Ruby

Ruby is a dynamic and object-oriented programming language developed by Yukihiro “matz” Matsumoto in Japan. Since its first release in 1995,Template:Citation needed Ruby has seen tremendous growth in adoption thanks in-part to its gain in popularity through web frameworks.

Ruby Interpreters[]

There are several interpreters for the Ruby language.

MRI Ruby (or C Ruby) is the original interpreter and specification implementation
JRuby (or Java Ruby) runs on the Java JVM and allows programmers to mix Java and Ruby.
IronRuby for Microsoft .NET

Example Ruby Code[]

#!/bin/env ruby

def hello(name)
  puts "Hello, #{name}"
end

def askname
  name = gets.chomp
end

hello(askname)

Extending Ruby with Gems[]

The core ruby API provides many useful functions. To extend ruby's functionality, ruby has a package management system that allows the simple addition of libraries and helper programs through a program called 'gem'. Gems can be searched, installed, removed, etc using a command line tool.

Applications written in Ruby[]

OpenTelegard/2

Web Frameworks[]

Merb[]

Nitro[]

Ramaze[]

Ramaze is an MVC framework for Ruby with a focus on simplicity, flexibility, and choice.

Ruby on Rails[]

Ruby on Rails is perhaps the most well known of the Frameworks. Using an MVC paradigm, Rails allows rapid development of Web 2.0 applications. see Ruby on Rails

Sinatra[]

Sinatra is DSL for rapidly creating RESTful applications.

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