An Interview with the Creator of Ruby
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, discusses Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'. [O'Reilly Network]
An Introduction to Ruby
Explains that the world can use another language for the simple reason that Ruby makes programming fun again, and that's what counts. Introduction via examining high-level Ruby tra…
Interview with the Creator of Ruby
Forum comments and discussion related to Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org]
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 special cases and magic …
Programming in the Ruby Language
Forum comments and discussion related to July IBM developerWorks Ruby article, with the usual diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org]
Programming in the Ruby Language
First of 4-part series introduces Ruby programming, begins with variables, quotes, arrays, objects, methods. Later parts treat more advanced topics. By Joshua Drake, author of Linu…
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]
Ruby-lang.org Opens Online!
Announcement of Ruby-lang domain and website. [Linux Today]
The Ruby Programming Language
Very clear introductory article by Ruby creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto. [InformIT]
Using MySQL with Ruby
By Paul DuBois. Two parts: Using the Ruby MySQL Module, Using the Ruby DBI Module. HTML, PDF; online, downloads (tar, zip). [Kitebird.com]
Using the Ruby MySQL Module
Article describes how to install the Tomita Masahiro's MySQL module and use it to write MySQL-based Ruby scripts. By Paul DuBois.
What Can Ruby Do for the Enterprise?
By Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier. Not only is Ruby advancing, but other languages are taking cues from it. O'Reilly Network technical editor chromatic says Ruby influences Perl 6 design.…
Why Not Ruby?
Forum comments and discussion, with wide diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org]