is there any guide on navigating thru ruby docs. is there a search???? example: if a newbie wanted to find the compare operators what would the steps be or is it norm to google for 2 hours to find the simplest of things. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
> is there any guide on navigating thru ruby docs. > > is there a search????I mostly rely on http://www.gotapi.com/, which has a nice search function and includes both Rubys and Rails'' API (and HTML, and ..); other than that I can only whole-heartedly recommend the pickaxe book (http://pragprog.com/titles/ruby3) as a PDF. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Apr 20, 9:53 pm, Jan-Christian Foeh <elektroholun...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > is there any guide on navigating thru ruby docs. > > > is there a search???? > > I mostly rely onhttp://www.gotapi.com/, which has a nice search > function and includes both Rubys and Rails'' API (and HTML, and ..); > other than that I can only whole-heartedly recommend the pickaxe book > (http://pragprog.com/titles/ruby3) as a PDF.I would too, especially to get yourself off the ground enough to become self-sufficient. It''s always going to be hard to search for <=>, especially if you don''t know it exists. API documentation is fine once you''ve got off the ground, but by its very nature is going to be skimpy on the conceptual stuff. Fred --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
antti.hakala-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
2008-Apr-21 05:58 UTC
Re: Documentation!
On Apr 21, 12:08 am, Frederick Cheung <frederick.che...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> On Apr 20, 9:53 pm, Jan-Christian Foeh <elektroholun...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> > wrote: > > > > is there any guide on navigating thru ruby docs. > > > > is there a search???? > > > I mostly rely onhttp://www.gotapi.com/, which has a nice search > > function and includes both Rubys and Rails'' API (and HTML, and ..); > > other than that I can only whole-heartedly recommend the pickaxe book > > (http://pragprog.com/titles/ruby3) as a PDF. > > I would too, especially to get yourself off the ground enough to > become self-sufficient. It''s always going to be hard to search for > <=>, especially if you don''t know it exists. API documentation is fine > once you''ve got off the ground, but by its very nature is going to be > skimpy on the conceptual stuff. > > FredTry the ri-command. E.g. "ri ''<=>''", "ri Fixnum#''<=>''", etc. fastri-gem is also recommendable. -- A.H. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---