Languages
- 3024
- One, Step, Back
- Covers many aspects of Ruby: Ruse, Rake, Rails, RubyGems, RailsConf (US, Europe).
- 3025
- Ruby Fleebie
- Author goals: explain key Ruby concepts in his own words, understandably, entertaining, fun, not boring.
- 3028
- Snakes, Gems & Coffee
- Covers business and open source use of Ruby and Python vs. Java, Agile processes used with these languages; and sometimes RoR, Ajax, distributed teams, search engine optimizing, Web 2.0.
- 3029
- Zen and the Art of Ruby Programming
- Covers Ruby, Rails, programming, news and tips for developers. By Antonio Cangiano, software engineer, technical evangelist, IBM.
- 3031
- Rubinius
- A next generation virtual machine VM for Ruby, uses best VM and dynamic language implementation research and technology of last 30 years; core libraries are in Ruby, makes system more accessible, easier to develop and extend. Open source, BSD.
- 3032
- YARV: Yet Another Ruby VM
- Goal: greatly reduce execution time of Ruby programs, be fastest Ruby VM.
- 3033
- 10 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know about Ruby
- Slide presentation teaches Java programmers Ruby style and idioms quickly. Given at OSCON 2005; Dayton-Cincinnati .NET Code Camp 2006. By Jim Weirich.
- 3034
- Using Ruby: An Introduction to Ruby for Java Programmers
- Small tutorial with many short pages. By Jim Weirich.
- 3035
- Interviewing the JRuby Developers
- Alternative Ruby implementations seem to be growing in the Ruby community. JRuby is most advanced now. Charles Nutter and Thomas Enebo, two main JRuby programmers, comment. O’Reilly Media. (July 17, 2006)
- 3036
- A Gem of a Language for Java and .Net
- Independent projects are bringing Ruby to 2 widely-used development frameworks; reactions of Sun, Microsoft. Internetnews.com. (May 26, 2006)
- 3037
- Ruby the Rival
- Bruce Tate's Beyond Java suggests Ruby as a top contender to displace Java. Tate, James Duncan Davidson, Robert Cooper and Bill Venners opine on Ruby and its challenge to Java. O'Reilly Media. (November 16, 2005)