Use trunk aka 0.4 for now. - Matt
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Brian Marick <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to start porting the _RubyCocoa_ demo app into MacRuby. What's > the most useful (to you) branch to use? > > > On Mar 30, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Matt Aimonetti wrote: > > Hey John, >> >> I would happily spend some time on MacRuby, but I have no idea where to >> start. >> Anyway I was wondering whether you could give me a quick run down on >> how to start investigating learning and experimenting with the >> experimental branch. >> >> Don't start with the experimental branch, it's a work in progress and >> unless you work on a very specific area under the supervision of Laurent, I >> think you should wait a little bit. >> >> I would like to start as simple as possible - but down the track one >> particular part that i would be interested in is tracing the dispatch from >> bridgesupport method to opengl function. >> >> Once the experimental branch will have the cocoa integration I'm sure this >> is something we can help you working on. (and by 'we' I really mean: Laurent >> :p) >> >> Speaking of which is it you that cannot make it? Pity if so - I was >> looking fwd to your talk as I have some very flaky code which interfaces >> with some traditional (ie non REST) webservices - I was hoping for some (yet >> more) tips ;-). >> >> Unfortunately, there was a last minute change and I won't be able to make >> it to the conf. However, I'm still planning on preparing some documentation >> on integrating MacRuby apps with remote/local web applications. You >> mentioned non-REST webservices, what do you have to deal with? SOAP, >> XML-RPC, something else? >> >> On a different note, I can think of a few things that you could do to >> help: >> - work on MacRuby/HotCocoa examples, I know you already ported a lot of >> samples from various sources, but some original samples to show various >> technics would def. be helpful. >> - write articles for the blog (I believe you already started) >> - work on HotCocoa (add mappings, suggest new APIs, study a way to test >> hotcocoa code (hotcocoa itself as well as developer's code)) >> - port the major ruby C extensions to MacRuby (using C or obj-c) >> >> I'll try to talk with Laurent and list the things he would like people to >> work on. Once we have a concrete list, maybe we can organize ourselves in >> pairs/small groups and start tackling these tasks. >> >> - Matt >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:42 PM, John Shea <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Hi Matt, >> >> you said: >> > If you were thinking about helping out, be reassured, help is always >> welcome ;) >> >> I would happily spend some time on MacRuby, but I have no idea where to >> start. >> I downloaded the experimental branch - was not really sure to go from >> there but tried running some simple ruby code with the miniruby >> executable - it hung so I assume I was doing something wrong. >> >> Anyway I was wondering whether you could give me a quick run down on >> how to start investigating learning and experimenting with the >> experimental branch. Any links would be helpful. I would like to start >> as simple as possible - but down the track one particular part that i >> would be interested in is tracing the dispatch from bridgesupport >> method to opengl function. >> >> I can't really spend much time until after the Amsterdam conference >> however. >> >> Speaking of which is it you that cannot make it? Pity if so - I was >> looking fwd to your talk as I have some very flakey code which >> interfaces with some traditional (ie non REST) webservices - I was >> hoping for some (yet more) tips ;-). >> >> Cheers, >> J >> _______________________________________________ >> MacRuby-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacRuby-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >> > > ----- > Brian Marick, independent consultant > Mostly on agile methods with a testing slant > www.exampler.com, www.exampler.com/blog, www.twitter.com/marick > > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >
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