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  • ARGF in Ruby

    Ruby has a construct, inherited from Perl, that makes it easy to write scripts that work with input from both files and standard input. It’s called ARGF, and here’s how to use it.

  • Ruby's -e, -n and -p switches

    Ruby inherits lots of goodness from Perl. One of those things is the ability to invoke it in one-liners from the command line, and when you do so there are three switches that come in handy. Here’s how to use them.

  • Accessing WordPress from Ruby: Part III

    The final article in a series on accessing WordPress data from within Ruby scripts, using ruby-wpdb.

  • Accessing WordPress from Ruby: Part II

    More examples of ways to use ruby-wpdb to access WordPress data from within Ruby scripts.

  • Accessing WordPress from Ruby: Part I

    An introduction to ruby-wpdb, and how to use it to access WordPress data from Ruby.

  • Clarifying lambdas

    Blocks in Ruby are great. But sometimes, using named lambdas can be intention-revealing in a useful way. Here’s how.

  • An introduction to HTTP verbs

    HTTP runs on verbs. Here’s what each of them mean – useful if you’re creating a REST interface.