From: Richard Conroy Date: 2007-08-09T12:58:05+09:00 Subject: Re: I came from Perl, and would ask for some quick start point On 8/7/07, Lee NL wrote: > 1. Any posting culture here ? or say, How to use this mailing list is > most proper ? em.. > any DOs and DON'Ts ? Top posting is a no no here (i.e. replying to a mail with your response before the original comment - at the top). I am not entirely sure why, probably due to certain e-mail clients, but I just follow it. General forum/mailing list rules apply, except unlike other lists, they tend to be mutually observed here rather than rigorously enforced. It works. If this is your first post, you will fit right in. > 2. What kind of code editor is mostly recommended for Ruby ? I know > about JEdit, > TextPad, Aptana, Scite and Komodo. but which one, or else would mostly > good ? Its platform specific, and the answers are different if you are doing Rails development versus pure Ruby. I don't know Textpad well, but all the other candidates you mentioned are a cut above, with a lot of endorsements. I personally love Komodo on Windows for pure Ruby work, and I only use the free version. Aptana absorbed RadRails which was a real contender for best Rails develpment IDE. Netbeans ( a Java-based IDE) is making serious waves in the Rails IDE space. One to watch. > > 3. Is that any dictionary like web site could quick check about the > standard commands' > "build in " methods ? Theres a few cheatsheets and reference guides for both Ruby and Rails. There are also several high quality Ruby Books available for free. And loads of high quality books available for purchase. The printed books on Ruby are of a particularly high standard. If you were to pick one at random off a bookshelf it would be unusual to pick a weak title. Anyway, welcome to the community and have fun. Richard.