tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post273569979553551481..comments2024-02-07T00:23:34.835-07:00Comments on On Ruby: Three Hours to Rubygnupatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492341480170667775noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-40390688450738804452008-12-01T07:11:00.000-07:002008-12-01T07:11:00.000-07:00I agree about IO - ruby is my go-to language when ...I agree about IO - ruby is my go-to language when I need to whip up a simple homebrew test client or server in sysadmin tasks.<BR/><BR/>As a sysadmin, I find the text manipulation features the most helpful. You know, the sort of thing perl is supposed to be perfect for, but without all the cruft. Do some readability comparisons with some perl code.<BR/><BR/>Cover arrays, hashes, and YAML. Cover elghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066906311180527381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-61020622622570273422008-11-30T19:33:00.000-07:002008-11-30T19:33:00.000-07:00I would recommend starting with the irb. If they c...I would recommend starting with the irb. If they can grasp the irb, it will help them learn the language more effectively.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03899768711508624276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-11113389618981029582008-11-28T16:38:00.000-07:002008-11-28T16:38:00.000-07:00Probably go with the syntax and "naturalness" of i...Probably go with the syntax and "naturalness" of it. While I'm not a ruby-head by any means, as a perl guy, and a sysadmin things like the cool "everything is an object" paradigm don't fall into the usefull-to-the-job side of the desk.<BR/><BR/>If they're familiar with shell programming with perl/bash/whatever pull in what in Ruby makes it better than $favorite_language and maybe pull in any Alan Bailwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423139953715064954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-51105486920822523032008-11-28T16:01:00.000-07:002008-11-28T16:01:00.000-07:00If they're sysadmins then an intro to puppet, or s...If they're sysadmins then an intro to puppet, or some scripts out of the enterprise scripting with ruby books might be the best place to startglenngillenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14359856300164827602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-9271524915770883772008-11-28T15:55:00.000-07:002008-11-28T15:55:00.000-07:00I think one of the most important points is a good...I think one of the most important points is a good understanding of the IO Class, specially to make scripts that are able to execute external shell commands and the possibility of manipulating the stdin,stdout and stderr IO streams of the commands.<BR/><BR/>Hope on seeing this post, regards.Sebastian YEPES FERNANDEZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383392781293097580noreply@blogger.com