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Ruby - Getting Started
pdesigns
post 25 Oct, 2006 - 01:39 PM
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I've heard about Ruby and have wanted to learn to use it and have a host that supports it but I have a question.

I've seen many tutorials on it but they seem to use command line to run ruby scripts and such so am wondering how this works when I am under a shared server.

How exactly would I get started with Ruby? Creating a ruby script and executing it I mean. I've seen .rb files but what do you do with those?

Anyone want to fill me in on some details? Thanks.
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post 25 Oct, 2006 - 03:57 PM
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How exactly would I get started with Ruby? Creating a ruby script and executing it I mean. I've seen .rb files but what do you do with those?

Anyone want to fill me in on some details? Thanks.

I assume you're in a Windows environment, so here's a link for something you might want to take a look at. Goes from the ground up getting started.

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html
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post 26 Oct, 2006 - 10:03 AM
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QUOTE(rockstar_ @ 25 Oct, 2006 - 03:57 PM) *

QUOTE(pdesigns @ 25 Oct, 2006 - 01:39 PM) *

How exactly would I get started with Ruby? Creating a ruby script and executing it I mean. I've seen .rb files but what do you do with those?

Anyone want to fill me in on some details? Thanks.

I assume you're in a Windows environment, so here's a link for something you might want to take a look at. Goes from the ground up getting started.

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html


Sorry, I forgot to specify that I'm using a Linux server. Shared hosting under a linux box and my host says it supports Ruby on Rails but how exactly do I utilize it?
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post 26 Oct, 2006 - 10:09 AM
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You run a ruby script by calling it through the command line interface (one way), but are you asking about building command line ruby applications, or building web applications?
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post 6 Nov, 2006 - 01:25 AM
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Ruby can be interpreted by command line (type 'irb' in your shell), but it's possible to run scripts too (.rb extension)

You can learn everything you need on this sites:
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ (Official Ruby site, everything you need)
http://www.rubygarden.org/faq/ (Good Ruby FAQ)
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/ (Direct link to documentation)


You need to download interpreter of course, here are the links:
ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.8.5.tar.gz (Source code for Linux)
http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/12751/ruby185-21.exe (One-click installer for Windows)

GL & HF with this superb language smile.gif
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Huw
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You can download a free copy of the eBook which I wrote to help newcomers to Ruby, The Little Book Of Ruby. It's ten chapters - starst with "hello world" and goes on to cover most of the essentials (classes, blocks, modules, mixins, YAMl etc.) - you can also download a zip of all the source code to go with the example programs.

Get a copy here: http://www.sapphiresteel.com/The-Little-Book-Of-Ruby

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You can download my Free Ruby Study Notes eBook. This is based on my site on Learning Ruby.
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