Learn Ruby

solo

Anyone tried this yet?

http://www.codecademy.com/dashboard

FREE!

d12dozr

I did the lessons for a while. I really liked the system...never did any real programming with it though.

Rich O Brien

Did all the html and css exercises there...

did some ruby but din't find it helped me when it cam to SketchUp

renderiza

@solo said:

Anyone tried this yet?

No but apart from Ruby there is one called API which seems very interesting although I don't think they cover SketchUp API specifically.

One thing to be aware is that if you learn Ruby that doesn't mean you will be able to write SketchUp plugins right away, because you still need to learn the Sketch Up API.

In my opinion the best way to learn this is by modifying an existing plugin and asking question on Developers Forum.

Here is great resource for people to visually see how plugins are made...

Writing SketchUp Ruby Video Tutorials
by Chris Fullmer

Other interesting videos

Google I/O 2008 - Advanced Ruby Scripting for Sketchup

If anyone find more videos like this please share them with me as well...thanks!

CadFather

PLEASE BE CAREFUL, THIS APPLIES TO GENIUSES ONLY. DO NOT TRY AT HOME IF YOU ARE NORMAL!!!

ngbris72

This is an unbelievable resource. It is one of the best "library" and "language" combinations for the beginning programer I have come across.

After making numerous attempts to get into programming I have looked at heaps of stuff. This book is perfect when it comes to, as I said, combining a language and a library. And it is Sketchup too, so far more rewarding than boring university courses teaching C in a CLI environment. Yes, I understand they are fundamental.

Great job Mathew Scarpino.

link:

Automatic_SketchUp.pdf

Google Docs (docs.google.com)

kiash001

You can also try some good book to learn ruby. Here is my book suggestions

Reginning Ruby by Peter Cooper - Best beginner friendly book to learn ruby.
Progrmming Ruby - Another beginner friedly book