From: Dave@...
Date: 2002-07-16T12:33:28+09:00
Subject: Ruby Weekly News


   Ruby Weekly News: 07/15/2002

   A summary of activity on the ruby-talk mailing list, brought to you
   this week by Pat Eyler.

   ANNOUNCEMENTS
   =============

   Jabber4R 0.2.0
          Jabber4R is a Jabber client library for ruby. This release adds
          support for registering accounts and subscription management.
          This library is not meant to support full Jabber clients, but
          to support connecting a ruby application to a jabber account as
          a resource.

   ruby-libxml (2002-07-09)
          A fast, functional, validating xml library for Ruby. Written in
          C for speed, it is already quite feature rich. It is currently
          lacking documentation and a more complete API.

   Grankos: Graphical 1D CA generator
          A Wolfram-style 1D cellular automata visualizer. Additional
          visualizers for other Wolfram-style automata will be added.

   YAML4R 0.20 -- Objects in plaintext
          YAML4R is a Ruby library for reading and writing YAML
          documents. It is undergoing rapid development at this point,
          with announcements being made nearly every day of the week.

   INTERESTING THREADS
   ===================

   Has anyone combined Test::Unit with CGI?
          Dossy started an interesting discussion about using Test::Unit
          to test CGI scripts. WebUnit was suggested, but was determined
          not to fit the bill. Dossy put up a link to a version of
          web_testrunner that he tossed together.

   cache dbi for web app
          Tom Sawyer asked about speeding up a web based application by
          using persistant dbi connections. The discussion evolved into a
          mini-tutorial about mod_ruby.

   User groups
          John asked about user groups in general, and a Portland group
          in particular. Several answers were given, most pointing to the
          rubygarden wiki. Phil Tomson also answered that he is trying to
          get a group going in Portland.

          User groups are a pretty important part of getting a language
          into the local programming space. If you live in an area with a
          local user group, please support it. If you don't, you could
          always try to start one.

   new to ruby,how to make FIFO in ruby?
          Maggie asked how to create a FIFO in ruby. After a quick run at
          creating a FIFO queue, people settle down to the business at
          hand. Eventually a couple of pure ruby solutions were given.

   Commercial Support for Ruby(Windows support)
          Dennis Newbold asked about finding commercial support for ruby
          to fulfill a prerequisite for using it for his ISO 900x
          employer. The idea of approaching ActiveState was bandied
          about.