DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with Ruby

C# alternative for Ruby's acts_as_tree; part 2

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:12:21 GMT

Second part in a two part blog post series about my search for a C# alternative for Ruby's acts_as_tree plugin. I'll talk about mixins, extension methods and marker interfaces in C#, and I will show how methods for tree traversal can be added to existing entity classes.

Adventures in Ruby MVVM - Firing Events from Ruby

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:45:52 GMT

My Experiment: Can I move over to Ruby as my primary programming language when developing WPF and Silverlight applications? In this post, I talk about how to fire events from Ruby, including an implementation of INotifyPropertyChanged

OMG, Better Rake (for .net)!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:00:00 GMT

If you ask me, when it comes tools for writing automated build scripts nothing packs more bang for the buck than Rake. Until recently, using Rake to build .net solutions required a magic concoction of hacked together scripts which rarely exhibited Ruby's appreciation for beauty nor Rake's spirit of simplicity. ... and then came Albacore...

C# Recorder using IronRuby

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT

The Ruby languages has some very powerful built-in abilities. These are now available in C# 4.0 thanks to the dynamic keyword and IronRuby. In this post I take advantage of some of the powerful Ruby built-in abilities to create a class that records C# statements and playbacks them on an arbitrary object - a task that has been very complicated to achieve until now.

Being Lazy with Rake

Fri, 29 May 2009 19:09:26 GMT

Stop working so hard. Let Rake do the menial stuff for you!

Collection Of Puzzles For Programmers

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:16:03 GMT

A nice collection of puzzles. Some are harder than others so there is something for everyone. You can choose any language you want, you will see that there are solutions in C#, Ruby, Python, Visual Basic, SQL, JavaScript, C++ and other languages.

Ruby inspired C# Extension Methods for natural DateTime operations

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:16:02 GMT

FluentDateTime is a open source library of Ruby inspired C# Extension Methods for easier and more natural DateTime handling and operations in .NET that allows you to write code like this: DateTime.Now + 1.Week() + 3.Days + 14.Minutes(); 3.Days().Ago(); 5.Days().After(new DateTime(2000, 1, 1)); DateTime.Now.NextDay(); DateTime.Now.WeekAfter(); DateTime.Now.Midnight(); DateTime.Now.SetTime(11, 55, 0);

Getting Started With IronRuby And RSpec, Part 1

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:19:06 GMT

An introduction to IronRuby and the RSpec BDD framework

Created a basic integration for IronRuby and Asp.NET MVC

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:01:03 GMT

Ivan started to work on an integration to allow writing ASP.NET MVC controllers in Ruby... sweet!!

Embedding an IronRuby console in your applications

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:57:59 GMT

How to make use of IronRuby today. Along the same lines as parts of John Lam's IronRuby PDC talk. How to use IronRuby in your applications as an interactive console.

Ruby In Steel - New Free Edition includes Visual Studio

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:49:36 GMT

SapphireSteel Software today released a free edition of Ruby In Steel, the Ruby and Rails IDE for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.

C# vs Ruby

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:31:15 GMT

Interesting observation

C# vs Ruby

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:31:15 GMT

Interesting observation

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 6

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:01:03 GMT

In part 6 we look at Hashes (or Associative Arrays) and how they are used in the Ruby language. We also look at how you can use them in place of explicit method parameters.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 5

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:46:15 GMT

In part 5 of the IronRuby versus C# series, we talk about Arrays in Ruby and how they are a different beast from what we are used to in C#.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 5

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:46:15 GMT

In part 5 of the IronRuby versus C# series, we talk about Arrays in Ruby and how they are a different beast from what we are used to in C#.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 4

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:16:03 GMT

Part 4 in a multi-part series on learning Ruby using IronRuby and C#. Justin continues his series using familiar C# code to explain Ruby programming concepts. In this post, he goes over additional functionality of loops and ranges.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 3

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:46:09 GMT

Part 3 in a multi-part series on learning Ruby using IronRuby and C#. Justin continues his series using familiar C# code to explain Ruby programming concepts. In this post, he goes over static methods (class methods in Ruby), parameters, conditionals and loops.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 2

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:01:02 GMT

Part 2 in a multi-part series on learning Ruby using IronRuby and C#. C# is used to give you a basis for which to interpret the Ruby and migrate your skills.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 1

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:16:15 GMT

Part one of many in migrating your C# skills over to Ruby

Running Applications in IronRuby

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:46:03 GMT

Simple as that. Shows you how to get a Ruby app running in IronRuby. Who doesn't want to write Ruby on .net!?

Do Not Learn Ruby

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:31:02 GMT

A tongue in cheek essay on the perils of learning Ruby. You've been warned: do not learn Ruby!

Get Ruby-esq Each Iterators in C# 3.0

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:52:20 GMT

An Extension Method that will shine a little Ruby-goodness on your hum-drum C# world - bringing Ruby's .each method to IEnumerable. Iterators, lambda methods, and solubility!

Classic Ruby and Ruby on Rails losing against IronRuby

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:05:34 GMT

Ruby, capable of being on No.1 position suffers a real problem of deployment. Its like a useless child when it comes to deployment. Its like having a handsome and dashing son, who works great as an obedient son in the house, BUT.. does not earn a single penny from outside. Ruby's syntax is great, Ruby is powerful, ruby is loved by all, Ruby has many die hard fans like me, Ruby works like a charm on Local machines; all advantages are destroyed with single drawback of " Deployment"

The Ruby Connector For .NET - Available Now, Free!

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:55:53 GMT

Release of drag-and-drop widget that lets .NET programs communicate with Ruby programs. To create visual applications, designed using the Visual Studio form designer and a .NET language such as C#, VB .NET or Chrome and communicate directly with Ruby programs being run by the standard Ruby interpreter.