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Rinn Rinn- CORBA for Ruby. Goal: a pure Ruby version based on CORBA-Ruby Mapping Specification. Jammit Jammit- Industrial strength asset packaging library, providing both CSS and JavaScript concatenation and compression, as well as YUI Compressor, closure Compiler, and UglifyJS com… Doc⚡split Doc⚡split- Command line utility and library for splitting apart documents into their component parts: searchable UTF-8 plain text via OCR if necessary, page images or thumbnails i… Ruby-GNOME2: Applications Ruby-GNOME2: Applications- Provides a list of applications written and running with Ruby GTK. Ruby Ruby- Many useful, interesting applications, libraries: scripts, patches, extension modules, documents. English, Nihongo. Ruby/Password Ruby/Password- Set of methods to create, verify, and manipulate passwords. Has interface to CrackLib library commonly used to check password strength. Intended use: system adminis… Funaba.org: Ruby Funaba.org: Ruby- Applications: cal, dvipc, gtkcal, luna, nqt, rar, prof, stared, tkcal, tr-list, wc, Just another Ruby hacker; Libraries: calendar, date2, delay/force, once, smf.… Zakki-Cho Zakki-Cho- Software and several translated articles on programming and running Ruby on Windows. "Zakki-Cho" = "Notebook" in Japanese. Ruby Application Archive Ruby Application Archive- Hosts over 1,000 open source projects, over 700 owners. Atelier in the Blue Sky Atelier in the Blue Sky- Text preprocessor, aftercommit, CD player, extension library for zlib, patches. .NET Meets Ruby .NET Meets Ruby- NETRuby a la interpreter: port of Ruby interpreter to C#, so Ruby runs under CLR and interfaces to .NET. Ported interpreter seems thread-safe, runs multiple insta… IronRuby IronRuby- A .NET Ruby, goals: good performance, seamless integration with .NET libraries, infrastructure; compatibility with 1.8.x branch of Ruby modulo continuations. Heavily lev… Ruby.NET Ruby.NET- Project to make Ruby compiler for .NET based on NetRuby. JRuby on Rails: The power of Java, the simplicity of Ruby on Rails JRuby on Rails: The power of Java, the simplicity of Ruby on Rails- Developers are moving from full Java Platform, Enterprise Edition, to lightweight frameworks, yet even the ligh… A Gem of a Language for Java and .Net 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. Ruby the Rival 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 chall… Ruby for the Java World Ruby for the Java World- Dynamic languages are coming competitors to Java. Growing their scope beyond glue code and Web GUIs into the heavy work once done only with compiler, lang… MetaRuby: Project Status MetaRuby: Project Status- Goal: implement Ruby's internals in Ruby; will use ruby2c to convert itself to C and bootstrap a new Ruby binary; to be fully compatible with (standard) … On Ruby: Ruby Hacker Interview: Kevin Tew On Ruby: Ruby Hacker Interview: Kevin Tew- Kevin Tew, Cardinal creator and project director explains project motives, direction, progress. YARV: Yet Another Ruby VM YARV: Yet Another Ruby VM- Goal: greatly reduce execution time of Ruby programs, be fastest Ruby VM. On Ruby: Rubinius Interview On Ruby: Rubinius Interview- Evan Phoenix, Rubinius creator and project director explains project motives, direction, progress. Rubinius 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, mak… Brightbox Systems Ltd. Brightbox Systems Ltd.- Dedicated hosting optimized for Ruby on Rails. Four hosting plans and solutions for SQL support analysis, error investigation, and SSL setup and configurat… Rails Machine Rails Machine- Offers a service to deploy, manage support, monitor and scale rails applications. Ruby on Rails Web Hosting Ruby on Rails Web Hosting- Provides a list of hosting companies for ruby on rails applications. Engine Yard Engine Yard- For clients developing critical Rails apps, who don't want to handle deployment, or hiring IT staff to manage servers, and want Rails-based 24/7 operation support on … Ruby Koans Ruby Koans- A tutorial to learn the language's syntax, structure, and some common functions and libraries by making tests pass. Phrogz Phrogz- By David Thomas and Andrew Hunt. Offers a beginner guide to start with the language. RubyLearning.com RubyLearning.com- Set of thorough study notes, and class, for those new to Ruby and meeding a solid introduction to its concepts and constructs. By Satish Talim. Ruby User's Guide Ruby User's Guide- Original Japanese version by matz. First English translation by GOTO Kentaro and Julian Fondren. Further translation and editing by Mark Slagell. Ruby Embedded into C++ Ruby Embedded into C++- Describes how to embed Ruby interpreter in C++, gives skeleton to build on, treats concepts of embedding, advanced topics like SWIG. Descriptions, code, di… Ruby-Doc.org Ruby-Doc.org- Ruby documentation project: links and downloads of programming information, on many aspects of Ruby. Ruby Conferences Ruby Conferences- Website listing upcoming Ruby-related conferences Nordic Ruby Nordic Ruby- Ruby conference in Stockholm, Sweden. RubyKaigi RubyKaigi- Conference in Kyoto that has been running annually since 2006. Ruby Fools Copenhagen 2008 Conference Ruby Fools Copenhagen 2008 Conference- Annual regional event, Pragmatic Programmer Dave Thomas keynote; 1st time is 1-2 April 2008 (April Fools' Day), Copenhagen, Denmark. Ruby In A Nutshell Ruby In A Nutshell- By Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto; O'Reilly and Associates, 2001, ISBN 0596002149. By programmer, and Ruby creator; concise broad reference guide assumes reader kno… Ruby Cookbook Ruby Cookbook- By Lucas Carlson, Leonard Richardson; O'Reilly, 2006, ISBN 0596523696. From data structures to algorithms to integrating with new technologies; when solving a probl… The Ruby Programming Language The Ruby Programming Language- David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matz Matsumoto, why the lucky stiff; O'Reilly Media, 2008, ISBN 9780596516178. Authoritative guide, covers versions 1.9, 1.… Design Patterns in Ruby Design Patterns in Ruby- By Russ Olsen; Addison-Wesley Professional, 2007, ISBN 9780321490452. Shows smart ways to solve many problems Ruby developers often find; classic patterns… Making Use of Ruby Making Use of Ruby- By Suresh Mahadevan; John Wiley and Sons, 2002, ISBN 047121972X. Hands-on full introduction, how to save much time, many real-world examples, how to move beyon… The Ruby Way: What is Ruby? The Ruby Way: What is Ruby?- Brief article explains main aspects, by Hal Fulton. Programming Ruby: Ruby Tuesday Programming Ruby: Ruby Tuesday- Interview with Programming Ruby authors, The Pragmatic Programmers. Amazon.com. Programming in Ruby 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 sp… Why Not Ruby? Why Not Ruby?- Forum comments and discussion, with wide diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org] Why You Might Want to Try Ruby Why You Might Want to Try Ruby- Editorial with description and code; resulting forum comments and discussion of mostly positive opinion. [freshmeat.net] The Ruby Programming Language The Ruby Programming Language- Very clear introductory article by Ruby creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto. [InformIT] Ruby Creator Y. Matsumoto 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] Ruby: A Gem of a Language Ruby: A Gem of a Language- First of 4-part series introduces Ruby programming, begins with variables, quotes, arrays, objects, methods. Later parts treat more advanced topics. By … Programming Ruby Programming Ruby- Forum comments and discussion on Ruby and the book 'Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org]