# Ruby Project Recommendations

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-project-recommendations/137967>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 19, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-project-recommendations/137967 "2008-05-19T01:23:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/licinius)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-project-recommendations/137967/1 "2008-05-19T01:23:44Z")

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Hi, I’m new to ruby and I am considering contributing to one or two  
small to medium sized projects. A top 3 list of recommendations would be  
a great help.

I also would find it helpful if some would offer some coaching on how to  
search for ruby projects.

Just in case this request is out of line I did try to read the FAQ  
mentioned in the new post headline. Link is broken… Ruby Documentation  
page had nothing obvious… Goolge assumes you know what you are looking  
for and I don’t in this case…

Thanks in Advance,

Brett

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**Author:** ![licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/licinius)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-project-recommendations/137967/2 "2008-05-19T01:33:12Z")

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I would search the RAA ([http://raa.ruby-lang.org/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/)) and RubyForge (.org).  
If  
nothing came up there, I would Google “#{topic\_name} ruby”.

As for possible projects, I would enjoy a library that solved equations:  
Solver.solve “3x **2=x** 2” #=\> x = 0

Dan

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**Author:** ![licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/licinius)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-project-recommendations/137967/3 "2008-05-19T02:11:13Z")

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Brett Brown wrote:

> for and I don’t in this case…
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> 
> Brett

I would say the most “bang for the buck” is to be obtained by  
contributing to the rather large project(s) seeking to define the syntax  
and semantics of the various implementations of the Ruby language, using  
automated techniques. I’d recommend staying away from the  
“small-to-medium” projects and joining one that’s fairly large.

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**Author:** ![licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/licinius)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-project-recommendations/137967/4 "2008-05-19T02:21:10Z")

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My recommendation is to start using some tools, find some things that  
you find deficient or lacking and contribute as you go along. It’s  
more important to contribute useful things to useful projects, though  
not always the most fun. You can always find something interesting, of  
course.

Matt T.

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 8:10 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

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**Author:** ![licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/licinius)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-project-recommendations/137967/5 "2008-05-19T11:42:01Z")

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Daniel F. wrote:

> As for possible projects, I would enjoy a library that solved equations:  
> Solver.solve “3x **2=x** 2” #=\> x = 0

If you’re only looking to solve polynomial equations then you could use  
Ruby/GSL: [http://rb-gsl.rubyforge.org/poly.html#2](http://rb-gsl.rubyforge.org/poly.html#2)

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**Author:** ![licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@licinius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/licinius)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-project-recommendations/137967/6 "2008-05-19T14:10:42Z")

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> I would search the RAA ([http://raa.ruby-lang.org/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/)) and RubyForge (.org).

BTW it seems that many rubyforge projects no longer register at RAA  
which I think is a pity. I personally consider this fragmentation of  
information anything but an improvement.