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Ruby is an Open Source, interpreted, dynamically typed, pure object-oriented scripting language for fast, easy programming, from Japan. It is simple, straightforward, extensible, more elegant than Perl, fewer parentheses than Lisp. It has many features to process text files and do system management, as in Perl. If you want a language for easy OO programming, don't like Perl inelegance, or like the concept of Lisp, but dislike many parentheses, Ruby is a good option. Japan has more users of Ruby than Python.

Historically, this is the first, and thus oldest, sizable set of Ruby links outside of Japan.

Sites in Ruby

An Invitation to Ruby
Many links, review, comparison to other languages, code samples.

Ruby-lang.org
Interpreted, dynamically typed, pure object-oriented, scripting language for fast, easy programming, from Japan. Simple, straightforward, extensible. Many features to process text files and do system management, as in Perl. More elegant than Perl, fewer parentheses than Lisp. Japan has more users of Ruby than Python. [Open Source]

rubyXML
Known as : news, articles, and links on XML development with the Ruby scripting language.

ruby-talk
Ruby mail list log/archive, powered by Shin-ichiro Hara's Ruby smart archiver.

Rubynet.org
The Ruby Network: documents, mail lists, development space, programs, projects, modules, links.

RubyGarden.org
New threads and announcements from the ruby-talk mailing list (AKA comp.lang.ruby).

Ruby Garden
Premier site for tracking many developments: forum; news, includes Ruby News Weekly (like Dr. Dobb's Python-URL!); announcements, future shock, biggest Ruby Wiki, useful surveys, links, people, libraries, ports.

ruby / K.Hiwada
Ruby tips, rb2c Ruby to C converter; experimental Ruby JIT compiler.

Ruby User Groups
Ruby Garden Wiki pages for many RUGs, in many nations, on most continents.

Object Oriented Language 'Ruby'
Many useful, interesting scripts, patches, extension modules, and documentation.

RubyRing
WebRing of Ruby sites, some in/with English material.

First European Ruby Conference
On 21-22 June 2003, University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Fee: 20 Euros to pay for Matz's flight. Language: English, or German where everyone knows it. All are welcome.

O'Reilly Open Source Convention 2003: Ruby Sessions
By track, 10 July. OSCON conference is 7-11 July 2002, Portland, Oregon.

RHDL Page
Ruby Hardware Description Language, implements EHDL in Ruby. Tar file download. [Open Source]

Wiki: RWiki
Wiki on Ruby, written in Ruby, with separate and intermixed English and Japanese pages. You can edit these pages in either language. Japanese is displayed with EUC encoded Japanese Kanji characters.

Comparing and Introducing Ruby
Short introduction to features, compares Ruby to Perl, Python. [PDF]

RubyCentral
Ruby resource: One-click Windows installer; online copy of Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide. [Open Publication License]

Ralph's Ruby Page
Examples of MS technology being used with open source code. After 10 years with C++, VB, COM and associated MS technologies, Ruby is a lovely breath of fresh air. A few links, software download: Ruby.COM with documentation.

Developing GUIs with FOX and Ruby
RubyConf 2001 talk slides.

Ruby: A Language with a Future
Hypermetrics Ruby page, small but growing: links, software, and 'Thirty-seven Reasons I Love Ruby'.

PLEAC-Ruby
The Perl Cookbook presents a suite of common programming problems solved in that language. This project aims to gather fans of programming to implement solutions in many other languages. [Open Source]

Sydney Ruby Users Group
RubyGarden Wiki Page for Sydney's RUG

Wiki: Ruby Garden Wiki
For discussing Ruby language and developing code.

blade
Site opens with pretty graphic, and otherwise looks thin, but has huge archives of many Ruby mail groups: ruby-list, ruby-dev, ruby-ext, ruby-math, ruby-talk, fj.comp.lang.ruby, comp.lang.ruby, News, News2, Mailing Lists; linux-users.

The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC: Programming Ruby
Their home base: class reference, articles, tips, software downloads, links, and a zippy looking Ruby slide presentation. Book available as downloadable HTML and XML files.

Cetus Links: Ruby
Link page: describes language, links to central site, FAQs, references, newsgroup, mailing lists, books.

UnixApps: Ruby Project Information
Project status page: links, updates, comments.

Features of Ruby
By Michael Neumann in English and German.

Ruby Conference 2003
Web focal point for organizing Ruby community's Annual Ruby Conference. Meet Matz. Enter the Conference T-shirt Design Contest. The 3rd conference is 14-16 November 2003, Austin, Texas, USA. See writeup and photos on prior conferences.

Ruby Central, Inc.
Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting growth of open source Ruby programming language; manages RubyConf, donation clearinghouse, presence and point of contact for corporate sponsors.

The Language Freak - Ruby
Ruby QuickRef, code snippets. MetaRuby project status. Ruby Language audit: 1.0.1 . RubyConf 2002, RubyConf 2003 schedule and online presentations. Ruby Cookbook.

The Ruby Cookbook
Ruby "recipes" - short, concise solutions to programming problems using Ruby.

The Open Encyclopedia Project - Ruby
Ruby programming language section for the Open Site online encyclopedia.

Ruby Weblog
Open discussion forum for everything Ruby.

A ruby a day
A ruby dedicated site, that collects the things author doing with this language. Features a complete ruby course, a simple AI game, quiz solutions.