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== Introduction ==
This week we will cover a little bit of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microformat Microformats]. Mostly to help with Google Maps data at this point. I also want to introduce the very basic elements of the [http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ Ruby] language. Ruby is a great language by itself, but in this class I want to cover it in the context of server side scripting. In particular, we will cover the Ruby on Rails framework.

I want to keep this week's discussion focused solely on Ruby, without introducing any of the concepts Ruby on Rails brings in. I think it's important to know the basics of the language, before jumping into a wide ranging framework like Rails.  

== Presentation == 

[http://www.mattephraim.com/ewt/class_5/class_5.pdf Presentation Slides]

== Microformat Links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_web the Semantic Web]
* [http://microformats.org/ Microformats.org]
* [http://gmpg.org/xfn/ XHTML Friends Network]
* [http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph/docs/ Google Social Graph API]
* [http://microformats.org/wiki/hcalendar hCalendar]
* [http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard hCard]
* [http://microformats.org/wiki/geo geo]
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4106 Operator Firefox Plugin]

== Ruby Links == 

=== Reading Materials ===
* [http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ Ruby Language Homepage]
* [http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby] (probably the quirkiest programming book you'll ever see)
* [http://www.rubycentral.com/pickaxe/intro.html Programming Ruby] (aka the Pragmatic Programmer's Guide aka the Pickaxe Book aka the Ruby Bible)
* [http://mysite.verizon.net/hpassel/thinkruby/book/index.html How to Think LIke Computer Scientist] (with Ruby, an adaptation of the classic book for Ruby)
* [http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/ruby/0.3/ Learning Ruby]
* [http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=00 Learn to Program] (with Ruby)

=== Tools ===
If you're using OS X, you already have Ruby installed, but you may need to update it. Otherwise, you can install Ruby using one of the tools below.

* [http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/ Tools for Installing Ruby]
* [http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl Instant Rails] (simple Ruby Environment for Windows)
* [http://bitnami.org/stack/rubystack BitNami RubyStack] (another nice Ruby and Rails container for multiple platforms)

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