and Reverend and the Makers Jon McClure before them, seem humbled and a little bewildered at the scene laid out before them.As it is every Saturday afternoon in the basement club at Manchesters Ruby Lounge, Xfm ...
  7 hours ago

• Tips for Hiring Ruby Developers

  
  www.IT-Everyday.com — Authority: 151
  Hiring Rails full-time Rails developers is hard. Surging demand. You will likely fight other companies for every recruit. Freelance consulting rates are going through the roof. Don’t use Monster.com or recruitment agencies. Use your feet instead; find out where Rails developers meet each other and go there. In San ...
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• Sass up your WordPress themes with Compass

  
  dzone.com: latest front page — Authority: 169
  I’m a Rubyist. But I’m also a pragmatic front-end developer. Although I can reluctantly lay Ruby aside when I extend WordPress, I really miss my syntactically awesome stylesheets. Until now.
  7 hours ago

• Instant Snacks

  
  The Peach Kitchen — Authority: 124
  This is the first instant Mac & Cheese and Baked Mac in our market. I wanted to see if it tastes good so I bought a pack of each. Ill try one of them tomorrow. This is my entry for  and .
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• Martha Cove Tunnel

  
  Gemma's ~ "Greyscale Territory" ~ Poetic Songlines — Authority: 135
  Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Small road tunnel near the marina at Martha Cove, Mornington Peninsula ~ Ruby Tuesday meme ~ Ribbon of red walls Panels of abstract artwork Drive through gallery ~ Gemma Wiseman
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• Balder – Open source photo gallery built with Ruby on Rails

  
  Inspired? No — Authority:
  Public gallery showcase Homepage Source on GitHub So you got lots of photos, yeah? Tried installing some PHP-gallery and it sucked? Or bought a Flickr Pro-account but want more control of how your photo collection is displayed (or still want access to your data when you stop paying them )? Fear not; ...
  9 hours ago

• Ruby Tuesday #64: "Properly British"

  
  Why? What Have You Heard? — Authority: 146
  "Tea and Scones" Wake Forest, NC - October 2009 (Click to embiggen)  Hosted at Work of the Poet
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• Scala, Groovy, Jruby, Clojure - Comparision

  
  dzone.com: latest front page — Authority: 169
  Comparison of Scala, Groovy, JRuby and Clojure
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• The Ruby revolution is over

  
  Merbist — Authority: 99
  According to wikipedia, a revolution (from the latin revolutio , “a turn around”) is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. Somehow, I believe this is exactly what Ruby has done in the programming world, especially with the help of ...
  13 hours ago

• Photos: The Dodos, the Ruby Suns at Bimbo’s

  
  Stranger Dance — Authority: 124
  The Dodos’ homecoming show at Bimbo’s proved to be an excellent celebration of the band’s success circa Time to Die . Controlled chaos and pronounced energy filled Bimbo’s elegant walls, through the Dodos’ experimental folk and the Ruby Suns’ infectious, tribal-infused indie pop. Photos for both bands ...
  15 hours ago

• Tobey Maguire & Family Out And About In Los Angeles

  
  Celebrity Dirty Laundry — Authority: 623
  Tobey Maguire  who plays Peter Parker in the Spiderman movies,  wife Jennifer Meyer their daughter Ruby Sweetheart Maguire and son Otis Tobias Maguire are spotted leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles after having breakfast. Photo: Flynet Pictures
  16 hours ago

• website design for fashion business – Mac OS by seanhall

  
  Pro Freelance Projects — Authority: 177
  We require a simple website build to run on Snow Leopard – Apache Server. Storyboard available to serious enquiries. Roughly 7 pages, web-based CMS with small database, and HTML email generator. Links to Twitter and FB… (Budget: $750-1500, Jobs: Apache, MacOS, PHP, Ruby/Ruby on Rails, Website Design)Go to ...
  18 hours ago

• Two of my Most Favorite Mosaics Ever

  
  Small Reflections — Authority: 418
  Make Time for Small Reflections Ive decided to reprise two mosaics Ive shared previously mellow yellows and pale ruby pansies I grew and then photographed Click to embiggen for better viewing and for others participating in Mosaic Monday Mellow Yellow Monday ...
  19 hours ago

• 300th Post! Phew!

  
  Getting to Crazy — Authority: 120
  Block 25-last! Originally uploaded by lasassone What better way to celebrate my 300 th post to this blog than to post the last block in the Ruby McKim Farm Quilt design set? I finished the owl and frog block on the evening of November 2nd as I was watching television. I have to say that I was a bit surprised ...
  21 hours ago

• Move over Betty Crocker

  
  South of Purple — Authority: 99
  Look what I got! and I am armed and ready to use it! I wonder if Im missing anything not having the First Edition?
  22 hours ago

• Tobey Maguire & His LA Lass

  
  Celebrity Baby Scoop - News, Photos and Style Trends of Celebrity Babies — Authority: 668
  It looks like Ruby Sweetheart has a lot on her mind! The adorable tot - who turns 3 next week - was spotted out and about in LA today (November 8) with her parents Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer, little brother Otis, 6 months and friends. The Spiderman star will next be seen portraying a war veteran alongside ...
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• website design for fashion business - Mac OS by seanhall

  
  freelancersblog.net — Authority: 164
  We require a simple website build to run on Snow Leopard - Apache Server. Storyboard available to serious enquiries. Roughly 7 pages, web-based CMS with small database, and HTML email generator. Links to Twitter and FB… (Budget: $750-1500, Jobs: Apache, MacOS, PHP, Ruby/Ruby on Rails, Website Design) Original ...
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