Ruby

General

• Ruby Home Page
• Ruby-Doc.org: Help and documentation for the Ruby programming language.
• RubyForge - software project repository
• Ruby Central, Inc - a hub for support of Ruby activities
• Ruby Code & Style
• JRuby is tightly integrated with Java to allow the embedding of the interpreter into any Java application with full two-way access between the java and the Ruby code.
  • Take a shine to JRuby - from IBM
  • Beginning of JRuby on Rails

Guides

• Why's (Poingnant) Guide to Ruby
• Learn to Program
• Using MySQL with Ruby
• Sockets programming in Ruby PDF from IBM
• Using the Ruby Development Tools plug-in for Eclipse
• Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know

Books

Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide - ebook

Rails

• Ruby on Rails:
  • Wiki
  • Blog
  • Documentation for Ruby on Rails
  • Screencasts
  • API - Rails Framework Documentation
• Ruby on Rails on digg
• Ruby on Rails on technocrati
• Active Record on slashdot
• Using Ruby on Rails on Mac OS X
• Locomotive - a simple tool to help you develop Ruby on Rails applications on Mac OS X
• Exploring Active Record from IBM
• Crossing borders: What's the secret sauce in Ruby on Rails? from IBM
• Rewriting in Rails: a Practical Examination
• Ruby and Rails notes

• Local groups:
  • Greater Boston Ruby and Rails
  • Boston Ruby Group

• Cheat Sheets:
  • http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/ruby-on-rails/ruby-on-rails-cheat-sheet/
  • http://www.blainekendall.com/index.php/rubyonrailscheatsheet/

• Rolling with Ruby on Rails @ onlamp.com: Part 1 and Part 2
• What Is Ruby on Rails @ onlamp.com
• Ajax on Rails @ onlamp.com

• Web 2.0 development using Ruby on Rails MIT IAP 2006 class
  • http://scripts.mit.edu/~deberg/railster/public/bums/list
  • http://scripts.mit.edu/~deberg/railster/public/access/login
• Introduction to Ruby on Rails MIT IAP 2007 class

• REST on Rails
• The Rails Way - best practices in Rails application design (focusing on REST)

• Ruby on Rails on Red Hat

Tools

• RadRails - A Ruby on Rails IDE (built on the Eclipse RCP)
  • RadRails wiki
• Ruby Editor Plugin for jEdit
• RubyGems package system
• Capistrano is a utility which may be used to automate the deployment of Rails applications
  • Capistrano: Automating Application Deployment - book

Notes

• URLs: /controller/action/id...
• Need a lightweight server http://www.lighttpd.net/

Miscellaneous

• RubyConf 2006 - October 20-22, 2006 in Denver, CO

• Ruby interactive: in-browser demo
• BioRuby

• Crypt library is a pure-ruby implementation of a number of popular encryption algorithms
• libgnupg-ruby is a "wrapper" library for the gpg binary