# Ruby Acronyms

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-acronyms/168602>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 22, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-acronyms/168602 "2009-05-22T19:37:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JannaB)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-acronyms/168602/1 "2009-05-22T19:37:18Z")

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Newbie question, but I cannot seem to find this anywhere. What does  
REST stand for? What about DRY (I think it means write only once?) ? -  
Janna

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**Author:** ![JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JannaB)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-acronyms/168602/2 "2009-05-22T20:03:05Z")

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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:36 AM, JannaB [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Newbie question, but I cannot seem to find this anywhere. What does  
> REST stand for? What about DRY (I think it means write only once?) ? -  
> Janna

DRY = [Don't repeat yourself - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_repeat_yourself)  
REST = [Representational state transfer - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST)

You can find a lot of these terms within the documentation, books, and  
various online  
blogs. I would focus on getting a good foundation in the basics and  
building your knowledge  
with Rails.

We’re here to help,

-Conrad

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**Author:** ![JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JannaB)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-acronyms/168602/3 "2009-05-22T20:33:30Z")

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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:36 PM, JannaB [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Newbie question, but I cannot seem to find this anywhere. What does  
> REST stand for? What about DRY (I think it means write only once?) ? -  
> Janna

[http://tinyurl.com/pyyb8a](http://tinyurl.com/pyyb8a)

[http://tinyurl.com/o6e6rb](http://tinyurl.com/o6e6rb)

–  
Greg D.  
[http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)

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**Author:** ![JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JannaB)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-acronyms/168602/4 "2009-05-23T00:23:02Z")

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DRY = Don’t Repeat Yourself.

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