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    • Dan RathbunD Offline
      Dan Rathbun
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      The Bastards Book of Ruby
      A Programming Primer for Counting and Other Unconventional Tasks


      Regular Expressions

      Cheatsheet

      Link Preview Image
      Regular-Expressions.info - Regex Tutorial, Examples and Reference - Regexp Patterns

      At Regular-Expressions.info you will find a wide range of in-depth information about a powerful search pattern language called regular expressions.

      favicon

      (www.regular-expressions.info)

      I'm not here much anymore.

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      • M Offline
        mptak
        last edited by

        http://rubyjs.org/

        Javascript implementation of Ruby. For what its worth.

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        • J Offline
          Jim
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          Opal: Ruby to Javascript Compiler

          favicon

          (opalrb.org)

          Ruby to JavaScript compiler, for what it's worth.

          Hi

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          • Dan RathbunD Offline
            Dan Rathbun
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            Ruby Interpreter DLLs (Win32)


            Instructions: (Win32 ONLY)


            These Instructions Were Aimed at SketchUp Releases 6.x & 7.x ONLY


            Navigate (Explore) on your computer, to the Google Sketchup application folder, and ...

            1. Backup the current "Deceased" 1.8.0 dll, msvcrt-ruby18.dll by renaming it:
            • msvcrt-ruby180_p0.dll* or similar if it's a newer version. For example, if the old dll is v1.8.6-p287, then rename it msvcrt-ruby186_p287.dll
            1. Download your choice of a newer version Ruby Interpreter Win32 DLL (below)

            2. Make a copy of the new file and name it: msvcrt-ruby18.dll

            (Sketchup is hardcoded to load this DLL filename.)


            ALL Ruby 1.8 Trunk Releases Are Now Obsolete


            1.8.0 [floatr:2qufrnyfOBSOLETE[/floatr:2qufrnyf]]

            This intial release (p0) was distro'd with SU 6 - 7.x (Win32)
            Just in case you lost or corrupted the original DLL.


            1.8.1 .. 1.8.4 [floatr:2qufrnyfOBSOLETE[/floatr:2qufrnyf]]

            1.8.1 thru 1.8.4 are obsolete (no sense posting them.)


            1.8.5 [floatr:2qufrnyfOBSOLETE[/floatr:2qufrnyf]]

            This intial release (p0) was distro'd with SU 6 - 2013 (Mac)
            For testing rubies on PC (as they will run under Ruby onthe Mac.)

            The last patchlevel that will be released for 1.8.5
            Branch v 1.8.5 is now considered obsolete.


            1.8.6 [floatr:2qufrnyfOBSOLETE[/floatr:2qufrnyf]]

            This patchlevel was distro'd with SketchUp Win32 versions 8 & 2013
            ruby-1.8.6-p369-i386-mswin32-dll.zip


            1.8.7 [floatr:2qufrnyfOBSOLETE[/floatr:2qufrnyf]]

            ruby-1.8.7-p330-i386-mswin32-dll.zip


            ALL Ruby 1.8 Trunk Releases Are Now Obsolete


            I'm not here much anymore.

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            • Dan RathbunD Offline
              Dan Rathbun
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              RUBY PROGRAMMING REFERENCES - CHM format*
              Method References for Ruby Core and Extended Modules & Classes

              ~ Arranged by Ruby version and PatchLevel ~


              1.8.6 [floatr:1ywbewgh]END OF LIFE[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              [floatr:1ywbewgh]announced 2011-09-11[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              Ruby ver 1.8.6 p398
              ruby-1.8.6-p398-doc-chm-2.zip
              dl.txt
              DL library documentation (from v1.8.6-p287)
              Online version at ruby-doc.org

              Latest ver 1.8.6
              Online at Ruby-Doc.org
              Core <> Libraries [framed webpage]


              1.8.7 [floatr:1ywbewgh]END OF LIFE[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              [floatr:1ywbewgh]2014-06-30[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              Ruby ver 1.8.7 p330
              ruby-1.8.7-p330-doc-chm.zip
              Latest ver 1.8.7
              Online at Ruby-Doc.org
              Core <> Libraries [framed webpage]


              1.9.1 [floatr:1ywbewgh]END OF LIFE[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              [floatr:1ywbewgh]2012-01-31[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              Latest ver 1.9.1
              Online at Ruby-Doc.org
              Keywords <> Core <> Libraries [framed webpage]


