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Hi, Does anyone have any links to, or info on, how best to leverage the power of a dynamic language. That is coming across from Java to Ruby I''m now pondering what would be the typical scenarios where I could actually call upon the power of a dynamic language. This info could be in the form of best practice for dynamic language usage, or dynamic language patters perhaps.

I have experience in PHP/MySQL, but absolutely no experience at all in Ruby (and Rails) and would love to get a few quality books aimed at absolutley newbies. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jim -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, i m a web developer(php,ajax). i want to start with ruby on rails. can one suggest me online tutorials for ruby on rails? How would i start with ruby on rails,i knew something about ruby? editor for ruby on rails? Plase..... Thank You. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi all Guess it''s time for me to dig a bit deeper into the ruby language. Can you recommend some good starting books on ruby programming? Thanks. -- Med venlig hilsen Juri Rischel Jensen Fab:IT ApS Vesterbrogade 50 DK-1620 København Tlf: 70 202 407 / Fax: 33 313 640 www.fab-it.dk / juri@fab-it.dk

I''ve been doing lots of research about different languages and frameworks for a project I''m planning. Your help in deciding what to do would be of great assistance. I used to program in highschool for a couple years. I haven''t done much since then and I know i''m pretty useless as a programmer. I know that if i put my head to it, I could muddle my way

I have some code working that lists only items from a particular user. The code in my list action finds the user and then conditionally lists only his/her items: def list user = User.find(session[:user]) user_id = user.id @product_pages, @products = paginate :products, :per_page => 10, :conditions =>[''user_id = ?'', user.id]

I have the following two methods: def ProductFile::find_images(mode, prod_id) # convert to symbol in case it is not (most commonly it may be a String) mode = mode.to_sym case mode when :all, :first ProductFile::find(mode, :conditions => ["product_id = ? AND file_type LIKE ?", prod_id, "image%"]) end end def ProductFile::find_documents(mode,

Right now, I am using SAS and S+/R. As a new year resolution, I am planning to learn a scripting language. from statisticians' point of view, which scripting language is worth to learn, perl, python, or any other recommendation? (Most likely, I will be learning it in windows.) Since I am not in research, I will prefer one widely used in industry and related to statistical work. if you

Hey, I have a system that I am trying to design, it contains news articles, events, etc... There is model representing articles, one representing events, etc... Articles or events can be active or inactive, so I can do a query to return all active articles, all articles or all inactive articles. The question that I have is what would be the best way to design this. Right now I have each

>From a development standpoint, what are the features that make Ruby on Rails a better choice compared to CakePHP? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.