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Latest featured content about ParseTree

- Topics
- Ruby,
- Dynamic Languages,
- Domain Specific Languages,
- LISP,
- Code Analysis,
- Languages,
- Compilers,
- Debugging,
- Profilers,
- Programming,
- Language,
- Language Design,
- ParseTree,
- RubyFringe,
- Language Features
In this RubyFringe talk, Reginald Braithwaite shows how to write Ruby that reads, writes, and rewrites Ruby. The demos include extending the Ruby language with conditional expressions, new forms of evaluation such as call-by-name and call-by-need, and more.
News about ParseTree
- Topics
- JRuby,
- Ruby,
- Runtimes,
- JVM Languages,
- Dynamic Languages,
- GarbageCollection,
- Java,
- Languages,
- Merb,
- Programming,
- Performance & Scalability,
- Ruby1.9,
- Rubinius,
- ParseTree
Ruby 1.9.2 Preview 1 is now available and brings API improvements such as Method#parameters, GC optimization for long lived objects, and more. Also: to keep up to speed with Ruby implementations, David A. Black announced ruby-versions.net which provides a long list of MRI versions as well as JRuby, Rubinius and REE installations.
- Topics
- JRuby,
- Ruby,
- Runtimes,
- JVM Languages,
- Java,
- Dynamic Languages,
- Code Analysis,
- Debugging,
- Profilers,
- Languages,
- Programming,
- Ruby1.9,
- Static Analysis,
- ParseTree
The current Ruby 1.9.1 doesn't have the required features to allow ParseTree's runtime features to work - which means some libraries that depend on those features won't work. Examples are Merb's action arguments or heckle. We take a look at the state of ParseTree - and how ruby_parser is a possible way out.
- Topics
- Ruby,
- Dynamic Languages,
- Languages,
- Agile Techniques,
- IDE,
- Programming,
- Agile,
- IDEs,
- RubyGems,
- ParseTree,
- Refactoring
RFactor is a Ruby refactoring tool that aims to bring automated refactoring support to text editors. We talked to its developer Fabio Kung to learn how it works and what's planned for the future.
- Topics
- Ruby on Rails,
- JRuby,
- Ruby,
- JVM Languages,
- Dynamic Languages,
- Java,
- Languages,
- Data Access,
- ActiveRecord,
- Programming,
- Database,
- ParseTree,
- ORM,
- Ruby1.9,
- Rails
Sequel, apart from being an alternative to ActiveRecord, offers a complete Ruby toolkit to handle database operations. InfoQ had the chance to catch up with Jeremy Evans who replaced Sharon Rosner as project leader eight months ago.
- Topics
- JRuby,
- Ruby,
- JVM Languages,
- Web Frameworks,
- Java,
- Dynamic Languages,
- Languages,
- WOA,
- Programming,
- Architecture,
- RubyGems,
- Language,
- Merb,
- ParseTree
Merb 1.0 has been released. Some last minute changes included improved JRuby and Windows support (action arguments support under JRuby). Also: EngineYard announced support for Merb.
- Topics
- Ruby,
- Dynamic Languages,
- Languages,
- Language,
- Programming,
- Static Analysis,
- ParseTree
Ruby_parser, ParseTree, and it's cleaned up output UnifiedRuby, provide access to Ruby source code ASTs. We take a look at four static analysis tools built in plain Ruby: Flay, Roodi, Rufus, Reek.
- Topics
- Ruby,
- Release,
- Version Control,
- Dynamic Languages,
- Languages,
- Source Control,
- Programming,
- RubyGems,
- Static Analysis,
- Rubinius,
- ParseTree
Ryan Davis announced the release of ParseTree 3.0, as well as an update to related libraries: Ruby2Ruby and Flog. Sexp_processor, the library to write visitors for analyzing parse tree s-exprs was split out as a gem. Also: ruby_parser 2.0, a Ruby parser written in Ruby, was released with many improvements.
- Topics
- Ruby,
- Runtimes,
- Dynamic Languages,
- Visual Studio,
- Java,
- Microsoft,
- Languages,
- IDE,
- .NET,
- Programming,
- Rich Client / Desktop,
- Ruby1.9,
- GUI,
- Apple,
- ParseTree,
- Companies
MacRuby 0.3 was released with many improvements, among them support for GUIs built with the InterfaceBuilder. Also: HotCocoa, a Builder-style API for Cocoa GUIs is shipped with the new release of MacRuby.
- Topics
- Ruby,
- Domain Specific Languages,
- Code Analysis,
- Dynamic Languages,
- LISP,
- Languages,
- Debugging,
- Profilers,
- Programming,
- Merb,
- Language,
- ParseTree,
- Metaprogramming,
- LINQ
Whether it's LISP macros or LINQ's expression trees - access to the AST of code is a powerful tool. We look at how ParseTree allows this
in Ruby - and how it's being used in libraries like Ambition, Sequel and the web framework Merb.
- Topics
- Ruby,
- Runtimes,
- Java,
- Dynamic Languages,
- Compilers,
- Languages,
- Programming,
- ParseTree,
- Language,
- IDEs,
- Rubinius
Parsing Ruby source code has been done in C, Java, C# - and now in Ruby. Ryan Davis, now working at EngineYard on the Rubinius
project, just released ruby_parser 1.0.