Rails - Apr 2013 - Examples of long AND WELL-WRITTEN Ruby scripts

I''m looking for examples of Ruby scripts that are long AND
well-written.

I have a Ruby script for scraping information on stock ETFs and mutual 
funds and storing the data in a Postgres database at 
https://github.com/jhsu802701/bsf-scrape/blob/master/scrape.rb .  While I 
need to make some minor changes to it (like providing external options to 
choose between the long and short version, as the "Enter blahblahblah 
within 20 seconds" approach doesn''t work in a cron job), I know I
need to
make one major change: making the script better-written.

Substantial parts of my script are cobbled together from examples of code 
for performing various tasks.  (I''m quite new to Ruby.)  I know that my
script is far from optimal.  What long Ruby scripts are considered to be 
the gold standards in Ruby style and techniques?

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On Apr 23, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Jason Hsu, Android developer wrote:
> I''m looking for examples of Ruby scripts that are long AND
well-written.
> 
> I have a Ruby script for scraping information on stock ETFs and mutual
funds and storing the data in a Postgres database at
https://github.com/jhsu802701/bsf-scrape/blob/master/scrape.rb .  While I need
to make some minor changes to it (like providing external options to choose
between the long and short version, as the "Enter blahblahblah within 20
seconds" approach doesn''t work in a cron job), I know I need to
make one major change: making the script better-written.
> 
> Substantial parts of my script are cobbled together from examples of code
for performing various tasks.  (I''m quite new to Ruby.)  I know that my
script is far from optimal.  What long Ruby scripts are considered to be the
gold standards in Ruby style and techniques?
Long scripts may be the entire problem right there. A lot of the
"masterful" Ruby I have seen is really brief, not long at all. If a
method takes more than a handful of lines, it gets refactored into two or more
shorter methods, these get organized into sensibly-designed classes, and no
single script gets responsibility for more than one thing. I am in no way
qualified to write like this, but I have seen it enough times to know that
it''s what I should be reaching for in my own work. Open up
@tenderlove''s CSSPool project, which parses CSS into Ruby objects.
It''s pretty hard to find a method more than 4 lines long anywhere
within it.

Walter
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Walter, I''ve looked at the Ruby source code of a few games, and
I''m
starting to see what you''re talking about.  I see that more experienced
Ruby developers don''t cram everything into one file like I did.  I see
that
I should be giving each class its own file, and I should be using Modules.  
I see that there are Ruby scripts that use a Gemfile but not Rails.  (Is 
there a "ruby generate" or "ruby new" command analogous to
"rails generate"
and "rails new"?)

What do you think of Conway''s Game of Life at 
https://github.com/spaghetticode/game-of-life-ruby ?  I''ve tried it
out, so
I know it works.  Does the source code set an example of coding practices 
to emulate?

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No, there is no "ruby generate" or "ruby new" commands that
would generate
a skeleton program. Ruby itself is just like any other compiled on the fly 
interpreted programming language. You can simply write code in a text file 
and execute it via the ruby interpreter. Rails on the otherhand is a 
collection of Ruby scripts arranged in such a way that the default 
conventions somewhat require it to be organized in such a way to keep it as 
simple as possible. A suggestion when creating ruby programs it is 
convenient to keep it modular, ie. do not have everything in one .rb file. 
sort things out it makes life so much easier if you ever need to make 
changes remove or implement new capabilities to your program.

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On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Pat Johnson
<p.johnson125-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> No, there is no "ruby generate" or "ruby new" commands
that would generate a
> skeleton program. Ruby itself is just like any other compiled on the fly
> interpreted programming language. You can simply write code in a text file
> and execute it via the ruby interpreter. Rails on the otherhand is a
> collection of Ruby scripts arranged in such a way that the default
> conventions somewhat require it to be organized in such a way to keep it as
> simple as possible. A suggestion when creating ruby programs it is
> convenient to keep it modular, ie. do not have everything in one .rb file.
> sort things out it makes life so much easier if you ever need to make
> changes remove or implement new capabilities to your program.
As far as generators go, there actually are a few. The ones I''m most
familiar with generate directory and file structure, and have some
opinions about where best to place things. These are a few I use:

- bundler gem gemname
- methadone [options] cliappname
- GLI [options] clisappsuitename

The thor gem talks about it''s use as a generator tool as well.

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