Ruby In 60 Minutes

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

Transcript

1. Ruby in 60 minutes
   Colin Gemmell
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2. 3 main tools
   • Interpreter
   • Interactive ruby console (IRB)
   • Rubygems
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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
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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
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5. JRuby
   • Runs on the JVM
   • Access to all Java libraries and functions
   • Faster than MRI
   • Proper threading
   • Some gems may not work
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6. IRONRuby
   • Ruby on the CLR
   • No longer supported by microsoft
   • Stuck on 1.8
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7. Interactive Ruby
   Console
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8. Ruby Gems
   • Package manager for ruby
   • Around 43,100 (rubygems.org)
   • Of which a third are probably useful
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9. Other tool
   • Text editor
   • Ruby Debugger
   • Bundler
   • Pry
   • RVM / RBenv
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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
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11. Ruby in 60 minutes
    Colin Gemmell
    Twitter: @colin_gemmell
    Email: pythonandchips@gmail.com
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