[GRLUG] RoR or TurboGears

David Pembrook david at pembrook.net
Thu Oct 5 09:57:14 EDT 2006


In looking over ruby... I found something pretty cool on the ruby site. 
On line interpreter / tutorial.

http://tryruby.hobix.com/

It steps ya though some basics and shows you whats going on.... Its 
definitely worth a look is you haven't tried ruby yet!

Benjamin Flanders wrote:
> If you looking at RoR don't forget there is a strong and enthusiastic
> Ruby community here in Grand Rapids.  They have regular meetings which
> are a blast.  Check out http://www.gr-ruby.org/
>
> They are very friendly towards the ruby noob.
>
> On 10/5/06, David Pembrook <david at pembrook.net> wrote:
>   
>> The reason I didn't look at RoR sooner is because of their april fools
>> joke some years back. Took a while before I took the project name
>> seriously after that. Was a good joke though. I'll just have to try both
>> lol.
>>
>> I just haven't had much fun getting TurboGears going in Debian. I really
>> like being able to apt-get things. I put in the proper source's and I
>> run out of space updating (I don't have the error handy). I looked it up
>> and the fix to that doesn't seem to work. I'll dig that error up (easy
>> to get) and see if anyone has an idea on fixing it.
>>
>> In picking on over the other, I'd have to look at python over ruby I
>> guess. Their systems are both probably good, but you'll need to know the
>> language good to really get it to do what you want in the end. I've been
>> living in php world (and perl/shell scripting) and figure there has to
>> be something cool to get into and have fun with and maybe even be
>> productive in.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> Michael Greene wrote:
>>     
>>> I am on a very basic level, but I keep wondering whether it wouldn't
>>> be more productive to switch to RoR, simply because more people are
>>> using it and more people will be looking for experience with it.  They
>>> both seem like good solutions, and I already know Python, but Ruby
>>> seems pretty easy to pick up.
>>>
>>> On 10/5/06, David Pembrook <david at pembrook.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> How about whens the next TOPIC!?
>>>>
>>>> If you all want discussions on politics, there has to be a place for
>>>> that. I haven't heard this much bs on the list in ages.
>>>>
>>>> Is anyone playing with turbogears?
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> Carlus Henry wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> When is the next meeting?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Carlus
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