              1.9.2 [floatr:1ywbewgh]END OF LIFE[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              [floatr:1ywbewgh]2014-07-31[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              Latest ver 1.9.2
              Online at Ruby-Doc.org
              Keywords <> Core <> Libraries [framed webpage]


              1.9.3 [floatr:1ywbewgh]END OF LIFE[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              [floatr:1ywbewgh]2015-02-23[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              Latest ver 1.9.3
              Online at Ruby-Doc.org
              Keywords <> Core <> Libraries [framed webpage]


              2.0.0 [floatr:1ywbewgh]SECURITY MAINTENANCE ONLY[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              [floatr:1ywbewgh]ends 2016-02-24[/floatr:1ywbewgh]
              Ruby ver 2.0.0-p247
              ruby-2.0.0-p247-core-doc-chm.zip
              ruby-2.0.0-p247-stdlib-doc-chm.zip
              Latest ver 2.0.0
              Online at Ruby-Doc.org
              Core <> Libraries [framed webpage]


              2.1.6 [floatr:1ywbewgh]STABLE - MAINTENANCE[/floatr:1ywbewgh]

              Ruby ver 2.1.6
              ruby-2.1.6-core-doc-chm.zip
              ruby-2.1.6-stdlib-doc-chm.zip
              Latest ver 2.1.6
              Online at Ruby-Doc.org
              [url=http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.1.6/index.html:1ywbewgh]Core[/url:1ywbewgh] <> [url=http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.1.6/:1ywbewgh]Libraries[/url:1ywbewgh] [framed webpage]


              2.2.2 [floatr:1ywbewgh]STABLE - CURRENT[/floatr:1ywbewgh]

              Ruby ver 2.2.2
              ruby-2.2.2-core-doc-chm.zip
              ruby-2.2.2-stdlib-doc-chm.zip
              Latest ver 2.2.2
              Online at Ruby-Doc.org
              [url=http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.2/index.html:1ywbewgh]Core[/url:1ywbewgh] <> [url=http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.2.2/:1ywbewgh]Libraries[/url:1ywbewgh] [framed webpage]


              *** Compiled HTML Help Markup**

              NOTICE: CHMs for older patchlevels under each version may be deleted to save server space.
              ( Get 'em while they're hot! )

              I'm not here much anymore.

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              • Dan RathbunD Offline
                Dan Rathbun
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                Ruby Newbie's Guide to Getting Started


                Go to this post... Ruby Resources

                (1) make a checklist of all the Tutorials, and go thru them 1 by 1, and check them off the list as you do.

                (2) make a checklist of all the free downloadable books, and down load them one by one. Put them in a folder on your Desktop (or wherever you can find them easily.) And read them.

                (3) For Standard ruby Reference, get the CHM for Ruby here, put it in this same folder.

                Get comfortable with Standard Ruby. When your ready to script for Sketchup:

                (4) On the Reference list (link above,) go to the Sketchup Specific section, and download Alex's Cheatsheet, and bookmark the Sketchup API Documentation website. (You'll be referencing it a lot.) It has the methods for the modules and classes for 'talking' to Sketchup, and manipulating it's models.

                (5) Go through all the available Sketchup Ruby tutorials (on the list.)

                (6) Read the code examples in your plugins/Examples folder.

                (7) Have fun. Start fooling around with Ruby under Sketchup. Usually the best thing is to start by customizing the examples.

                (8) Whenever you have questions, come back to this forum, and first do a search (it's likely your question has already been asked.) If not.. start a new topic (make the the topic title simple but informative... a shortened version of your question. Don't make it "Help Me!", that does not work well.)

                (9) Before going into advanced Sketchup scripting, download more advanced plugins from the plugins forum (or other websites.. see the Resource list,) and examine them. See how they did things. This the best way to learn how to do things right. If you have a question about why an author did something a certain way... you can either Private Message them, or see if there is a discussion topic specific to their plugin, here in the Developer's forum, and post a question at the end of that topic. If no topic exists, create one by putting the plugin name in square brackets following by 'coding questions.' Please don't ask coding questions in the Plugin distribution topic of the Plugins forum. Ask them here in the Developers forum.

                And ... welcome to the world of Ruby !

