Performing and Meeting the Challenges of Tasks
This sections contains Ruby scripts and short tutorials on how to perform specific tasks, the challenges presented by the tasks and information about the related libraries and/or gems available to help you accomplish each task. Here you will also find the answers to reader questions, complete with detailed explanations and code examples.
Automatically Following Followers on Twitter
Since the Twitter API makes it easy to do anything you can do on the website, writing a script to automatically follow followers is very simple.
Since the Twitter API makes it easy to do anything you can do on the website, writing a script to automatically follow followers is very simple.
Update Twitter From an RSS Feed
This Ruby script to update Twitter from an RSS feed is what's often referred to as a "mashup." Mashups interface one protocol to another, or one website to another. This mashup takes information from an RSS feed and posts it as updates to Twitter.
This Ruby script to update Twitter from an RSS feed is what's often referred to as a "mashup." Mashups interface one protocol to another, or one website to another. This mashup takes information from an RSS feed and posts it as updates to Twitter.
Be Notified of New Twitter Updates by IM
It's a pain to switch to a Web browser every you want to check your Twitter updates. This script solves that by sending you an instant message (IM) using the Jabber protocol when there's something new to see on Twitter.
It's a pain to switch to a Web browser every you want to check your Twitter updates. This script solves that by sending you an instant message (IM) using the Jabber protocol when there's something new to see on Twitter.
How to Send Email with Ruby on Rails
How to send email with SMTP in Ruby.
How to send email with SMTP in Ruby.
How to Use Ruby to Check Email
Learn to use Ruby's pre-installed POP3 libraries to check your email.
Learn to use Ruby's pre-installed POP3 libraries to check your email.
Generating Cryptograms With Ruby
This Ruby script will generate a cryptogram out of any text file. It can be used to decrypt messages for various tasks and will be of particular interest to Geocachers!
This Ruby script will generate a cryptogram out of any text file. It can be used to decrypt messages for various tasks and will be of particular interest to Geocachers!
How to Write Log Messages in Ruby
How to create and write to log files in Ruby.
How to create and write to log files in Ruby.
How to Check Email with Ruby
How to check your POP3 email accounts in Ruby.
How to check your POP3 email accounts in Ruby.
RubyQuiz
Challenges to test your Ruby programming skills.
Challenges to test your Ruby programming skills.
Deploy Applications with Capistrano
How to deploy Ruby applications with Capistrano.
How to deploy Ruby applications with Capistrano.
Test-driven Development with Rails
Use test-driven development to ensure your Rails applications work as intended.
Use test-driven development to ensure your Rails applications work as intended.
The Rake Build Language
Use the Rake build language to automate tasks.
Use the Rake build language to automate tasks.
Use SQLite with Rails
How to use SQLite (a smaller database program than MySQL) with Rails.
How to use SQLite (a smaller database program than MySQL) with Rails.