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    • RayOchoaR Offline
      RayOchoa
      last edited by

      well then, Whaat if your out there i need your help

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        remus
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        It cant hurt to ask, but in the mean time theres loads of stuff to help you learn ruby on the internet:

        Google Search

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        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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          johnsenior1973
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          @rayochoa said:

          do you think it would be a good idea to ask whaat to teach me?

          I don't.

          You're just developing an interest in making ruby's. That interest could last 2 days or it could last for years. If that interest is only going to last for a few weeks and you then move on to something else then any time that whaat has given to you will have been wasted.

          You've made a good start to learning ruby's because you're part of this forum and there will obviously be help here if you need it. But if you're asking for help then I think it should be limited at this stage to just asking openly on the forum for help, rather than making personal requests directly to people. If whaat, or anyone else, wants to help you then they can easily contact you to help you. I just feel it's a bit rude to ask publically on the forum for him to help you.

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          • majidM Offline
            majid
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            maybe just some advise only? as an expert just some tips maybe from whaat will help us

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            • RayOchoaR Offline
              RayOchoa
              last edited by

              yeah your right.

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                Whaat
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                I wouldn't consider myself an expert. I am basically self-taught and with that comes lots of bad programming habits. I learned everything I know about Ruby scripting in the last 18 months from these sources:

                1. http://download.sketchup.com/OnlineDoc/gsu6_ruby/Docs/index.html (SketchUp Ruby API Developer's Guide)
                2. http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ (The Pragamatic Programmers Guide)
                3. Opening up other plugins with a text editor and trying to understand the code.
                4. Helpful people on SCF

                You should probably start by reading the fist few parts of 2) You might not understand everything at first, but when you start looking at 1) and 3), things will start to make more sense.

                You can't learn this sutff overnight. Start off with something very simple. There are lots of helpful people on the forums so best of luck!

                SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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                • majidM Offline
                  majid
                  last edited by

                  thanx...whatt .maybe its the best advise... so , no time waste for you and helpful for seekers 😄

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                    gohch
                    last edited by

                    hi, I'm new to Ruby too. Just thought of sharing a book that i bought which turned to be a great self learning guide for someone that knows nothing about Ruby (it also happened to be the only book i could find about Ruby in my part of the world 🎉 )

                    Begining Ruby From Novice to Professional by Peter Cooper
                    http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781590597668

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                    • B Offline
                      BTM
                      last edited by

                      Heh, I've been wondering how to make ruby scripts aswell. Apparently if functions are part of ruby, so I have a start 😆

                      Pilou, moi aussi je sais comment de parler le français! 😉 C'est pas une langue très dificile à apprendre, mais il y a trop de verbes, et c'est difficile de savoir si quelque chose est masculin ou feminin. 😉 En anglais, nous avons pas de masculin ou feminin pour les objets non-vivants 😆

                      Aussi, qu'est ce que ton signature veut dire? "Is beautiful that please without concept!" en français veut dire "Est belle que s'il-vous-plait sans concept" Je ne le comprend pas... 😕

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                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                        Chris Fullmer
                        last edited by

                        Are you actually interested BTM? There's been quite a few of us Ruby newbs hanging out here lately, and I think we've mostly shown that the learning goes pretty fast once you get into it.

                        I'm currently putting together a tutorial for the SCF tutorials on how to start learning Ruby. But you really don't need to wait for anything like that. Start teaching yourself Ruby using Chris Pine's ruby tutorial. Its a great place to get started with Ruby. Then once you get the hang of the basic syntax, its time to dig into the SketchUp specific stuff.

                        Chris

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                          BTM
                          last edited by

                          what text editor do you use to write code, Chris?

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                          • jeff hammondJ Offline
                            jeff hammond
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            How do you make plug-ins for sketchup

                            me?
                            by begging 😎

                            dotdotdot

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                            • takesh hT Offline
                              takesh h
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                              @unknownuser said:

                              what text editor do you use to write code, Chris?

                              I guess this thread will answer to most of your questions about Ruby.
                              http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10142&p=65928#p65928

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                              • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                Chris Fullmer
                                last edited by

                                I personally use notepad++ currently. And I use Jim's Web Console inside of SU. I use it to test chunks of code and then I copy them into notepad++ once I get things running as expected.

                                Chris

                                Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                                  BTM
                                  last edited by

                                  ...any mac versions or mac text editors? I thought I could use textedit, but it doesn't have any way to save as ruby files. Neither does pages, but word seems to be able to save as ruby if I type .rb in manually. Still, a mac text editor would help.

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                                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                    jeff hammond
                                    last edited by

                                    i think a lot of the mac heads use TextMate

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                                    TextMate: Text editor for macOS

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                                    • R Offline
                                      REGIS
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi

                                      Smultron can do it on mac, it's free.

                                      regards

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                                      • R Offline
                                        RickW
                                        last edited by

                                        My MacBook has Xcode or something like that (I'm not a "Mac person" - I just got one for self-preservation for dual-platform SU ruby development 😄 ). It's color coded and has auto-completion capabilities as you type.

                                        RickW
                                        [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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                                          REGIS
                                          last edited by

                                          @rickw said:

                                          My MacBook has Xcode or something like that

                                          You are a lucky guy RickW, I can't find Xcode on my mac (perhaps I got to check my cd install to find xcode ?)

                                          I checked out this link and I'm not sure it's free.
                                          BTW, thanks for the info RickW

                                          Regards

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                                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                            Chris Fullmer
                                            last edited by

                                            This is some good info on Mac code editors. I'll include it in whatever little tutorial I get thrown together.

                                            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                            All my Plugins I've written

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