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Why are some seasoned ASP.NET developers defecting to Ruby on Rails?
Once a while I hear some known ASP.NET developer declaring that they quit developing in .NET and moving to Ruby using Ruby in Rails.
The problem is they don't mention exactly the reasons. They use ...
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Ruby on Rails downsides and caveats
This is not an opening gambit for RoR bashing - honest!
I'm learning Ruby and the Rails framework. Prima facie it appears to be pretty cool, and a wonderful experience compared to PHP. (In fact, it's ...
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Ruby but not Rails on my Resume
I have listed Ruby as a skill on my resume becuase I've been programming in Ruby for 5 years while I work on my Ph.D. thesis. I've mostly been using it to implement natural language processing ...
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I'm a student learning C++ and I've recently found out about Ruby. Would learning (some of) Ruby help me with C++ or would it just confuse me?
As the title says, I'm a student that will be starting my second year of C++ very soon. I've discovered Ruby, however. While I've heard much buzz about the language before, I've disregarded it because ...
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Moving away from .Net to Ruby and coping without intellisense
I am in the process of trying to learn Ruby, however after spending nearly 10 years in the MS stack I am struggling to get by without intellisense. I've given RubyMine a try which does help however ...
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What did Ruby do right (or was it Rails)?
Most programming languages have some design decisions that influence their usage and applicability.
For example:
Python focused on maintainability/readability of code and had indentation be a part ...
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Do experienced Ruby on Rails developers use scaffolding?
In the Ruby on Rails tutorial, I read something that suggested that experienced developers do not use scaffolding since they tend to like to just write the code to connect the MVC on their own.
In a ...
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How to approach people you've found through internet with similar programming interests?
I've recently really dived into Ruby/Rails and I'm falling in love. I have a gut feeling this might be something that could last for a while.
What I've been missing is interaction with people who are ...
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Books to learn to develop Rails Plugins [closed]
I am using Ruby on Rails 3.0.7 and I would like to learn to write "advanced" plugins for the current versione of the framework. In order to do that I would like to buy some books but what I have seen ...
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Ruby on Rails Development Process
We are a small team that is about to start developing a localized version of a successful US web app in Korea, using RoR.
Our question is: What process would you recommend we use to go about ...
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How should I go about learning Ruby and Rails? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a canonical book on Ruby on Rails?
I really want to change my PHP specialization to Ruby. I have some Ruby/Rails experience, and I've already created a few Ruby ...
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Which framework should a ruby beginner start with: rails or sinatra?
What is the best framework for start: rails or sinatra? I heard that sinatra is more flexible but rails has a lot of documentation and tutorials. What's your choice?
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Simple approach to Rails
I recently got into web development through the PHP framework, CodeIgniter. I knew some PHP before I started learning that framework and overall I found it very easy to learn. The CodeIgniter ...
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Why rails use yaml to config database instead of plain ruby code?
Most of configuration files in ruby such as Gemfile, gemspec, are just ruby code itself. Why database configuration file in rails is the exception?
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Managing constants in application
Our application is having 2 parts a web app running ROR and a web service running Sinatra. The application communicates with the mobile device for which we use different constants depending on the ...
