[#338014] Sqlite3-ruby ON Windows Vista with 1.9.1p129 mingw32 — "J. D." <jdezenzio@...>

I'm using the ming compiled 1.9.1 p 129 successfully on Vista and I even

13 messages 2009/06/01

[#338085] Games for Programmers — Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>

Hi everyone,

18 messages 2009/06/01

[#338135] nfc 1.0.0 Released — Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>

nfc version 1.0.0 has been released!

16 messages 2009/06/02

[#338141] <, >, and ranges in a case statement. — Max Williams <toastkid.williams@...>

I feel like this should be simple but i can't figure it out.

16 messages 2009/06/02

[#338307] Compiling Ruby 1.9.1 zlib issue on Windows — "J. D." <jdezenzio@...>

Hi everyone,

14 messages 2009/06/03

[#338344] Ruby OS — Sparky Mat <max@...>

I was considering porting the Ruby 1.9 VM to bare metal (something

16 messages 2009/06/04

[#338466] ruby_frame in 1.8 is what in 1.9? — Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...>

So I have some C++ extension code that nicely uses ruby_frame->orig_func and

11 messages 2009/06/05

[#338469] Problem with cronjob and ruby script — Matthew Lagace <mlagace@...>

Hello,

20 messages 2009/06/05
[#338476] Re: Problem with cronjob and ruby script — Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...> 2009/06/05

Matthew Lagace wrote:

[#338478] Re: Problem with cronjob and ruby script — Matthew Lagace <mlagace@...> 2009/06/05

Hmm I've tried running with a blank environment and it fails with the

[#338481] Re: Problem with cronjob and ruby script — Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...> 2009/06/05

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Matthew Lagace<mlagace@rasib.ca> wrote:

[#338483] Re: Problem with cronjob and ruby script — Matthew Lagace <mlagace@...> 2009/06/05

Oh I see can you give me an example please?

[#338516] Twitter Personalities (#208) — Daniel Moore <yahivin@...>

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23 messages 2009/06/05

[#338519] SPAM from Usenet — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>

It seems the gateway is passing a lot more spam these days.

71 messages 2009/06/05
[#338522] Re: SPAM from Usenet — James Gray <james@...> 2009/06/05

On Jun 5, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Eric Hodel wrote:

[#338524] Re: SPAM from Usenet — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net> 2009/06/05

On Jun 5, 2009, at 14:42, James Gray wrote:

[#338686] How to sort array ascending, except zero ? — Paganoni <noway@...>

Hello, I need to sort

24 messages 2009/06/08

[#338769] Ruby 1.9.x Concurrency — "s.ross" <cwdinfo@...>

Poking through the Apple press releases today, I sat up and took

20 messages 2009/06/09
[#338808] Re: Ruby 1.9.x Concurrency — James Gray <james@...> 2009/06/09

On Jun 9, 2009, at 1:23 AM, s.ross wrote:

[#338825] Re: Ruby 1.9.x Concurrency — Charles Oliver Nutter <headius@...> 2009/06/09

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:16 AM, James Gray<james@grayproductions.net> wrote=

[#338835] Re: Ruby 1.9.x Concurrency — Tony Arcieri <tony@...> 2009/06/09

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Charles Oliver Nutter

[#338776] require_all 1.0.0: A wonderfully simple way to load your code — Tony Arcieri <tony@...>

require_all

12 messages 2009/06/09

[#338875] centos and ruby 1.9.1 - possible? — "Älphä Blüë" <jdezenzio@...>

I hate even typing the question but my vps template has centos

20 messages 2009/06/10
[#338886] Re: centos and ruby 1.9.1 - possible? — James Britt <james.britt@...> 2009/06/10

底phBl鵫 wrote:

[#338918] Re: centos and ruby 1.9.1 - possible? — "Älphä Blüë" <jdezenzio@...> 2009/06/10

James Britt wrote:

[#338890] Ruby 1.8.6-pl369 released — Kirk Haines <wyhaines@...>

We have released Ruby 1.8.6-pl369. This is primarily a security release.

12 messages 2009/06/10
[#338935] Re: [Security] Ruby 1.8.6-pl369 released — Charles Oliver Nutter <headius@...> 2009/06/10

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Kirk Haines<wyhaines@gmail.com> wrote:

[#338894] Any plans for a Ruby 1.9.1 One-Click Installer? — Benjamin L. Russell <DekuDekuplex@...>

Are there any plans for a Ruby 1.9.1 One-Click Installer for Windows?

18 messages 2009/06/10

[#339014] publically accessible fastri — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>

I have been thinking recently that I wish I could access ri data for

14 messages 2009/06/11

[#339033] Idiomatic way to detect first/last iteration? — Kendall Gifford <zettabyte@...>

Hi there, is there any recognized ruby idiomatic way for detecting

20 messages 2009/06/11

[#339099] wrapping a C struct[] constant — Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>

I have some C code with a struct definition

15 messages 2009/06/12
[#339106] Re: wrapping a C struct[] constant — Eero Saynatkari <ruby-ml@...> 2009/06/12

Martin DeMello wrote:

[#339119] Re: wrapping a C struct[] constant — Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...> 2009/06/12

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Eero Saynatkari <ruby-ml@kittensoft.org>wrote:

[#339123] Re: wrapping a C struct[] constant — Martin DeMello <martindemello@...> 2009/06/12

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Jason Roelofs<jameskilton@gmail.com> wrote:

[#339146] Matrix Rotator (#209) — Daniel Moore <yahivin@...>

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17 messages 2009/06/12

[#339260] each by arity — Trans <transfire@...>

I've always wondered, why?

