Programming in Ruby
Take the pure object orientation of Smalltalk, remove the quirky syntax and reliance on a workspace. Add the convenience and power of Perl, but without the special cases and magic conversions. Give it a clean syntax based partly on Eiffel, add a few concepts from Scheme, CLU, Sather, Common Lisp. You end up with Ruby. [Dr. Dobb's Journal]
url: www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0101/
Programming Ruby
Forum comments and discussion related to Ruby and the book 'Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org]
url: slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/25/1624239
Ruby + XML
News and articles on the Ruby programming language and XML.
url: www.rubyxml.com/
Ruby-lang.org opens online!
Announcement of Ruby-lang domain and website. [Linux Today]
url: linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-10-29-004...
Using the Ruby MySQL Module
Article describes how to install the Tomita Masahiro's MySQL module and use it to write MySQL-based Ruby scripts. By Paul DuBois.
url: www.kitebird.com/articles/ruby-mysql.html
What Can Ruby Do for the Enterprise?
By Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier. Not only is Ruby advancing, but other languages are taking cues from it. O'Reilly Network technical editor chromatic says Ruby influences Perl 6 design. Short text, a few links. [NewsFactor]
url: www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20862.html
Using MySQL with Ruby
By Paul DuBois. Two parts: Using the Ruby MySQL Module, Using the Ruby DBI Module. HTML, PDF; online, downloads (tar, zip). [Kitebird.com]
url: www.kitebird.com/articles/
A Joyful Gem
By Rick Wayne. Short positive review, with code samples. Full text, in an email; to see it on magazine website one must register. [Software Development]
url: blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-ta...
Delightful Languages: Ruby
Medium length positive review, with code samples, references; PDF format. [The Perl Review]
url: www.theperlreview.com/Issues/The_Perl_Review_0_6.p...
Bypassing the GUI
By Brian Marick. Testing through a GUI is hard, testing through a scripting interface is easier. Example uses Ruby to test Word through COM. [Software Testing and Quality Engineering Magazine]
url: www.testing.com/writings/bypassing-the-gui.pdf
Ruby: Productive Programming Language
Short positive overview, explains Ruby by comparing with some other languages; focus on production; code samples, forum with many comments. [Linux Journal]
url: www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5915
Why You Might Want to Try Ruby
Editorial with description and code; resulting forum comments and discussion of mostly positive opinion. [freshmeat.net]
url: freshmeat.net/articles/view/358/
Ruby Creator Y. Matsumoto
Interview with Matz, explains motives and early history, job duties, 10 top tips for those going into computing, focus on the human. [CIPS Connections]
url: www.cips.ca/news/national/news.asp?aID=1224
Interview with the Creator of Ruby
Forum comments and discussion related to Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org]
url: slashdot.org/developers/01/12/01/0110233.shtml
An Interview with the Creator of Ruby
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, discusses Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'. [O'Reilly Network]
url: linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/29/ruby.h...
An Introduction to Ruby
Explains that the world can use another language for the simple reason that Ruby makes programming fun again, and that's what counts. Introduction via examining high-level Ruby traits, and distinguishing traits. [O'Reilly Network]
url: linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/10/25/ruby.h...
Programming in the Ruby Language
Forum comments and discussion related to July IBM developerWorks Ruby article, with the usual diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org]
url: slashdot.org/developers/01/08/11/2211254.shtml
Why Not Ruby?
Forum comments and discussion, with wide diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org]
url: slashdot.org/developers/01/07/08/1955209.shtml
Programming in the Ruby Language
First of 4-part series introduces Ruby programming, begins with variables, quotes, arrays, objects, methods. Later parts treat more advanced topics. By Joshua Drake, author of Linux books and co-founder of Command Prompt, Inc. [IBM developerWorks]
url: www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-rub...
The Ruby Programming Language
Very clear introductory article by Ruby creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto. [InformIT]
url: www.informit.com/content/index.asp?product_id={A76...
