From: Ralf Mueller <ralf.mueller@...>
Date: 2009-11-24T22:18:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple Ruby Project

Rob wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've just started with Ruby and decided to do a little project. Since
> this is my first time doing
> something related with the internet, I could sure use some guidelines.
> Let me first tell you what my project is.
>
> I'm planning to create a simple web page, with only an input box. The
> input should be used
> as a search term that will retrieve the results from google and
> display them on my page.
>
> Simple enough, I still have some question regarding the design. Here
> they are:
>
> 1.) I'm planning to do this as simple as possible. I know how to
> retireve data from google,
> 	therefore I will create only a simple class which will then be
> imported into the
> 	HTML file. Is this a good idea, or is there another, simpler/cleaner/
> better way?
>
> 2.) Is the best way to retrieve the data as a HTML page and work by
> reading lines,
> 	cleaning the clutter with simple regex methods?
>
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
>   
Hi and welcome,

there is a good library for similar things: http://nokogiri.org/
have a look at the small example in the middle of the page

best regards
ralf