Some Ruby Before Christmas

December 23rd, 2006 by Pat Eyler

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'Twas the Saturday before Christmas and throughout Ruby-land
hackers were working, refact'ring by hand.
Their programs were written with the greatest of care
in hopes that a new VM soon would be there.
The newsgroup was still, the irc channels too
In light of the quiet, what's a blogger to do?
When up on the mail list, there arose such a clatter
I sprang to my laptop to see what was the matter.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear
but a great bunch of news before the New Year.

Well, Clement Clark Moore I'm not, but this has been a great couple of weeks for Ruby, and those of us who enjoy it:

I hope you're looking forward to a great 2007, full of Ruby goodness. Have a happy holiday season.

Update: I nearly forgot Jeremy McAnally's announcement (the last item on the list).

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-pate
http://on-ruby.blogspot.com


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Tiwarker's picture

Ruby

On October 26th, 2007 Tiwarker (not verified) says:

I am personally a very big fan of ruby and ajax !!
However its still learning ruby techniques.

Quelle Gutschein's picture

Ruby on Mac anyone?

On October 13th, 2007 Quelle Gutschein (not verified) says:

has anyone a good dev environment for mac? i'm fed up using bbedit :/

Desibaba's picture

good

On September 29th, 2007 Desibaba (not verified) says:

I think i need to bookmark this post at delicious..

Brigitte's picture

This year again?

On June 30th, 2007 Brigitte (not verified) says:

"the same procedure like every year" ... i hope you have this year xmas a little bit ruby too, i like your articles. but i hate those spamers here, can someone delete them, please? Pat i await your little xmas-present (new article with the same amazing stuff) maybe at 23.12.2007? i`m looking forward it.

Bachelors Degree's picture

I hope

On February 3rd, 2008 Bachelors Degree (not verified) says:

I hope too also. It will be good if it does..

Edelsteine's picture

Yes

On November 3rd, 2007 Edelsteine (not verified) says:

I hope so too

rolety's picture

Ruby on

On May 22nd, 2007 rolety (not verified) says:

Ruby is a powerful framework but dont't depends on christmas.

MiraMei's picture

Xmas?

On May 4th, 2007 MiraMei (not verified) says:

is this article for xmas 2007 also? :-) okay just a joke, u have some really interesting resource there and i hope u had your nice xmas 2006 and write some good stuff for 2007 too, im looking forward.

best wishes
Mira

fitness's picture

2007

On September 29th, 2007 fitness (not verified) says:

Great work. Still in 2007

skrypty aniamcje's picture

no subject

On May 4th, 2007 skrypty aniamcje (not verified) says:

Well, call it whatever u want.

Markus's picture

Great work!

On April 22nd, 2007 Markus (not verified) says:

Excellent article its realy helpful, keep up the good work!
Thank you.

Pett's picture

Pett

On May 2nd, 2007 Pett (not verified) says:

Very useful. I found this to be a joy to browse in.

Anonymous's picture

nesot?

On April 13th, 2007 Anonymous (not verified) says:

I don't have to explain anything to you...

Manuel's picture

Great resource. Thanks!

On February 26th, 2007 Manuel (not verified) says:

Great resource. Thanks!

Claire's picture

Indeed very usefull reading

On February 26th, 2007 Claire (not verified) says:

Indeed very usefull reading, just joining with the others to say thanks.

Edgar's picture

ha ha Yes, has been a great

On December 24th, 2006 Edgar (not verified) says:

:-D

Yes, has been a great weeks for Ruby

Anonymous's picture

Haha!

On December 23rd, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:

Love it!

owl's picture

Thank you

On September 18th, 2007 owl (not verified) says:

Very usefull article. Thank you!

Swetlana Maßat's picture

Some Ruby Before Christmas

On December 23rd, 2006 Swetlana Maßat (not verified) says:

Great and excellent article t’s realy helpful. Thanks again.

Katalog's picture

Katalog

On May 8th, 2007 Katalog (not verified) says:

Captioning for video, please. If people don't know how to manage that, I'm available

instalacje pneumatyczne's picture

Cheers mate !

On August 27th, 2007 instalacje pneumatyczne (not verified) says:

Cheers mate !

Artem's picture

Not depending on 2007, this

On September 9th, 2007 Artem (not verified) says:

Not depending on 2007, this article are actual in any time. Thank you for this, very helpful.

electronic projects's picture

seriously very helpfull

On September 11th, 2007 electronic projects (not verified) says:

thiz is really very much helpfull.

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WOW GOLD

On October 17th, 2007 WOW GOLD (not verified) says:

WOW GOLD

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