Utility Ruby
Ruby has a secret hobby: acting as the perfect glue language for all kinds of utility work. Learn about Ruby's rich features for munging data and conn…
Tag: console
Sparkling Ruby
Learn tips, tricks, and gems for communicating interactively with users, at the command line and in other contexts.
Console Width
Have you ever wondered how to tailor Ruby console output to the specific size of the user's terminal? In this video you'll learn how, using the `io/co…
Colored Logs
Making user-facing logs look pretty.
Dynamic Word Wrap
Today we'll spruce up a command-line application by enabling it to dynamically re-wrap text as the terminal is resized.
Expect
Today we'll look at how to automate interactive console programs from Ruby.
Command Loop
In this episode we'll build a simple command-prompt loop in Ruby.
Checking for a Terminal
In this episode we'll mimic the behavior of command-line tools like Git that automatically page their output if they detect that they are being run fr…
