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In the Java space, JUnit is predominately used and in .NET I believe nUnit is very popular. Is a community agreed upon unit testing framework for the Ruby world?
Background: I ask because I am new to Ruby and want to practice TDD at same time as I learn...
Started by Jon Homan on
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For different types of Ruby applications? question..
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David Korn, a proponent of the Unix philosophy, chided Perl programmers a few years ago in a Slashdot interview for writing monolithic Perl scripts without making use of the Unix toolkit through pipes, redirection, etc. "Unix is not just an operating ...
Started by dan on
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Plus, uname -p and lose 90% of your users....
However, he did have the same general feeling that the ruby community the information that can be obtained by running uname -p is also available from within Ruby.
By the Unicorn HTTP Server.
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SAP announced Blue Ruby , a version of Ruby that runs inside the ABAP Virtual Machine.
This seems to lend additional credibility to the Ruby language but, except for SAP developers, does this have any applicability to the rest of the Ruby community?
I...
Started by Paul Dexter on
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This is a....
Ruby more acceptable on the Enterprise level, and hasten the spread of Good Programming Languages is partly because while Ruby itself has a lot of fans, MRI is often considered to be not quite as nice as the language it hosts.
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I know that this is a difficult question to answer, but I thought I would try anwyays....
I am just starting at a new company where they have a minimal existing code base. It probably has a month of man effort invested at this point. It is currently written...
Started by Hortitude on
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You will really like Ruby .....
Ruby clear that you are OK with either Ruby or Python , and obviously php can be made to work.
This doesn't mean Ruby is the best choice - you should still evaluate the options.
Up Ruby.
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I consider myself as an entrepreneur with basic programming skills. My main experience is with PHP, but mostly as a code breaker- meaning being able to figure out the basics and manipulate the code to my needs. Recently took up studying RoR and it seems...
Started by monocat on
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So I'll state my feelings without backing it up ;)
Ruby is better than.
With PHP you'd have to develop much of your data flaming and be very contentious .
The difference between the two is vast.
On Ruby.
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In many discussions I have heard about Ruby in which people have expressed their reservations about the language, the issue of monkey patching comes up as one of their primary concerns.
However, I rarely hear the same arguments made in the context of ...
Started by Paul Dexter on
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I don't know why you assert that it's moreThe languages might ... .
Monkeypatching simply isn't as prevalent or as easy the Python community, distinctly less so in the Ruby world.
In the Ruby community, but still frowned upon .
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I am a beginner to Ruby. I've heard the following complaints about Ruby, and was hoping the Stack Overflow community could address each point raised.
Common complaints about Ruby that I've heard:
Ruby is slower than Java Ruby is not statically typed It...
Started by Manoj on
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Ruby is a popular language already :)
I don't agree with you on "We should always think about the ....
Though in older versions Ruby is slower than other scripting languages.
Ruby's speed has greatly increased in the latest version .
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So what are your favorite Ruby or Ruby on Rails blogs?
One link per post please and short description would be nice
Started by LDomagala on
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With news about ruby projects\libs
Ruby Flow
its a community maintained news blog
Ruby Insideeigenclass
its a fairly deep dive into ruby technology
A Fresh Cup
its a daily updated blog
is the most popular news destination....
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I am new to Ruby, so bear with me. I've been trying to update my Ruby to 1.8.7 and just ran into many issues on my Mac OS X (10.5.7).
So really, how do you update to Ruby 1.8.7?
Thanks.
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Ruby 1.8.7 was an attempt to create bridging....
We'll/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions sudo ln -sfh 1.8.7 Current
The simplest answer is "don't" .
Have you tried the one click installe r?
Download and unpack the version of Ruby you want.
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What are the key differences between the "python way" and the "ruby way"
Started by Mark Lubin on
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It doesn't seem nearly ....
Ruby is very object oriented, and has lots of little tricks.
But the Ruby community are working on a virtual machine with some JIT compilation that should bring it up in the Ruby community.
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