Saturday, February 14, 2015

web, programming: Try Ruby

Try Ruby: learn the basics of the Ruby language in your browser.
"Ruby is a programming language from Japan (available at ruby-lang.org) which is revolutionizing the web. The beauty of Ruby is found in its balance between simplicity and power.
Try out Ruby code in the prompt on the right."


podcast: Creating Ruby with Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz) recorded LIVE in Japan on the Hanselminutes Technology Podcast: Fresh Air for Developers

www.rubyinside.com/media/poignant-guide.pdf

Why Ruby? by Jeff Atwood @ Coding Horror
Jeff selected Ruby for being open source and nice platform and community.
But most of web (and other) apps are mostly based on JavaScript now:
"...Discourse is... even more of a JavaScript project than a Ruby on Rails project. Don't believe me? Just go to try.discourse.org and view source. A Discourse forum is not so much a website as it is a full-blown JavaScript application that happens to run in your browser."

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