Ruby January 2010 Archive

Just a reminder, IRB outputs strings in a form that they can be copied and pasted.  So, if you were to try to input the string "\\", it will print ... Read More

In large programs, especially when heavy abstraction is involved, it's sometimes impossible to tell where your data is coming from. Consider the following situation: a server application takes user input ... Read More

Nothing nefarious here, and no sign of Boba Fett yet, just programming bounties.  Programming bounties are set by people who want features implemented and are willing to pay for it. ... Read More

Screencasts were my first introduction to Ruby and Rails.  I think we all remember the infamous "15 Minute Blog" screencast, before Rails was even 1.0 and most of the features ... Read More

Some programmers try to fit as much logic into a single statement as possible, often using the most concise syntax available. While this often takes some clever constructions, it's usually ... Read More

PLEAC, the Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook is a great tool for those who know more than one programming language. Sometimes it's difficult to keep them all straight in ... Read More

Sequel 3.8.0 - Sequel is a complete database abstraction library, providing multiple database drivers to just about all the databases out there, and ORM layer and database definition DSL. ... Read More

There are many pitfalls when using temporary files.  It's difficult to tell which directory to use on which platform, how to name your files, or what to do if multiple ... Read More

This conversation starts simple enough, Ruby Newbee asks if Ruby's regex engine (Oniguruma) is as fast as Perl's engine (PCRE). What follows is a discovery that it may have ... Read More

This release is a bugfix release.  A staggering amount of small changes were made this time, fixing many small bugs but nothing major.  No new major features have been implemented, ... Read More