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Ruby module R118

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module R118. This module is presented on Private Courses and Specially Run Courses only

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Examples from our training material

onsite.rb	Testing a webiste with watir-webdriver
quote_test_log.txt	logfile example watir-webdriver demo
rubbers	Use of a debug flag to add and remove traces

Background information

Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.

Topics covered in this module

Ruby Central - www.ruby-central.com.
http://www.rubygarden.com/ruby?RealWorldRuby.
Ruby Application Archive - RAA at http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa.html.
Ruby Interactive Reference - RI.
Ruby Development Environment - RDE.
Interactive Ruby - the IRb shell.
Ruby debugging with debug.db and profiling with profile.rb.
Books, Web sites, newgroups, support, etc.

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