Re: [Nolug] Ruby

> I mentioned presenting on Ruby and Rails for the next NOLUG meeting to
> Jeremy and wanted to get some ideas from the rest of the list about
> what y'all might find interesting. At this point I plan to present the
> basic introduction to Ruby stuff regarding its basic syntax and such
> and also a bit on Rails.
>
> But I wanted to get an idea about what would make the talk interesting
> for what y'all do. If I could get some feedback on these few areas
> that would help me formulate my talk:
>
> 1.) What scripting or other programming languages do you use regularly?

PHP

> 2.) What are some of the common things you develop with the different
> languages you use?

Mobile applications, web/wap sites, SMS services, etc....

> 3.) When you develop specifically for the web what sort of things do
> you build?

Things of interest in Ruby....
- Does one create executable applications/binaries which can be run
stand-alone (cli and/or gui), or is it just another scripting language?
- What kind of libraries are available as building blocks?
- Is there a lot of overhead running ruby apps, if the applications can
not be self sustained. (stand-alone)
- How does it compare to Python if at all?
- How does it compare to PHP if at all?

Petri

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