20 messages 2009/06/14
[#339262] Re: each by arity — Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...> 2009/06/14

Trans wrote:

[#339264] Re: each by arity — Tony Arcieri <tony@...> 2009/06/14

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@path.berkeley.edu>wrote:

[#339265] Re: each by arity — Yossef Mendelssohn <ymendel@...> 2009/06/14

On Jun 14, 3:32=A0pm, Tony Arcieri <t...@medioh.com> wrote:

[#339304] formatting a listing — George George <george.githinji@...>

i have a listing which looks like this

21 messages 2009/06/15

[#339395] Ruby feasibility? — Dave Kubasiak <davekub@...>

Good morning,

14 messages 2009/06/16

[#339404] shebang! on Leopard — "Paul M." <paul.maxfield007@...>

Hey everyone,

14 messages 2009/06/16

[#339513] String += vs << — Joshua Ball <chezball@...>

A friend recently sent me this article:

12 messages 2009/06/17

[#339546] enterprise 1.0.0 Released — Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>

enterprise version 1.0.0 has been released!

12 messages 2009/06/18

[#339680] Capturing System Call Return Values? — Tyler Knappe <tyler.knappe@...>

I'm attempting to use Ruby to make system calls (in this case python

18 messages 2009/06/19
[#339683] Re: Capturing System Call Return Values? — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...> 2009/06/19

Tyler Knappe wrote:

[#339734] 'move into' a module's namespace in irb — Max Williams <toastkid.williams@...>

I'm in an irb session where i have a lot of modules loaded. All of the

13 messages 2009/06/20

[#339757] regular expression gurus--help! — timr <timrandg@...>

I want all possible three letter sets for a string. Scan does this:

18 messages 2009/06/21

[#339776] if column header contain regexp, delete column — Paul Shapiro <fightoplankton@...>

I need to see if a csv column header matches a pattern (see columns 2/3

10 messages 2009/06/21

[#339809] ruby suggestion: officially sanctioned tutorials/howto's — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>

Current situation:

24 messages 2009/06/22
[#339811] Re: ruby suggestion: officially sanctioned tutorials/howto's — James Gray <james@...> 2009/06/22

On Jun 22, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Roger Pack wrote:

[#339824] Re: ruby suggestion: officially sanctioned tutorials/howto's — Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...> 2009/06/22

James Gray wrote:

[#339854] Re: ruby suggestion: officially sanctioned tutorials/howto's — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...> 2009/06/22

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Joel VanderWerf<vjoel@path.berkeley.edu> w=

[#339941] Re: ruby suggestion: officially sanctioned tutorials/howto's — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2009/06/23

On 23.06.2009 01:20, Robert Dober wrote:

[#339944] Re: ruby suggestion: officially sanctioned tutorials/howto's — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...> 2009/06/23

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Robert

[#339946] Re: ruby suggestion: officially sanctioned tutorials/howto's — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...> 2009/06/23

>> Having said that it is probably a good idea to include tutorials in the

[#340001] Re: ruby suggestion: officially sanctioned tutorials/howto's — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2009/06/24

On 24.06.2009 00:00, Roger Pack wrote:

[#339834] map shall not return an Enumerator ( was re guru help ) — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Brian Candler<b.candler@pobox.com> wrote:

10 messages 2009/06/22

[#339871] Execute Ruby script over HTTP protocol as Java Script — Speed Knownas <karthick1983@...>

Hi All,

13 messages 2009/06/23

[#339982] THREE HUNDRED! — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>

I just finished my release flood and we cracked release #300!

46 messages 2009/06/24
[#339983] Re: THREE HUNDRED! — Xeno Campanoli <xeno.campanoli@...> 2009/06/24

Ryan Davis wrote:

[#339985] Re: THREE HUNDRED! — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...> 2009/06/24

[#339988] Re: THREE HUNDRED! — John Barnette <jbarnette@...> 2009/06/24

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Ryan Davis<ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote=

[#339994] Re: THREE HUNDRED! — lith <minilith@...> 2009/06/24

> I fear change. Could you please stop improving your software and just

[#340022] Time for a ruby-announce list? — Trans <transfire@...>

We are seeing a lot or release announcements among the regular posts

45 messages 2009/06/24
[#340088] Re: Time for a ruby-announce list? — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...> 2009/06/24

> We are seeing a lot or release announcements among the regular posts

[#340090] How do I get an integer from an array? — Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>

Hi,

14 messages 2009/06/24

[#340171] Attr Methods and object setters — Marc Heiler <shevegen@...>

We can do:

28 messages 2009/06/25
[#340193] Re: Attr Methods and object setters — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...> 2009/06/25

