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Web services with Ruby on Rails

Tuesday, November 18. 2008

While this article on creating Web services using Ruby on Rails is geared for Windows users, the principles and tools are all cross-platform, and will work just as well on Linux.

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Fun with Procs in Ruby 1.9

Tuesday, October 7. 2008

Dave Thomas takes a look at currying with procs in Ruby 1.9, in his Pragmatic Programmer blog.

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Rapid prototyping with Apache Derby and JRuby on Rails

Friday, August 29. 2008

IBM Developerworks have published a tutorial on using JRuby on Rails in conjunction with Apache Derby, an embedded Java relational database system.

The article covers application creation, Rails scaffolding, generators and finishes off with a brief look at using IDEs to build these projects.

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Rails 2.1 introduction with scaffolding

Tuesday, August 5. 2008

The Agile Web Development weblog is running a series on installing and using Ruby on Rails 2.1, including this step-by-step tutorial on creating a rails project.

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Using the Ruby Development Tools plug-in for Eclipse

Sunday, July 27. 2008

If you're a Ruby programmer looking to start using an IDE for development, you might consider looking at Eclipse, the Java-based development platform from IBM. To help you along with it, they have provided an updated guide to using the Ruby plugin.

Be warned that Eclipse is fairly resource hungry; you'll need a lot of memory to get it performing adequately.

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Ruby quick-reference chart

Monday, June 16. 2008

Ruby programmers will love this quick reference chart from zenspider, which gives a good run-down of the whole language, plus a substantial part of the standard library, all on one page.

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