Ruby

Ruby is another scripting language I run into from time to time, after an initial disappointing experience that led me to become proficient in Python. It’s since become faster and somewhat more palatable, but I still don’t like using it due to the way gem dependencies go brittle with time.

Some of these are somewhat stale - feedback is appreciated.

• MobiRuby, an intriguing way to do mobile development.

Mac OS X

• CocoaMagick, an ImageMagick replacement for Gruff
• rb-appscript, an AppleScript bridge.
• Replacing AppleScript with Ruby
• Learn Ruby, an adaptation of Daniel Jalkut’s “Learn Python” application.
• Hivelogic HOWTO for installation.
• Using Ruby on Rails for Web Development on Mac OS X - Apple Developer Connection article, complete with gratuitous TextMate screenshot.

• Celluloid - Actor-based programming framework
• Prawn - a PDF generation library.
• Ferret - a very fast indexing library.
• Rails - the prevalent development framework
• Camping - a micro-framework in 4K
• KirbyBase, a plaintext storage database layer (see also Ackbar, an ActiveRecord adapter for it).
• RubyCocoa - Cocoa bindings. web browser example
• RIGS, a GNUStep variant
• Alph, a Flash to Ruby bridge (announcement)
• Scraping: scrAPI, Rubyful Soup

• Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer’s Guide
• Getting Started with Ruby, which links to:
  • Ruby User’s Guide
  • Why’s (Poignant) Guide To Ruby
  • RubyCentral
  • Learn To Program - a newbie guide.
  • Introduction to Ruby for Mac OS X