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David Black on the Success of Ruby

Community
Ruby
Topics
Community

Noted Ruby community leader and author David Black puts the success of Ruby and the growth of its community in historical perspective, why Matz is an optimal custodian for the language, and the overall success of Ruby and Rails and related conferences. We also discuss David's book Ruby for Rails, and why it's needed at this time by the Rails community.

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MountainWest RubyConf 2008 Videos

Community
Ruby
Topics
Domain Specific Languages,
Language,
Programming,
Community

The videos from MountainWest RubyConf 2008 are all available for downloading from the Confreaks website. We selected a few videos and provide an overview and some entry points into the talks.

RubyConf 2007 Presentations Now Online

Community
Ruby
Topics
Announcements,
Community

Confreaks, who provide recording and networking services for conferences have just recently released the complete set of presentations from this year's RubyConf, the seventh international Ruby conference which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

IronRuby on Silverlight Demo at RubyConf

Community
.NET,
Ruby
Topics
Silverlight,
Dynamic Languages,
.NET Framework

John Lam recently gave the folks at RubyConf a sneak-peak to what is coming from Microsoft's commitment to Ruby running on its Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) and Silverlight.

RubyConf 2007 Registration Open

Community
Java,
Ruby
Topics
Events,
Announcements

The registration for RubyConf 2007 is now open. Since RubyConf is a quite small conference, speed is of the issue to get a spot. The Agenda promises interesting talks on Ruby implementations and more.

InfoQ Interview: Rich Kilmer on the Power of Ruby

Community
Ruby
Topics
Announcements,
Semantic Web,
Stories & Case Studies

Rich Kilmer is one of the Ruby world's great conversationalists and storytellers. In this InfoQ exclusive interview, Rich tells us about using Ruby at DARPA, the research arm of the USA's military, plus how he has leveraged a variety of cutting-edge software and techniques such as Flash, DSLs, OWL and semantic web technologies in conjunction with Ruby.

FiveRuns: First Production Rails Management Suite

Community
Ruby
Topics
Performance & Scalability,
SaaS,
Ruby on Rails

Despite Rails popularity, no professional suite existed yet to monitor Rails apps end to end. FiveRuns announced the availability of its solution at RailsConf07.

Book Excerpt: What is the Ruby Way?

Community
Ruby
Topics
Events,
Dynamic Languages

Author Hal Fulton has finished updating his modern classic, The Ruby Way. The publication of the second edition, due the third week of October to coincide with RubyConf 2006, marks the launch of Addison Wesley's Professional Ruby Series.