Ruby has been a growing blip on my radar for a while. In this show I describe my first real production Ruby application at work — and it’s small enough to talk about a few details. I cover how we use Ruby to automate some interactions with Subversion and Maven. I’ve done some Rails stuff too, but that’s a whole different topic. Conclusion: Ruby should be something you use to complement Java. If you want a Ruby vs. Java fight, you won’t find it here.
Some great resources metioned in the pocast are Programming Ruby and Agile Web Development with Rails.
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October 22nd, 2005 at 20:32
The audio for this one turned out pretty poor, in my opinion. I’m still tweaking the setup on my Mac. Hopefully I’ll have it ironed out by the next show.
October 25th, 2005 at 07:30
After some investigation, it looks like the Noise Filter I used messed this one up. In my rush to get this out I applied it on the Mac like I have on my PC before. I skipped the chance to preview the results, but with disatrous results. I may re-edit and repost the mp3, or I may just put out my next show. Sorry about the quality of this one. It’ll be better next time.
November 13th, 2005 at 19:02
I checked out Ruby on Rails.. Then I checked out the Python version at http://turbogears.org
The Python way is slightly more verbose but not too much. I think I like it better than Ruby but I’ll have to play more with both before making final judgment.
November 15th, 2005 at 13:01
I’ve seen lots of Rails ports popping up lately. I think I’ve seen two Java ports, a Python port, and even a ColdFusion port. One of the things I’ve really come to appreciate in using Rails, is the elegance of the Ruby language. The simple idea of the Mixin lends amazing power to the libraries and what they can do to keep things simple and clean. It’s really only since I’ve been digging into to questions like “How do I make this table auditable?” or “Can I make these items taggable automatically in ActiveRecord?” that I’ve really been able to see some of the power of the Ruby language at work in Rails.