Sasada Koichi asked me to post this. (English translations of this volume and previous volumes will appear in the upcoming Ruby zine, which I'm told will launch in January.) --Steve --------------- We are proud to announce the release of Rubyist Magazine Volume 3. Below is a summary of its contents. =========================== = Rubyist Magazine Vol. 3 = =========================== http://jp.rubyist.net/magazine/?0003 Foreword ======== Greetings from Masayoshi Takahashi, the editor-in-chief of Rubyist Magazine. Rubyist Hotlinks No. 3: Kazuhiko ================================ Rubyist Hotlinks is a series of interviews with well-known Rubyists. This interview is with Kazuhiko, who uses Ruby in a variety of fields. Let's Begin Programming with Ruby (Dan) ======================================= Ruby primer for people who are not familiar with computer programming. This article deals with strings, errors, and arrays. UVA "Best Season" (Daisuke Ikegami) ===================================== Introduction to the computer programming problem set archive at http://acm.uva.es/problemset/, and to using Ruby to solve some of these problems. Ruby/TK Trends (Hideotoshi Nagai) ================================= Introduction to Ruby/TK from the maintainer himself. This article summarizes the differences between the version of Ruby/TK bundled with latest version of Ruby (1.8.2) and previous versions. Nora Tutorial No. 3 (MoonWolf) ============================== Third in a series of articles introducing Nora, a Web application library that makes it easier to write CGI programs. This article describes Nora's application framework. Ruby Library Report No. 2: Working with Java Resources (Takaaki Tateishi) ======================================================= The Ruby Library Report introduces various tools and libraries for developers. This report introduces rjb, rjni, and ruby-jdwp, tools for dealing with Java resources. Customizing Your Blog with lily No. 1 (Kan Fushihara) ===================================================== Series introducing lily, an easy-to-use blog tool written in Ruby. For this first article, the developer of lily explains how to write simple filters. Using Win32OLE No. 1 (cuzic) ============================ First article in a series explaining how to use Win32OLE, a convenient extension library. This article describes what Win32OLE is. Report on Kansai Open Source 2004 (Japanese Ruby Association Volunteers) ======================================================== Members of the Japanese Ruby Association attended Kansai Open Source 2004; there, they manned an exhibition booth and gave a seminar presentation. This report details their activities. Ruby Sports (Char Asunadonai) ============================== Humorous "essay" describing a group of five heroes known as the "Special Programming/Debugging Rangers (SPD)" who battle bugs and ensure the peace and safety of the programming gods. Ruby News ========= A gathering of Ruby-related news stories. Ruby Event Check ================ Upcoming events that are related to Ruby or that might be of interest to Rubyists. -------------------------- The next issue is scheduled for mid-December. We'd like to hear from you! We always welcome the following types of articles: * Technical articles about Ruby * Ruby usage examples * Essays related to Ruby (even if only loosely!) * Other types of articles dealing with Ruby ...in Japanese, if possible. :) Any questions or comments you may have should be sent to the Rubyist Magazine editorial desk at magazine / jp.rubyist.net. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com