                I'm not here much anymore.

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                • A Offline
                  August
                  last edited by

                  In his main post above, Dan basically suggests becoming very familiar with Ruby before beginning to use it with Sketchup. And he has a very good point, especially when it comes to the powerful and rather esoteric ways that Dan himself can use Ruby.

                  However, in the other direction, the Bastard's Book above, http://ruby.bastardsbook.com/, makes the point that "Programming and knitting are both skills that require continual practice but aren't easily improved by doing things other than, well, actually programming or knitting." So he presents lots of simple ways to get in your practice. "The good thing about programming compared to knitting a scarf is that you can experiment and mess up all you want without having to go out and buy more yarn."

                  Even further in that direction, Matthew Scarpino's book, "Automatic Sketchup", gives you ways to get that fundamental practice by working in Sketchup. And that's your goal, isn't it? I would even recommend Matt's book and SketchUp Ruby for initial programming instruction -- the instant gratification of creating SU objects is hard to beat.

                  And don't let the Amazon price for this out-of-print book scare you off. It's available free at the author's site. See also this thread, Automatic Sketchup book can now be freely downloaded.

                  “An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”
                  [floatr:v1mcbde2]-- Charles Dickens[/floatr:v1mcbde2]

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                  • Dan RathbunD Offline
                    Dan Rathbun
                    last edited by

                    WIN32OLE Sample scripts from the Ruby 1.8.6-p287 distribution:

                    win32ole_samples.zip

                    💭

                    I'm not here much anymore.

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                    • Dan RathbunD Offline
                      Dan Rathbun
                      last edited by


                      ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ |--<<< RUBY RESOURCES >>>--|
                      ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~


                      Ruby Newbie's Guide to Getting Started
                      viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10142&start=15#p298780


                      TUTORIALS & PRIMERS

                      ~ Ruby (Generic) ~

                      Introduction to Ruby
                      http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/Tutorial/

                      Ruby User's Guide
                      by Mark Slagell, Iowa State University
                      http://www.rubyist.net/~slagell/ruby/

                      Ruby Study Notes
                      by Satish Talim
                      http://rubylearning.com/satishtalim/tutorial.html

                      Learn to Program
                      by Chris Pine
                      http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/

                      ~ Sketchup Specific ~

                      Edges to Rubies - The Complete SketchUp Tutorial
                      by Martin Rinehart
                      http://www.martinrinehart.com/models/tutorial/

                      Ruby Tutorials
                      SketchUcation Forums
                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=52665#p52665

                      Tutorial Index
                      SketchUcation Forums
                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18%26amp;t=8767


                      BOOKS

                      ~ Offline (PDF, CHM, TAR, etc.) ~

                      The Book of Ruby
                      by Huw Collingbourne
                      ** PDF
                      http://www.sapphiresteel.com/IMG/zip/book-of-ruby.zip

                      The Little Book of Ruby
                      by Huw Collingbourne
                      ** PDF
                      http://www.sapphiresteel.com/IMG/pdf/LittleBookOfRuby.pdf

                      Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book
                      by Jeremy McAnally
                      ** PDF
                      http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/hlrb.pdf

                      Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide, 1st Ed.
                      (aka "The Old Pick-Axe Book" circa Ruby ver 1.6.x)
                      by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt
                      ** TAR archive of website
                      http://phrogz.net/ProgrammingRuby/ProgrammingRuby_20061016.tar.gz
                      ** CHM edition file is included w/ Win 1.8.6 One-click install
                      see your /ruby/doc directory OR
                      [url=http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180%26amp;t=10142%26amp;p=431798#p431798:23sdyhrr]download from SketchUcation[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      Extending Ruby 1.9 - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide
                      by David Thomas
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://media.pragprog.com/titles/ruby3/ext_ruby.pdf[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      Ruby Best Practices
                      by Gregory T. Brown
                      ** PDF
                      http://sandal.github.com/rbp-book/pdfs/rbp_1-0.pdf

                      Automatic SketchUp
                      by Matthew Scarpino, Eclipse Engineering LLC
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://www.autosketchup.com/downloads/Automatic_SketchUp.pdf[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      ~ Online ~