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Marc Heiler<shevegen@linuxmail.org> wrote:

[#340216] Re: Attr Methods and object setters — Fabian Streitel <karottenreibe@...> 2009/06/26

> This is the pattern I use:

[#340264] Re: Attr Methods and object setters — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...> 2009/06/26

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Fabian

[#340299] Re: Attr Methods and object setters — Fabian Streitel <karottenreibe@...> 2009/06/27

See here: http://pastie.org/526403

[#340301] Re: Attr Methods and object setters — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...> 2009/06/27

On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Fabian

[#340335] Re: Attr Methods and object setters — Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@...42.com> 2009/06/28

Gregory Brown wrote:

[#340239] Trying to define a 'class' without using 'class' sentence — Fernando Guillen <fguillen.mail@...>

Hi people.. I was watching the Dave Thomas' talk on the ScotlandOnRails

18 messages 2009/06/26

[#340385] RDoc-style documentation for Ruby keywords — "David A. Black" <dblack@...>

Hi --

20 messages 2009/06/29

[#340409] Best OS packages for Ruby? — "Michael J. I. Jackson" <mjijackson@...>

Hi all,

23 messages 2009/06/29
[#340427] Re: Best OS packages for Ruby? — Fabian Streitel <karottenreibe@...> 2009/06/29

Hi Michael,

[#340484] Re: Best OS packages for Ruby? — David Masover <ninja@...> 2009/06/30

On Monday 29 June 2009 12:11:38 pm Fabian Streitel wrote:

[#340515] Re: Best OS packages for Ruby? — Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...> 2009/06/30

David Masover wrote:

[#340518] Re: Best OS packages for Ruby? — James Britt <james.britt@...> 2009/06/30

Joel VanderWerf wrote:

[#340588] Re: Best OS packages for Ruby? — Fabian Streitel <karottenreibe@...> 2009/07/01

>

[#340410] Making a random string — Lloyd Linklater <lloyd@2live4.com>

I have been trying to generate a random string. One approach in, say,

21 messages 2009/06/29
[#340492] Re: Making a random string — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2009/06/30

Lloyd Linklater wrote:

[#340432] attr_writers within blocks — Wijnand Wiersma <wijnand@...>

Hi all,

14 messages 2009/06/29

[#340460] Question on networking with custom binary interface. — Greg Chambers <gregory.w.chambers@...>

So I am working on this Ruby server application for Windows that needs

13 messages 2009/06/29

[ANN/ADV] Ruby Best Practices now in print!

From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2009-06-30 03:22:28 UTC
List: ruby-talk #340480
Hi folks,

If you haven't already heard, my book "Ruby Best Practices" is now
available in print!

The whole manuscript will be made freely available under a creative
commons license in March 2010, but now is the time to buy a copy if
you want to support my efforts as well as O'Reilly for publishing it.

== Where to buy

It should be showing up in stores now, as I confirmed it's available
here in New Haven, but if you want it online:

Directly from the publisher:
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596523008/

Amazon (likely cheaper, but less $ goes to me that way :)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596523009

== What is the book like?

It's probably not like any other Ruby book you've read.  It isn't a
reference book or tutorial, but instead, more like commentary you'd
expect to hear in a code review.
RBP walks through a whole bunch of real open source code, and tries
really hard to keep the balance tipped towards realistic examples
rather than contrived ones.

It isn't a list of rules or patterns, instead, it tries to drive home
the importance of context in problem solving by using a lot of case
studies.
It's meant to be read by the chapter, so it won't make for an easy
skim.  But if you sit down with your favorite reference book[0] on
your desk, and your development environment at the ready, it should be
an enjoyable read.

It is a Ruby 1.9 book, but most of the techniques should work fine in
Ruby 1.8.6.

The book is split into 8 core topics and 3 appendices.  These cover:

  * Test Driven Development
  * API Design
  * Dynamic Ruby (Metaprogramming, DSLs, etc)
  * Text Processing and File management (IO, regex, etc)
  * Functional Programming Techniques
  * Debugging / Troubleshooting
  * M17N / L10N (Globalization)
  * Project Maintenance (rake, Rubygems, rdoc, etc)

  * Some Ruby 1.8 <-> 1.9 compatibility tips
  * Ruby's Standard Library (Quick sample of 10 libs)
  * Ruby Worst Practices

If you're curious how these chapters are organized, you can look at a
free copy of a pre-production version of the metaprogramming chapter:
http://cdn.oreilly.com/books/9780596523008/Mastering_the_Dynamic_Toolkit.xml.pdf

== Target Audience

Anyone who wants to improve their craft as Ruby developers.  While it
may not be suitable for a raw beginner, it will be useful to anyone
who has completed a small project in Ruby, and downright fun for a
more seasoned Ruby hacker.

== Questions?

Just let me know what's on your mind.   I'd be happy to answer
whatever questions folks might have about the book.

-greg

[0] Either the Pickaxe or "The Ruby Programming Language" should do
the trick.  If you're more of a Ruby beginner, be sure to read David
Black's "Well Grounded Rubyist" as well.

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