From: Steve Brumbaugh Date: 2004-11-17T13:26:28+09:00 Subject: [ANN] New issue of Rubyist Magazine Sasada Koichi asked me to post this. (English translations of this volume and previous volumes will appear in the upcoming Ruby zine, which I'm told will launch in January.) --Steve --------------- We are proud to announce the release of Rubyist Magazine Volume 3. Below is a summary of its contents. =========================== = Rubyist Magazine Vol. 3 = =========================== http://jp.rubyist.net/magazine/?0003 Foreword ======== Greetings from Masayoshi Takahashi, the editor-in-chief of Rubyist Magazine. Rubyist Hotlinks No. 3: Kazuhiko ================================ Rubyist Hotlinks is a series of interviews with well-known Rubyists. This interview is with Kazuhiko, who uses Ruby in a variety of fields. Let's Begin Programming with Ruby (Dan) ======================================= Ruby primer for people who are not familiar with computer programming. This article deals with strings, errors, and arrays. UVA "Best Season" (Daisuke Ikegami) ===================================== Introduction to the computer programming problem set archive at http://acm.uva.es/problemset/, and to using Ruby to solve some of these problems. Ruby/TK Trends (Hideotoshi Nagai) ================================= Introduction to Ruby/TK from the maintainer himself. This article summarizes the differences between the version of Ruby/TK bundled with latest version of Ruby (1.8.2) and previous versions. Nora Tutorial No. 3 (MoonWolf) ============================== Third in a series of articles introducing Nora, a Web application library that makes it easier to write CGI programs. This article describes Nora's application framework. Ruby Library Report No. 2: Working with Java Resources (Takaaki Tateishi) ======================================================= The Ruby Library Report introduces various tools and libraries for developers. This report introduces rjb, rjni, and ruby-jdwp, tools for dealing with Java resources. Customizing Your Blog with lily No. 1 (Kan Fushihara) ===================================================== Series introducing lily, an easy-to-use blog tool written in Ruby. For this first article, the developer of lily explains how to write simple filters. Using Win32OLE No. 1 (cuzic) ============================ First article in a series explaining how to use Win32OLE, a convenient extension library. This article describes what Win32OLE is. Report on Kansai Open Source 2004 (Japanese Ruby Association Volunteers) ======================================================== Members of the Japanese Ruby Association attended Kansai Open Source 2004; there, they manned an exhibition booth and gave a seminar presentation. This report details their activities. Ruby Sports (Char Asunadonai) ============================== Humorous "essay" describing a group of five heroes known as the "Special Programming/Debugging Rangers (SPD)" who battle bugs and ensure the peace and safety of the programming gods. Ruby News ========= A gathering of Ruby-related news stories. Ruby Event Check ================ Upcoming events that are related to Ruby or that might be of interest to Rubyists. -------------------------- The next issue is scheduled for mid-December. We'd like to hear from you! We always welcome the following types of articles: * Technical articles about Ruby * Ruby usage examples * Essays related to Ruby (even if only loosely!) * Other types of articles dealing with Ruby ...in Japanese, if possible. :) Any questions or comments you may have should be sent to the Rubyist Magazine editorial desk at magazine@jp.rubyist.net. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com