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Ruby Essentials[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      Techotopia
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Ruby_Essentials[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide, 1st Ed.
                      (aka "The Old Pick-Axe Book" circa Ruby ver 1.6.x)
                      by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://phrogz.net/ProgrammingRuby/frameset.html[/url:23sdyhrr] OR
                      [url=http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180%26amp;t=10142%26amp;p=431798#p431798:23sdyhrr]download from SketchUcation[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      ~ Previews of Ruby Books for Sale ~

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Learn to Program, 2nd Ed.[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      by Chris Pine
                      (expanded from the original tutorial)
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ltp2/learn-to-program-2nd-edition[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide, 2nd Ed.[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      (aka "The New Pick-Axe Book" circa Ruby ver 1.8.x)
                      by David Thomas, with Chad Fowler and Andrew Hunt
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://pragprog.com/titles/ruby/programming-ruby[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Programming Ruby 1.9: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      by David Thomas, with Chad Fowler and Andrew Hunt
                      http://pragprog.com/titles/ruby3/programming-ruby-1-9

                      [i:23sdyhrr]The Ruby Programming Language[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      by David Flanagan and Yukihiro Matsumoto
                      http://books.google.com/books?id=jcUbTcr5XWwC%26amp;lpg=PA98%26amp;ots=fHGordbwjC...


                      TECHNICAL REFERENCES

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Ruby Cheatsheet[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/QuickRef.html[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Ruby Base Classes - circa ver 1.6.x[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      (but most still OK for 1.8.x which has more methods)
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://phrogz.net/ProgrammingRuby/builtins.html[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Ruby Core Documentation[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      (may be ver 1.9.x)
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]RDoc Documentation[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://rdoc.rubyforge.org/[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]RubyGems User Guide[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/1[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]RubyGems Manuals[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://docs.rubygems.org/[/url:23sdyhrr]


                      INDEXES

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Resources[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      (SketchUp Sage)
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://sites.google.com/site/sketchupsage/resources[/url:23sdyhrr]


                      SKETCHUP SPECIFIC

                      ~ API ~

                      [i:23sdyhrr]SketchUp Ruby API Cheatsheet[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      by Alex Schreyer
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://www.alexschreyer.net/cad/sketchup-ruby-api-cheatsheet/[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]SketchUp Ruby API[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]SketchUp Ruby API - Class Index[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/classes.html[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]SketchUp Ruby API - Method Index[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/methods.html[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]SketchUp Ruby API - Class Diagram[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/diagram.html[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Sketchup Ruby API Class Diagrams[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      by Jim Foltz
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2008/08/sketchup-ruby-api-class-diagrams.html[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Google SketchUp API Blog[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://sketchupapi.blogspot.com/[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]PickHelper - Visual Guide[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      by Thomas Thomassen
                      [url=http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180%26amp;t=30232%26amp;p=266685:23sdyhrr]http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=30232&p=266685[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]WebDialogs - The Lost Manual[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      by Thomas Thomassen
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=36664[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      ~ Indexes ~

                      [i:23sdyhrr]SketchUp-Ruby Resources[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180%26amp;t=10142[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      ~ BBs / Forums ~

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Developers Forum - Google Groups[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://groups.google.com/group/google-sketchup-developers[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Developers Forum - SketchUcation Community Forums[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewforum.php?f=180[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      ~ Code Snippets ~

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Code Snippets Index - SketchUcation Developers Forum[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180%26amp;t=28846[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      ~ Plugins ~

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Plugins Index (by author) - SketchUcation Plugins Forum[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=28782[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Plugins Visual Index - SketchUcation Plugins Forum[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=16909[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Trimble SketchUp - Plugins (Download Page)[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/download/plugins.html[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Trimble SketchUp - Ruby Scripts (Download Page)[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/download/rubyscripts.html[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Jim Foltz SketchUp Plugins[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2007/09/plugin-index-page.html[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Ruby Libray Depot[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      ! URL Removed due to too many outdated plugins !

                      [i:23sdyhrr]Smustard(TM) - Plugins and Scripts[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://www.smustard.com/scripts/[/url:23sdyhrr]

                      [i:23sdyhrr]JohnJ - Plugins for Sketchup[/i:23sdyhrr]
                      [url:23sdyhrr]http://www.johnj.com/drawing/sketchup/ruby-plugins-for-sketchup/[/url:23sdyhrr]


                      I'm not here much anymore.

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