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• Ruby off the Rails by Andrew Glover   - [Clicks: 22]
  Ruby on Rails is just one facet of what makes Ruby great, just like EJB is only part of the Java enterprise platform. Andrew Glover digs beneath the hype for a look at what Java developers can do with Ruby, all by itself.
  http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-ruby/index.html - Dec, 2005
• Ruby the Rival by Chris Adamson   - [Clicks: 26]
  Is Ruby already shaping up to succeed Java? What's broken with Java that Ruby fixes? And are the two mutually incompatible? To survey the situation, we contacted several prominent authors, bloggers, and developers to get their takes. Their responses are reprinted in whole in this article.
  http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/11/16/ruby-the-rival.html - Nov, 2005
• REXML: Processing XML in Ruby by Koen Vervloesem   - [Clicks: 45]
  REXML (Ruby Electric XML) is the XML processor of choice for Ruby programmers. It comes bundled with the standard Ruby distribution. It's fast, written in Ruby, and can be used in two ways: tree parsing and stream parsing. In this article, we show some basic constructs on how to use REXML for XML processing. We also introduce the use of Ruby's interactive debugger irb for exploring XML documents with the help of REXML.
  [Includes source code]
  http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/11/09/rexml-processing-xml-in-ruby.html - Nov, 2005
• Using the Ruby Development Tools plug-in for Eclipse by Neal Ford   - [Clicks: 29]
  This article introduces using the Ruby Development Tools (RDT) plug-in for Eclipse, which allows Eclipse to become a first-rate Ruby development environment. Ruby developers who want to learn how to use the rich infrastructure of the Eclipse community to support their language will benefit, as will Java developers who are interested in using Ruby.
  http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/os-rubyeclipse/index.html - Oct, 2005
• Creating Printable Documents with Ruby by Austin Ziegler   - [Clicks: 18]
  In this article, Austin Ziegler introduces the creation of a variety of types of documents with PDF::Writer for Ruby. This introduction covers basic creation, partial document generation and customization, and Rails-generated documents.
  http://www.artima.com/rubycs/articles/pdf_writer.html - Oct, 2005
• Linux Clustering with Ruby Queue: Small is Beautiful by Ara Howard   - [Clicks: 12]
  Ruby Queue software package lowers the barriers scientists need to overcome in order to realize the power of Linux clusters. The toolset is designed with a K.I.S.S, research focused, philosophy that enables any ordinary (non-root) user to set up a zero-admin Linux cluster in 10 minutes or less.
  http://www.artima.com/rubycs/articles/rubyqueue.html - Oct, 2005
• Modular Architectures with Ruby by Jack Herrington   - [Clicks: 11]
  Any reasonably complex end-user application is going to require some sort of customization and enhancement for effective deployment. This article shows one way to create a modular architecture as a way of leaving the door open for advanced users or consultants who want to extend the functionality without modifying the source.
  http://www.artima.com/rubycs/articles/modular_apis_with_ruby.html - Oct, 2005
• Secrets of lightweight development success, Part 7: Java alternatives by Bruce Tate   - [Clicks: 23]
  The Java programming language is powerful, but it has significant limitations for lightweight development. For certain problems, other programming languages such as Ruby may lead to better productivity. This article shows you what's important for productivity in an application's language.
  http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/os-lightweight7/index.html - Sep, 2005

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• The Definitive Guide to ImageMagick  by Michael Still   - [Clicks: 22]
  An open source project backed by years of continual development, ImageMagick supports over 90 image formats and can perform impressive operations such as creating images from scratch; changing colors; stretching, rotating, and overlaying images; and overlaying text on images. Whether you use ImageMagick to manage the family photos or to embark on a job involving millions of images, this book will provide you with the knowledge to manage your images with ease. The Definitive Guide to ImageMagick explains all of these capabilities and more in a practical, learn-by-example fashion. You'll get comfortable using ImageMagick for any image-processing task. Through the book's coverage of the ImageMagick interfaces for C, Perl, PHP, and Ruby, you'll learn how to incorporate ImageMagick features into a variety of applications.
  Apress, Hardcover - Dec, 2005

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• Sockets programming in Ruby by M. Tim Jones   - [Clicks: 35]
  This tutorial shows how to develop sockets-based networking applications using the Ruby language. You learn Ruby basics as well as the most important classes for sockets programming, and then look at a working chat application that illustrates these fundamentals. The tutorial finishes by exploring the higher-level classes that make it easy to build dynamic Web servers, mail servers and clients, and other application-layer protocols.
  [Formats: HTML, PDF]
  http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/edu/l-dw-linux-rubysocks-i.html - Oct, 2005
• Automating tasks with Rake by Pat Eyler   - [Clicks: 23]
  Rake is a great addition to anybody's toolbox. If you haven't started using Rake to automate your daily computing tasks, you owe it to yourself to take a look at it today. This tutorial walks through a history of task automation in the context of a development project, then briefly compares several automation (or dependency management) tools, presents a primer on Rake, and gives several extended examples of how to use it.
  [Formats: HTML, PDF]
  http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-os-rubyrake-i.html - Sep, 2005
• Debugging Ruby programs 101 by Pat Eyler   - [Clicks: 27]
  This tutorial shows how to use the Ruby debugger to find and fix problems with your Ruby code. It also presents several other methods for finding and fixing problems in your code. After presenting an overview of debugging and a primer for the Ruby debugger, we move on to show the debugger in use.
  [Formats: HTML, PDF]
  http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-os-distruby-i.html - Sep, 2005
• Profiling and optimizing Ruby code by Pat Eyler   - [Clicks: 19]
  If you're writing production code in Ruby and haven't been exposed to optimization strategies, discover the methodology for profiling and optimizing code written in Ruby. Learn how to profile and optimize Ruby code with RubyInline and ZenOptimize, two tools that make this process easier.
  [Formats: HTML, PDF, Zip]
  http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-os-ruby2-i.html - Aug, 2005

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