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Ruby Town

Ruby has made an impact on patterns of software development with its elegant syntax and Rails, an intelligent framework designed to simplify coding.

Members: 14
Latest Activity: Dec 5, 2012

About Ruby Town

Ruby is an elegant programming language. Paired with Rails, an intelligently designed framework, Ruby on Rails is dangerously effective! Join us here at Ruby Town and explore the benefits of a simple, expressive environment that puts years of experience to work for you.

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Best Ruby I.D.E? 2 Replies

Just started with Ruby on Rails ( Rails 3)  and I'm trying to figure out the best I.D.E.  Here's what I've found so far:Eclipse / DLTK - while researching this on the web I came across a number of…Continue

Tags: I.D.E., Rails, Ruby

Started by Kevin Neelands. Last reply by Kevin Neelands Dec 5, 2012.

Opening Call for Proposal - RubyConf India 2012

This just in from Satish N Kota of the Bangalore RUG:  "Hello Folks,Lets begin the…Continue

Tags: codetown, town, rubyconf, india, ruby

Started by Michael Levin Nov 24, 2011.

EasyB

This just in from Luis Espinal of MJUG: http://www.easyb.org/The EasyB syntax for writing stories and specifications is a lot more succinct than…Continue

Tags: mjug, tdd, java, groovy, Scala

Started by Michael Levin Jul 27, 2011.

Hobo

I read a fascinating thread (on the Bangalore RUG) there's a application builder for…Continue

Tags: hobo, rails, ruby

Started by Michael Levin Mar 25, 2010.

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