# Ruby "Add-ons" Dictionary and Pronunciation guide please **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 28, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-add-ons-dictionary-and-pronunciation-guide-please/115813 "2007-09-28T18:30:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toadkicker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-add-ons-dictionary-and-pronunciation-guide-please/115813/1 "2007-09-28T18:30:38Z")
Rubinius, Watir, RSpec, hpricot, YARV, YAML, rubygems, rake, rinda, erb, irb, IronRuby, jruby, webistrano, attachment\_fu, rubyscript2exe, cplusruby, dike, GOD, mongrel, scrubyt, PDF::Writer, curses, rexml, fire, dcov, rassmalog, Metadata, tinderbox, … … … the list goes on. Is there a one-stop shop where all these things are defined and indexed with a short pedestrian explanation of what all they are and do? There’s SO much going on, it’s hard to keep up. Or, is it just me? Todd ---
**Author:** ![toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toadkicker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-add-ons-dictionary-and-pronunciation-guide-please/115813/2 "2007-09-28T19:12:42Z")
Todd B. wrote: > Rubinius, Watir, RSpec, hpricot, YARV, YAML, rubygems, rake, rinda, erb, > irb, IronRuby, jruby, webistrano, attachment\_fu, rubyscript2exe, > cplusruby, dike, GOD, mongrel, scrubyt, PDF::Writer, curses, rexml, > fire, dcov, rassmalog, Metadata, tinderbox, … … … the list goes > on. > > Is there a one-stop shop where all these things are defined and indexed > with a short pedestrian explanation of what all they are and do? > There’s SO much going on, it’s hard to keep up. Or, is it just me? There are (near) countless libs and tools for Ruby, and the list keeps growing. Many of them have projects on [rubyforge.org](http://rubyforge.org), which might be the best place to look first for information. To stay on top of things, many people subscribe to rss or atom feeds for numerous Ruby blogs. There are some resources for this listed on [ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org). – James B. “We are using here a powerful strategy of synthesis: wishful thinking.” - H. Abelson and G. Sussman (in "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs) ---
**Author:** ![toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toadkicker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-add-ons-dictionary-and-pronunciation-guide-please/115813/3 "2007-09-28T19:20:20Z")
On Sep 28, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Todd B. wrote: > with a short pedestrian explanation of what all they are and do? > There’s SO much going on, it’s hard to keep up. Or, is it just me? > > ## Todd > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). Wikipedia? hmm… Not, really, but maybe there should be… Something of a Ruby Wiki Or just Wikipedia Ruby stuff… ---
**Author:** ![toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toadkicker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-add-ons-dictionary-and-pronunciation-guide-please/115813/4 "2007-09-28T22:18:58Z")
On Sep 28, 2007, at 1:29 PM, SonOfLilit wrote: > Oh, you mean RubyGarden? Google for it. Woefully out of date and not maintained well if at all. Better, check out Ruby Inside, subscribe to the RSS or just visit it frequently. It’s pretty amazing how much Peter C. can gather there almost daily. Like a one man Ruby Reuters ---
**Author:** ![toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toadkicker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-add-ons-dictionary-and-pronunciation-guide-please/115813/5 "2007-09-28T20:31:30Z")
Oh, you mean RubyGarden? Google for it. Aur ---
**Author:** ![toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@toadkicker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toadkicker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-add-ons-dictionary-and-pronunciation-guide-please/115813/6 "2007-09-28T23:11:12Z")
John J. wrote: > On Sep 28, 2007, at 1:29 PM, SonOfLilit wrote: > > > Oh, you mean RubyGarden? Google for it. > > Woefully out of date and not maintained well if at all. I wonder who we can contact to get them to maintain it better and keep it up to date? Question for whomever: when you visit a wiki that allows general open-access, and you find something that is wrong, or incomplete, or dated, do you fix it or add a comment indicating that the current content is flawed? If not, why not? Time? Barriers to entry? Poor language skills? – James B. “In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.” - R. Feynman