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diff --git a/ruby-ecosystem.html.markdown b/ruby-ecosystem.html.markdown index d186f712..8b292edd 100644 --- a/ruby-ecosystem.html.markdown +++ b/ruby-ecosystem.html.markdown @@ -3,21 +3,22 @@ category: tool tool: ruby ecosystem contributors: - ["Jon Smock", "http://github.com/jonsmock"] + - ["Rafal Chmiel", "http://github.com/rafalchmiel"] --- -People using ruby generally have a way to install different ruby versions, +People using Ruby generally have a way to install different Ruby versions, manage their packages (or gems), and manage their gem dependencies. ## Ruby Managers -Some platforms have ruby pre-installed or available as a package. Most rubyists -do not use these, or if they do, they only use them to bootstrap another ruby -installer or implementation. Instead rubyists tend to install a ruby manager to -install and switch between many versions of ruby and their projects' ruby +Some platforms have Ruby pre-installed or available as a package. Most rubyists +do not use these, or if they do, they only use them to bootstrap another Ruby +installer or implementation. Instead rubyists tend to install a Ruby manager to +install and switch between many versions of Ruby and their projects' Ruby environments. -The following are the popular ruby/environment managers: +The following are the popular Ruby environment managers: * [RVM](https://rvm.io/) - Installs and switches between rubies. RVM also has the concept of gemsets to isolate projects' environments completely. @@ -32,11 +33,11 @@ The following are the popular ruby/environment managers: Ruby was created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, who remains somewhat of a [BDFL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_Dictator_for_Life), although -that is changing recently. As a result, the reference implementation of ruby is -called MRI (Matz' Reference Implementation), and when you hear a ruby version, +that is changing recently. As a result, the reference implementation of Ruby is +called MRI (Matz' Reference Implementation), and when you hear a Ruby version, it is referring to the release version of MRI. -The three major version of ruby in use are: +The three major version of Ruby in use are: * 2.0.0 - Released in February 2013. Most major libraries and frameworks support 2.0.0. @@ -52,38 +53,38 @@ the community has moved to at least 1.9.2 or 1.9.3. ## Ruby Implementations -The ruby ecosystem enjoys many different implementations of ruby, each with +The Ruby ecosystem enjoys many different implementations of Ruby, each with unique strengths and states of compatability. To be clear, the different -implementations are written in different languages, but *they are all ruby*. +implementations are written in different languages, but *they are all Ruby*. Each implementation has special hooks and extra features, but they all run -normal ruby files well. For instance, JRuby is written in Java, but you do +normal Ruby files well. For instance, JRuby is written in Java, but you do not need to know Java to use it. Very mature/compatible: -* MRI - Written in C, this is the reference implementation of ruby. By +* [MRI](https://github.com/ruby/ruby) - Written in C, this is the reference implementation of Ruby. By definition it is 100% compatible (with itself). All other rubies maintain compatibility with MRI (see [RubySpec](#rubyspec) below). -* JRuby - Written in Java and ruby, this robust implementation is quite fast. +* [JRuby](http://jruby.org/) - Written in Java and Ruby, this robust implementation is quite fast. Most importantly, JRuby's strength is JVM/Java interop, leveraging existing JVM tools, projects, and languages. -* Rubinius - Written primarily in ruby itself with a C++ bytecode VM. Also - mature and fast. Because it is implemented in ruby itself, it exposes many VM +* [Rubinius](http://rubini.us/) - Written primarily in Ruby itself with a C++ bytecode VM. Also + mature and fast. Because it is implemented in Ruby itself, it exposes many VM features into rubyland. Medium mature/compatible: -* Maglev - Built on top of Gemstone, a Smalltalk VM. Smalltalk has some - impressive tooling, and this project tries to bring that into ruby +* [Maglev](http://maglev.github.io/) - Built on top of Gemstone, a Smalltalk VM. Smalltalk has some + impressive tooling, and this project tries to bring that into Ruby development. -* RubyMotion - Brings ruby to iOS development. +* [RubyMotion](http://www.rubymotion.com/) - Brings Ruby to iOS development. Less mature/compatible: -* Topaz - Written in RPython (using the PyPy toolchain), Topaz is fairly young - and not yet compatible. It shows promise to be a high-performance ruby +* [Topaz](http://topazruby.com/) - Written in RPython (using the PyPy toolchain), Topaz is fairly young + and not yet compatible. It shows promise to be a high-performance Ruby implementation. -* IronRuby - Written in C# targeting the .NET platform, work on IronRuby seems +* [IronRuby](http://ironruby.net/) - Written in C# targeting the .NET platform, work on IronRuby seems to have stopped since Microsoft pulled their support. Ruby implementations may have their own release version numbers, but they always @@ -93,14 +94,14 @@ which MRI version to target. ## RubySpec -Most ruby implementations rely heavily on [RubySpec](http://rubyspec.org/). Ruby +Most Ruby implementations rely heavily on [RubySpec](http://rubyspec.org/). Ruby has no official specification, so the community has written executable specs in -ruby to test their implementations' compatability with MRI. +Ruby to test their implementations' compatibility with MRI. ## RubyGems -[RubyGems](http://rubygems.org/) is a community-run package manager for ruby. -RubyGems ships with ruby, so there is no need to download it separately. +[RubyGems](http://rubygems.org/) is a community-run package manager for Ruby. +RubyGems ships with Ruby, so there is no need to download it separately. Ruby packages are called "gems," and they can be hosted by the community at RubyGems.org. Each gem contains its source code and some metadata, including @@ -121,17 +122,17 @@ dependency graph to resolve. # Testing -Testing is a large part of ruby culture. Ruby comes with its own Unit-style -testing framework called minitest (Or TestUnit for ruby version 1.8.x). There +Testing is a large part of Ruby culture. Ruby comes with its own Unit-style +testing framework called minitest (Or TestUnit for Ruby version 1.8.x). There are many testing libraries with different goals. -* TestUnit - Ruby 1.8's built-in "Unit-style" testing framework -* minitest - Ruby 1.9/2.0's built-in testing framework -* RSpec - A testing framework that focuses on expressivity -* Cucumber - A BDD testing framework that parses Gherkin formatted tests +* [TestUnit](http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.8.7/libdoc/test/unit/rdoc/Test/Unit.html) - Ruby 1.8's built-in "Unit-style" testing framework +* [minitest](http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.0.0/libdoc/minitest/rdoc/MiniTest.html) - Ruby 1.9/2.0's built-in testing framework +* [RSpec](http://rspec.info/) - A testing framework that focuses on expressivity +* [Cucumber](http://cukes.info/) - A BDD testing framework that parses Gherkin formatted tests ## Be Nice -The ruby community takes pride in being an open, diverse, welcoming community. +The Ruby community takes pride in being an open, diverse, welcoming community. Matz himself is extremely friendly, and the generosity of rubyists on the whole is amazing. |