Programming in Ruby
- Take the pure object orientation of Smalltalk, remove the quirky syntax and reliance on a workspace. Add the convenience and power of Perl, but without the special cases and magic conversions. Give it a clean syntax based partly on Eiffel, add a few conce
- http://www.ddj.com/dept/webservices/184404436

Programming Ruby
- Forum comments and discussion on Ruby and the book 'Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org]
- http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/25/1624239

An Introduction to Ruby
- Explains that the world can use another language for the simple reason that Ruby makes programming fun again, and that's what counts. Introduction via examining high-level Ruby traits, and distinguishing traits. [O'Reilly Network]
- http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/10/25/ruby.html

An Interview with the Creator of Ruby
- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, discusses Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'. [O'Reilly Network]
- http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/29/ruby.html

Ruby: Productive Programming Language
- Short positive overview, explains Ruby by comparing with some other languages; focus on production; code samples, forum with many comments. [Linux Journal]
- http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5915

Obie, Has It Been 9 Years Already?
- Matz Roundtable Notes from Friday night at RubyConf 2005, as questions and answers. [Obie Fernandez Weblog]
- http://jroller.com/page/obie?entry=matz_roundtable_notes

The Ruby Programming Language
- Very clear introductory article by Ruby creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto. [InformIT]
- http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=18225&redir=1&rl=1

Yukihiro 'Matz' Matsumoto: Ruby Design Principles
- What makes a good programming language? It helps human thoughts, helps us think better, and makes us better programmers. Interview with brief summary, MP3 download. IT Conversations.
- http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1638.html

Making Waves in the Ruby World
- Three Ruby projects stand out (JRuby, Mongrel, Ruport) not so much for development, but for communicating well, something many projects do less well. Linux Journal.
- http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000085/

37signals: Programming at Warp Speed
- Lesson: Create a simple product as fast as you can, then get feedback from customers and make it better. Chicago firm uses Ruby and premade software from Rails. [BusinessWeek]
- http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_13/b3977005.htm

Using the Ruby MySQL Module
- Article describes how to install the Tomita Masahiro's MySQL module and use it to write MySQL-based Ruby scripts. By Paul DuBois.
- http://www.kitebird.com/articles/ruby-mysql.html

Ruby Creator Y. Matsumoto
- Interview with Matz, explains motives and early history, job duties, 10 top tips for those going into computing, focus on the human. [CIPS Connections]
- http://www.cips.ca/news/national/news.asp?aID=1224

Ruby-lang.org Opens Online!
- Announcement of Ruby-lang domain and website. [Linux Today]
- http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-10-29-004-04-NW

What Can Ruby Do for the Enterprise?
- By Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier. Not only is Ruby advancing, but other languages are taking cues from it. O'Reilly Network technical editor chromatic says Ruby influences Perl 6 design. Short text, a few links. [NewsFactor]
- http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20862.html

A Joyful Gem
- By Rick Wayne. Short positive review, with code samples. Full text, in an email; to see it on magazine website one must register. [Software Development]
- http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/56614

Using MySQL with Ruby
- By Paul DuBois. Two parts: Using the Ruby MySQL Module, Using the Ruby DBI Module. HTML, PDF; online, downloads (tar, zip). [Kitebird.com]
- http://www.kitebird.com/articles/

Bypassing the GUI
- By Brian Marick. Testing through a GUI is hard, testing through a scripting interface is easier. Example uses Ruby to test Word through COM. [Software Testing and Quality Engineering Magazine]
- http://www.testing.com/writings/bypassing-the-gui.pdf

Delightful Languages: Ruby
- Medium length positive review, with code samples, references; PDF format. [The Perl Review]
- http://www.theperlreview.com/Issues/The_Perl_Review_0_6.pdf

Why Not Ruby?
- Forum comments and discussion, with wide diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org]
- http://slashdot.org/developers/01/07/08/1955209.shtml

Programming in the Ruby Language
- Forum comments and discussion related to July IBM developerWorks Ruby article, with the usual diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org]
- http://slashdot.org/developers/01/08/11/2211254.shtml

Interview with the Creator of Ruby
- Forum comments and discussion related to Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org]
- http://slashdot.org/developers/01/12/01/0110233.shtml

Why You Might Want to Try Ruby
- Editorial with description and code; resulting forum comments and discussion of mostly positive opinion. [freshmeat.net]
- http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/358/