Ruby In 60 Minutes

Presentation on Ruby to the Aberdeen .Net User Group in August 2012

Transcript

1. Ruby in 60 minutes Colin Gemmell Monday, 27 August 12
2. 3 main tools • Interpreter • Interactive ruby console (IRB) • Rubygems Monday, 27 August 12
3. MRI Ruby • Matz Ruby Interpreter • Created by Yukihiro Matsumoto • Released in 1995 • Template for all other rubies • Mainly written in C • Used until 1.8 http://flic.kr/p/86xJ97 Monday, 27 August 12
4. YARV Ruby • Yet another Ruby VM • Created by Koichi Sasada • Replaced MRI in version 1.9 • Brought faster execution time http://flic.kr/p/4DyFam Monday, 27 August 12
5. JRuby • Runs on the JVM • Access to all Java libraries and functions • Faster than MRI • Proper threading • Some gems may not work Monday, 27 August 12
6. IRONRuby • Ruby on the CLR • No longer supported by microsoft • Stuck on 1.8 Monday, 27 August 12
7. Interactive Ruby Console Monday, 27 August 12
8. Ruby Gems • Package manager for ruby • Around 43,100 (rubygems.org) • Of which a third are probably useful Monday, 27 August 12
9. Other tool • Text editor • Ruby Debugger • Bundler • Pry • RVM / RBenv Monday, 27 August 12
10. Demo - Github Scorer • Task a JSON feed for a github repoistory • Score users based on their actions • Score card is as follows • 1 point - watch repo • 2 points - fork repo • 5 points - comment on an issue • 5 points - comment on a commit • 10 points - make a pull request • 20 points - push to the repository Monday, 27 August 12
11. Ruby in 60 minutes Colin Gemmell Twitter: @colin_gemmell Email: pythonandchips@gmail.com Monday, 27 August 12