Rob wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've just started with Ruby and decided to do a little project. Since
> this is my first time doing
> something related with the internet, I could sure use some guidelines.
> Let me first tell you what my project is.
> 
> I'm planning to create a simple web page, with only an input box. The
> input should be used
> as a search term that will retrieve the results from google and
> display them on my page.
> 
> Simple enough, I still have some question regarding the design. Here
> they are:
> 
> 1.) I'm planning to do this as simple as possible. I know how to
> retireve data from google,
>   therefore I will create only a simple class which will then be
> imported into the
>   HTML file. Is this a good idea, or is there another, simpler/cleaner/
> better way?

It's probably a good idea to use one of the lighter-weight Web 
frameworks such as Sinatra or Merb for this.  (Rails is probably 
overkill for a project like this, but you might want to consider it.)

> 
> 2.) Is the best way to retrieve the data as a HTML page and work by
> reading lines,
>   cleaning the clutter with simple regex methods?

Why not use the Google Search API?

> 
> 
> Thank you for your help.

Best,
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