... I've used hpricot separately, and I'm mostly using Mechanize with its objects like page.body or page.links, and then using a regex to grab data. These are...
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Ben Wyrosdick
wyrosbs
Jul 2, 2008 5:48 am
Just in case anyone here uses vim (besides Josh) I wrote a blackboard colorscheme. It is a clone of the textmate blackboard theme. There are still a few...
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Greg Houston
ghouston
Jul 2, 2008 3:49 pm
I've started working on the presentation for TechMixerU. For my first example of ruby, I want to show a very simple String problem. I'm currently thinking of...
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Yan Zhu
thenakedsing...
Jul 2, 2008 3:54 pm
I forgot, what is the topic of your presentation? ... -- "Imagination is greater than knowledge." - Albert Einstein http://tweakmylife.blogspot.com/ ...
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Greg Houston
ghouston
Jul 2, 2008 4:11 pm
I'm giving "Getting Started with Ruby". I hope to cover the basics for someone who has never seen ruby before. = Greg ... first...
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Bill Abel
billabel3
Jul 2, 2008 4:11 pm
A common problem is to process a form. One example I might suggest would be to deal with phone numbers. Here's some code I wrote to break just about any number...
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Malcolm Davis
malcolmgdavis
Jul 2, 2008 4:58 pm
Being a JavaBot, I don't think would excite me. It makes Ruby look so Perl like, it would turn me off. Secondly, this could most likely be done just as easy...
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Greg Houston
ghouston
Jul 2, 2008 6:08 pm
Can you suggest something that would be better? ... so Perl ... String ... presentation. ... Behalf Of...
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Josh Adams
x_knewter_x
Jul 2, 2008 6:29 pm
Greg: I would think the block-handling of string.gsub is sufficiently non-perlish to provide some interest. I also think it shows off very quickly the value...
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Bill Abel
billabel3
Jul 2, 2008 6:31 pm
Here's a more interesting case (or least interesting, I really have to work at it to figure this stuff out so I figured it might be interesting). Someone asked...
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Greg Houston
ghouston
Jul 2, 2008 6:38 pm
Why do you use Ruby? Malcolm's prior post got me thinking... why do you like ruby? or what got you to dig deeper into ruby? Since I'm creating an intro to...
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Bill Abel
billabel3
Jul 2, 2008 6:47 pm
Well. I use it because it enables me to get things done that I couldn't do otherwise. I usually can understand code written in Ruby, even though I know very...
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Yan Zhu
thenakedsing...
Jul 2, 2008 6:51 pm
Because of RoR. :) ... -- "Imagination is greater than knowledge." - Albert Einstein http://tweakmylife.blogspot.com/ http://buttkickingbooks.blogspot.com/ ...
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Malcolm Davis
malcolmgdavis
Jul 2, 2008 6:56 pm
Sorry, I'm a JavaBot, not a Ruby guy (yet). I've been monitoring the discussion, and I'm little lost on the presentation. Is there going to be multiple...
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Josh Adams
x_knewter_x
Jul 2, 2008 7:00 pm
A nonexhaustive list of reasons, in arbitrary order: - RubyGems is very nice. Library availability and uniformity of distribution is a Good Thing in a...
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Harris Reynolds
hreynolds2
Jul 2, 2008 7:00 pm
Yeah... I had similar reaction to that of Malcolm. Showing a bunch of regular expression code in an introduction to the language will likely leave most of...
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Malcolm Davis
malcolmgdavis
Jul 2, 2008 7:02 pm
RoR is a good reason. I've heard many say Ruby was dead until RoR. However, there are equivalent RoR showing up in other languages. So, the RoR argument...
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Doug Hall
redbaritone
Jul 2, 2008 8:44 pm
While RoR is probably why a lot of us are using Ruby, the point should be made that without Ruby, there would not really BE Rails. At least not the Rails we...
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Yan Zhu
thenakedsing...
Jul 2, 2008 11:12 pm
Good balanced view Doug! ... -- "Imagination is greater than knowledge." - Albert Einstein http://tweakmylife.blogspot.com/ ...
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Scott Schram
schram88
Jul 3, 2008 12:57 am
It would be nice if the introduction to Ruby showed some of the Ruby magic. Perhaps a mini-Domain Specific Language, and some other metaprogramming magic. It...
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Scott Schram
schram88
Jul 3, 2008 1:19 am
... For some years, I've had an interest in scripting languages. They're closely tied to the OS, and can call other *nix tools. Very handy in system...
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Scott Schram
schram88
Jul 3, 2008 1:27 am
... I went to a presentation by Dave Thomas or Pragmatic Programmers on Ruby before there was a Ruby on Rails and I found it fascinating. The room was packed...
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Scott Schram
schram88
Jul 3, 2008 1:29 am
... I agree. You could arrive at better frameworks just by trying to clone the Java examples in Ruby. Struts, Spring, Hibernate. [Non-text portions of this...
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Scott Schram
schram88
Jul 3, 2008 1:31 am
ie: Don't teach them how to use Ruby, make them crave it :) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Greg Houston
ghouston
Jul 3, 2008 2:13 am
That is the reason I asked the question Why Ruby? If I can understand what is bringing people to Ruby, then I will include it in my presentation. My reasons...
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Anthony Crumley
abcrumley
Jul 3, 2008 1:42 pm
I think if the presentation consists of how to... use irb, define a variable, define a method, define a class, define a module, create an instance of a class, ...
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Greg Houston
ghouston
Jul 3, 2008 4:18 pm
Mark your calenders, the next RubyHam lunch meeting is at the Cocina Superior, Monday, July 7th at 11:30am til 1:00pm or so. Please RSVP, so we know how many...
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Kevin Russell
ktrussell15
Jul 3, 2008 4:25 pm
Unfortunately, I'll have to miss another. Kevin ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Harris Reynolds
hreynolds2
Jul 3, 2008 4:40 pm
Anyone else up for pushing the lunch back a week? Given that it is a holiday weekend some (like me!) may be out of town. If we can push it I will definitely...
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Josh Adams
x_knewter_x
Jul 3, 2008 4:46 pm
I'll probably be there. I'm going on vacation next weekend so I may opt to work extra instead, but I'll tentatively RSVP. Josh Adams isotope11 ...
