[Boulder Ruby Group] I need serious help!

[Tim Pease]

On 7/16/07, Peter Booth <pbooth at nocoincidences.com> wrote:
> I'd encourage anyone who hasn't read Amy Hoy's perceptive
> blog entry to do it ASAP and save themselves some frustration:
>
> http://slash7.com/articles/2006/12/22/vampires
>

The above is a little post from the ruby-talk mailing list. It was in
response to a long, drawn out thread that diverged significantly from
the original topic. But Peter Booth did post a great link to Amy Hoy's
blog, and the issue is something I'd like to address in the Ruby
community.

I'd like to get some thoughts and feedback from our little group
before venturing out to the Ruby community at large.


Step #1 for fixing the problem: "Creating Resources"

What resources do we have in the Ruby community?
  * http://ruby-lang.org
  * http://ruby-doc.org
  * http://rubygarden.org  (can't connect to it right now)
  * http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/ruby/ruby-talk/index.shtml (Et al.)
  * http://www.rubyinside.com
  * and I'm sure there are many others that I don't know about

What resources do we need in the Ruby community?
  * FAQ -- data mine the ruby-talk mailing list for the frequently
asked questions, condense them down into a good, searchable FAQ page
with coherent and authoritative answers.
  * Ruby specific search engine (Rollyo?)

Any other resources that would be good to have? How do we go about
creating these resources?

Here are the two questions I'd like to talk about.

1) What Ruby resources would you point a "help vampire" to? (and don't
just say Google)
2) What resource would you create to help someone learn Ruby -- i.e.
the ultimate Ruby answer machine?

For a start, it would be great to throw together a little page on the
BDRG website that provides a "rules of the road" for asking questions
and providing answers on the ruby-talk mailing list. Any thoughts on
this one?

That's it!

I'd bring this up at tomorrow's meeting, but I'm heading off for a
fishing trip. Thought I'd get everyone's little grey cells working on
some creative solutions, in the mean time.

Blessings,
TwP