Gravity Simulator : Fantastic Green Shoes App
I’d love to introduce a new fantastic Green Shoes app: Gravity simulator
Read on →Ruby Thoughts for Mortals (Unless Specifically Otherwise Denoted!)
I’d love to introduce a new fantastic Green Shoes app: Gravity simulator
Read on →I have helped a few people get started with Linux the last couple of years and the tool that helped them get exposed to it, and finally installing Linux on their system, is called UnetBootin. You can find their official homepage in the References list below this blog post.
Read on →Registrations are now open for RubyLearning’s popular Ruby Programming Course. Read on →
While working on documenting things I learned through a Learn Ruby By Testing project, I came across documenting the new Ruby 2.0 ‘Params’ feature.
I realized that Methods are blocks and Procs and lambdas are very close, so was wondering if the arguments would cross over.
It turns out that it does.
Read on →What do you use to configure your editor?
I am usually in VIM for my editor. Not the graphical (gvim) version, the one that runs in the terminal.
I also use Carlhuda’s Janus configuration.
But there are things that I change that are simply minor things.
Read on →When you have code that you would like to test, it is fairly simple to develop your tests to allow for it to be ran in more than one version of Ruby. Read on →
I have been waiting for the 24th of February to see what would come of the planned release date for Ruby 2.0.0-p0.
I wanted to apply my “Learn By Testing” repository on this new Ruby, and am running into a few problems. Read on →
A book(let) review.
A hands on guide for Ruby newbies to create and publish their first Ruby gem.
Satish has published a booklet that takes you through the steps required to publish your first Ruby Gem. Recently updated with information on how to ‘yank’ your gem in case you don’t need it to be available, it is a good short reference to get you quickly started in the world of Ruby Gems.
There are tools out there that do the work for you in terms of having a skeleton. This booklet will cover none of those. It will take you through the basics to get a gem up and running in a few short minutes.
Yes, all the information is available for free. And it is not that difficult to find it all. But dropping a dollar to have a handy reference on your Kindle to support Satish’s efforts on RubyLearning is just a small way to say “Thanks!” and a way to show some love.
When Twitter bought Posterous, I thought it was going to be a great thing for us. We would have a long term platform, always improving, easy to use for guest blogging from those that are not necessarily familiar with html and markup/markdown. But I was notified by Satoshi that they will be shutting down in April.
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