Ruby - Behind the Scenes
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The document provides a quick overview of various Ruby projects beyond Rails, highlighting their unique features and applications. These projects include tools for programming education, scheduling, server management, and multimedia processing among others. It emphasizes Ruby's versatility and encourages exploration of innovative Ruby-based solutions.
![ruby-collectd
Send collectd stats from astro/ruby-collectd [GH]
your Ruby app
collectd.org
Graph whatever data you
want](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-7-320.jpg)
![agent
Attempt at GO-like igrigorik/agent [GH]
concurrency in Ruby
“Do not communicate by
sharing memory; instead,
share memory by
communicating.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-8-320.jpg)
![rufus-scheduler
Like having cron jmettraux/rufus-scheduler
embedded in your Ruby [GH]
VM
Powerful scheduling DSL
Great error handling
Leveraged by ruote &
daemon-kit](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-11-320.jpg)
![chef
Complete server opscode.com
deployment &
configuration management
Wildly successful
Total infrastructure
management/insight
opscode/chef [GH]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-13-320.jpg)
![ruby-pdns
Use Ruby to serve as a ripienaar/ruby-pdns [GH]
backend to PowerDNS
Different responses for
different countries
Randomize responses](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-14-320.jpg)
![ruote
Pure Ruby workflow jmettraux/ruote [GH]
engine
ruote.rubyforge.org
Descriptively define
business processes
Execute workflows reliably
on an international scale](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-16-320.jpg)
![Kids Ruby
“Hack your homework” hybridgroup/kidsruby [GH]
Hackety Hack inspired www.kidsruby.com
Helping drive Ruby (via @JEG2)
adoption](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-17-320.jpg)
![Homebrew
Awesome *nix package mxcl/homebrew [GH]
management for OSX
Uses Ruby “formulae” to
drive compilation/
installation via a simple
DSL](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-19-320.jpg)
![Nanite
Self-assembling fabric of ezmobius/nanite [GH]
Ruby daemons
Scalable message
queueing backend
Self discovery
Dynamic load balancing](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-20-320.jpg)
![Sourcify
A solution to extract the
code of a Proc, allowing
the Proc to be serialized
and passed around
ngty/sourcify [GH]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-22-320.jpg)
![postgresql-plruby
PL/Ruby enables
PostgreSQL to leverage
Ruby for functions and
trigger procedures
knu/postgresql-plruby [GH]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-23-320.jpg)
![Haunted House
Client for the ISY-99i home JEG2/haunted_house [GH]
automation controller API
Keep the lights on, or off,
with Ruby!](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-25-320.jpg)
![rtunnel
Can’t use “ssh -R”, rtunnel coderrr/rtunnel [GH]
can setup reverse tunnels
for you
Leverages net-ssh & thin](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-26-320.jpg)
![blather
Awesome XMPP client sprsquish/blather [GH]
library built on top of
EventMachine and
Nokogiri
Used by daemon-kit to
write simple XMPP
daemons](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-28-320.jpg)
![open4
open child process with ahoward/open4 [GH]
handles on pid, stdin,
stdout, and stderr
manage child processes
and their io handles easily.
Useful for driving low-level
*nix utils through Ruby](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-29-320.jpg)
![parslet
A small Ruby library for kschiess/parslet [GH]
constructing parsers in the
PEG (Parsing Expression
Grammar) fashion.
Good error reporting
(unlike Treetop)
No code generation, easier
debug](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-34-320.jpg)
![daemon-kit
Build reliable, stable
daemonized applications
with Ruby
Helpers get you going fast
kennethkalmer/daemon-kit
[GH]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ruby-behindthescenes-110204035611-phpapp02/85/Ruby-Behind-the-Scenes-35-320.jpg)
Ruby - Behind the Scenes
- 1. Ruby - Behind the scenes A whirlwind tour of Ruby projects, off the Rails
- 2. Kenneth Kalmer CTO - Internet Exchange opensourcery.co.za @kennethkalmer github.com/kennethkalmer
- 3. There is more to Ruby than Rails and there is nothing wrong with Rails, we’re just pretending it doesn’t exist for the next 25 minutes...
- 5. Brace yourselves This is going to be a quick overview of a bunch of Ruby projects, old and new, each with their own merits and applicability, and each worth a whole presentation on their own, well,
- 7. ruby-collectd Send collectd stats from astro/ruby-collectd [GH] your Ruby app collectd.org Graph whatever data you want
- 8. agent Attempt at GO-like igrigorik/agent [GH] concurrency in Ruby “Do not communicate by sharing memory; instead, share memory by communicating.”
- 10. Hackety Hack! Teaching kids to program Uses the shoes GUI toolkit hackety-hack.com shoesrb.com
- 11. rufus-scheduler Like having cron jmettraux/rufus-scheduler embedded in your Ruby [GH] VM Powerful scheduling DSL Great error handling Leveraged by ruote & daemon-kit
- 13. chef Complete server opscode.com deployment & configuration management Wildly successful Total infrastructure management/insight opscode/chef [GH]
- 14. ruby-pdns Use Ruby to serve as a ripienaar/ruby-pdns [GH] backend to PowerDNS Different responses for different countries Randomize responses
- 16. ruote Pure Ruby workflow jmettraux/ruote [GH] engine ruote.rubyforge.org Descriptively define business processes Execute workflows reliably on an international scale
- 17. Kids Ruby “Hack your homework” hybridgroup/kidsruby [GH] Hackety Hack inspired www.kidsruby.com Helping drive Ruby (via @JEG2) adoption
- 19. Homebrew Awesome *nix package mxcl/homebrew [GH] management for OSX Uses Ruby “formulae” to drive compilation/ installation via a simple DSL
- 20. Nanite Self-assembling fabric of ezmobius/nanite [GH] Ruby daemons Scalable message queueing backend Self discovery Dynamic load balancing
- 22. Sourcify A solution to extract the code of a Proc, allowing the Proc to be serialized and passed around ngty/sourcify [GH]
- 23. postgresql-plruby PL/Ruby enables PostgreSQL to leverage Ruby for functions and trigger procedures knu/postgresql-plruby [GH]
- 25. Haunted House Client for the ISY-99i home JEG2/haunted_house [GH] automation controller API Keep the lights on, or off, with Ruby!
- 26. rtunnel Can’t use “ssh -R”, rtunnel coderrr/rtunnel [GH] can setup reverse tunnels for you Leverages net-ssh & thin
- 28. blather Awesome XMPP client sprsquish/blather [GH] library built on top of EventMachine and Nokogiri Used by daemon-kit to write simple XMPP daemons
- 29. open4 open child process with ahoward/open4 [GH] handles on pid, stdin, stdout, and stderr manage child processes and their io handles easily. Useful for driving low-level *nix utils through Ruby
- 31. Rubygame Cross-platform multimedia rubygame.org library Entertainment software Scientific visualizations Educational/training tools Interactive motion graphics
- 32. UPnP-MediaServer Serve media files to your seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ PS3 using Ruby UPnP-MediaServer/ Work in progress
- 34. parslet A small Ruby library for kschiess/parslet [GH] constructing parsers in the PEG (Parsing Expression Grammar) fashion. Good error reporting (unlike Treetop) No code generation, easier debug
- 35. daemon-kit Build reliable, stable daemonized applications with Ruby Helpers get you going fast kennethkalmer/daemon-kit [GH]
- 37. Inspired? This is a taster, and by no means authoritative. Ruby is an awesome language, and a vibrant community, and works just as well off the Rails than on it.
- 38. What is your next project going to be?