Ruby

Is there a way to make class and object constants in Ruby?
I am reading up in other areas, and it occurs to me much of the items I have as class and object variables really should be constants, but ideally still in the class or object context. Is there a way to do this? xc -- "It's the preponderance, stupid!" - Professor Stephen Schneider, IPCC member ... 20 Apr 2010 15:50

Is this good OOP structuring?
Hello everyone. I'm trying to get a hang of object-oriented programming and I have a question about the best practices for my program. I'm making a program to recommend courses to me for my school. To simplify things, let's just say every course has 3 variables (they actually have a lot more): a name, a day, and ... 17 Apr 2010 09:39

How to use AutoIt in Ruby
I know for a fact that one can use AutoIt in Rubybut I don't know ho to do it or how to even use it inside Ruby. Has anyone actually done this? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... 17 Apr 2010 15:11

[ANN] webgen 0.5.12 released
Hey everybody! -------------- webgen 0.5.12 has just been released! If you don't know what webgen is, read the "What's webgen?" section down below. This announcement is also available at http://webgen.rubyforge.org/news/release_0_5_12.html This release includes two minor changes and some bug fixes: The... 14 Apr 2010 15:33

uploading RoR application to server site
Hi, i'm new in RoR. I'm working in windows Xp, have domain on www.Site5.com with RoR support, bit don't know how upload basic application. Does anyone know the easiest way how to do it? Thanks, zz ... 14 Apr 2010 16:39

REXML Attribute and Quotation Control
I am using REXML to open an XML file, modify some elements, and write a new XML with the modified elements. That part is working wonderfully; however, REXML is also changing all attribute quotes from double to single (I want them to remain double) and it is reordering all my attributes according to no discernible p... 14 Apr 2010 12:07

Backtrace hopping between threads ?
Hello, I just got this backtrace and don't understand something about it: F, [2010-04-14T14:19:11.039347 #28597] FATAL -- : can't clone NilClass (SystemExit) /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/text.rb:311:in `recvfrom' /usr/lib/mauvealert/lib/mauve/server.rb:158:in `receive_waiting_packets' /usr/lib/mauvealert/lib/mauve/s... 16 Apr 2010 05:04

Undefined method `ire' with rubygems on mswin32
I've just recently installed the latest stable ruby 1.9.1 and rubygems 1.3.6 on a WinXP 32-bit system that's never seen ruby before, as well as the dll packages listen at http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/documents/install.html. PATH is set and correct. When running any gem command (but not when running... 14 Apr 2010 15:33

Who maintains ruby-talk?
[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] Among other things, the ruby-talk MLM is rampant with security vulnerabilities, and in need of moderation. Is there actually a person in charge of ruby-talk? -- Tony Arcieri Medioh! A Kudelski Brand ... 16 Apr 2010 05:04

how can i add tones to my pc's sound card
Similar to beep(440,1000), but sound in sound card, not pc speaker. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... 14 Apr 2010 02:13