tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181792482024-02-08T08:38:36.258-08:00Quick RubyA quick guide to Ruby programming and Ruby on Rails.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1166842801983966452006-12-22T18:53:00.000-08:002006-12-22T20:18:05.480-08:00Ruby Re-Awakens Pune in 2006In the early part of 2006, in my hometown Pune, everyone would associate Ruby with 'Ratnaraj' or "king of precious stones" as per our ancient language of Sanskrit. Over the year things have changed, and the Ruby language and its famous framework Rails are seeing a huge surge of popularity here.Pune is a city located in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 7th largest city in India Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1166263586044204532006-12-16T02:01:00.000-08:002006-12-16T02:14:32.070-08:00Premier Institute introduces Ruby RailsIIMM a premier management institute located in Pune, is the first Institute in India to introduce Ruby and Rails for all their Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) courses, starting February 2007.IIMM today is ranked as one amongst the top 15 B-Schools in the country (India).Source: OUTLOOK-Cfore Survey: India's Top B-Schools, September 18, 2006 and Business India, Oct 2006.This is a move Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1165373674102956242006-12-05T18:50:00.000-08:002006-12-05T18:55:30.956-08:00Ruby books now in IndiaThe good news is that the Indian editions of all the Ruby and Rails books are now available in India, courtesy Shroff Publishers.Technorati Tags: Ruby books now in IndiaBlogs linking to this articleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1131870586740324402005-11-13T00:25:00.000-08:002005-11-13T02:47:49.270-08:00Building an application with Ruby on Rails - ControllersWhat have I found out so far? A simple understanding of Ruby programming languageGetting started with Ruby on RailsIn my previous post, we created the jauth application's directory structure. Most of our development work will be creating and editing files in the C:\InstantRails\rails_apps\jauth\app subdirectories. The controllers subdirectory is where Rails looks to find controller classes. A Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1131772313143952852005-11-11T21:06:00.000-08:002005-11-13T00:38:36.270-08:00Ruby on RailsWhat have I found out so far? Definition of RubyRuby Windows InstallerInteractive Ruby - Open a new DOS window and type irb --simple-prompt A prompt appears as >>Run a Ruby program by typing ruby hello.rbLearnt some features of Ruby like comments, naming rules, variables, constants, strings etc.Various Text Editors/IDEs like SciTE, NotePad2Constructs like the if else and whileSome methods Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1131760646141453692005-11-11T17:55:00.000-08:002005-11-11T21:16:16.583-08:00Writing One's Own Class in RubyWhat have I found out so far? Definition of RubyRuby Windows InstallerInteractive Ruby - Open a new DOS window and type irb --simple-prompt A prompt appears as >>Run a Ruby program by typing ruby hello.rbLearnt some features of Ruby like comments, naming rules, variables, constants, strings etc.Various Text Editors/IDEs like SciTE, NotePad2Constructs like the if else and whileSome methods Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1131335228056093112005-11-06T19:45:00.000-08:002005-11-11T18:18:02.830-08:00Writing One's Own Methods in RubyWhat have I found out so far? Definition of RubyRuby Windows InstallerInteractive Ruby - Open a new DOS window and type irb --simple-prompt A prompt appears as >>Run a Ruby program by typing ruby hello.rbLearnt some features of Ruby like comments, naming rules, variables, constants, strings etc.Various Text Editors/IDEs like SciTE, NotePad2Constructs like the if else and whileSome methods Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1130829309145333992005-10-31T23:13:00.000-08:002005-11-06T19:52:11.133-08:00Arrays in RubyWhat have I found out so far? Definition of RubyRuby Windows InstallerInteractive Ruby - Open a new DOS window and type irb --simple-prompt A prompt appears as >>Run a Ruby program by typing ruby hello.rbLearnt some features of Ruby like comments, naming rules, variables, constants, strings etc.Various Text Editors/IDEs like SciTE, NotePad2Constructs like the if else and whileSome methods Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1130821616824555392005-10-31T21:05:00.000-08:002005-11-01T15:55:19.240-08:00Some Methods in RubyWhat have I found out so far? Definition of RubyRuby Windows InstallerInteractive Ruby - Open a new DOS window and type irb --simple-prompt A prompt appears as >>Run a Ruby program by typing ruby hello.rbLearnt some features of Ruby like comments, naming rules, variables, constants, strings etc.Various Text Editors/IDEs like SciTE, NotePad2Constructs like the if else and whileToday, we Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1130817936932458262005-10-31T20:02:00.000-08:002005-10-31T21:51:59.260-08:00Simple Constructs in RubyWhat have I found out so far? Definition of RubyRuby Windows InstallerInteractive Ruby - Open a new DOS window and type irb --simple-prompt A prompt appears as >>Run a Ruby program by typing ruby hello.rbLearnt some features of Ruby like comments, naming rules, variables, constants, strings etc.Various Text Editors/IDEs like SciTE, NotePad2Today, we shall explore some simple constructs Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1130667730385685452005-10-30T02:20:00.000-08:002005-11-21T02:17:51.933-08:00Text Editors and IDEs for RubyWhat have I found out so far? Definition of RubyRuby Windows InstallerInteractive Ruby - Open a new DOS window and type irb --simple-prompt A prompt appears as >>Run a Ruby program by typing ruby hello.rbLearnt some features of Ruby like comments, naming rules, variables, constants, strings etc.Which text editor should I use for Ruby? In your Ruby installation there is a built-in text Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1130320945656751342005-10-26T02:59:00.000-07:002005-10-31T18:57:08.023-08:00Ruby Nuts and BoltsWhat have I found out so far? Definition of RubyRuby Windows InstallerInteractive Ruby - Open a new DOS window and type irb --simple-prompt A prompt appears as >>Run a Ruby program by typing ruby hello.rbNow, let us explore some of the features of Ruby.Free formatCase sensitiveComments - Anything following an unquoted #, to the end of the line on which it appears, is ignored by the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1130220673500016132005-10-24T23:08:00.000-07:002005-11-21T02:46:34.356-08:00Ways To Run RubyWhat have I found out so far? Definition of RubyRuby Windows InstallerHaving come from a Java background, I thought these series of slides - 10 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby, would be useful. I went through them but did not follow much, for now. I shall come back to this later.So how do I get started with Ruby? An online version of the first edition of Programming Ruby - TheAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1130039546170882882005-10-22T20:52:00.000-07:002005-11-21T02:43:55.153-08:00Finding RubyAs mentioned in my previous post, this blog will record my progress of learning Ruby and Ruby On Rails. I remembering reading somewhere that to use Ruby On Rails, one needs to know the Ruby programming language.I started off by making a search for "Ruby Quick Start" on the Google search engine. This returned me a list of around 15 sites but unluckily I could not find anything that could get me Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18179248.post-1130032990036723962005-10-22T01:30:00.000-07:002005-11-21T02:20:10.706-08:00Initiation into RubyToday, I came across this article on OnJava - Technologies to Watch: A Look at Four That May Challenge Java's Development Dominance by Bruce A. Tate. Bruce Tate has an amazing track record when it comes to identifying successful technologies. He was one of the early developers who identified the emergence of the Spring framework;predicted the demise of EJB 2 technologies a full year before the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893078648375764557noreply@blogger.com0