To_yaml method

ruby-talk
1

Hello,

In order to learn Ruby, I am trying to write a Getting Things Done
manager in Ruby+YAML.

So, here is where I am : http://pastie.caboo.se/52303
Be carefull... Store#to_yaml is realy ugly !
So, how can I make this method prettier ?

BTW, this is probably not the only ugly method... so feel free to
correct me, it'll
help me to learn the Ruby Way :slight_smile:

Thanks in advance,

···

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Simon Rozet, http://purl.org/net/sr/

2

Check out http://RubyMentor.rubyfoge.org for exactly this kind of help/advice.

Aur

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On 4/7/07, Simon Rozet <simon.rozet@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

In order to learn Ruby, I am trying to write a Getting Things Done
manager in Ruby+YAML.

So, here is where I am : http://pastie.caboo.se/52303
Be carefull... Store#to_yaml is realy ugly !
So, how can I make this method prettier ?

BTW, this is probably not the only ugly method... so feel free to
correct me, it'll
help me to learn the Ruby Way :slight_smile:

Thanks in advance,

--
Simon Rozet, Simon Rozet

3

Hey cool! A GTD application in ruby. I'm looking forward to see this
project on rubyforge.org :wink:

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On Apr 7, 5:27 pm, "Simon Rozet" <simon.ro...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

In order to learn Ruby, I am trying to write a Getting Things Done
manager in Ruby+YAML.

So, here is where I am :http://pastie.caboo.se/52303
Be carefull... Store#to_yaml is realy ugly !
So, how can I make this method prettier ?

BTW, this is probably not the only ugly method... so feel free to
correct me, it'll
help me to learn the Ruby Way :slight_smile:

Thanks in advance,

--
Simon Rozet,Simon Rozet

4

Thanks. I feel a bit uncomfortable with having a mentor (I don't know
exactly why... maybe that's too easy ?) but I'll try to contact a
mentor and see what happen :slight_smile:
BTW, the concept is realy interesting... IMHO having a mentor is the
best way to learn something. AFAIK I haven't seen project like this on
other porgramming language communauty.

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2007/4/7, SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@gmail.com>:

Check out http://RubyMentor.rubyfoge.org for exactly this kind of help/advice.

Aur

On 4/7/07, Simon Rozet <simon.rozet@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In order to learn Ruby, I am trying to write a Getting Things Done
> manager in Ruby+YAML.
>
> So, here is where I am : http://pastie.caboo.se/52303
> Be carefull... Store#to_yaml is realy ugly !
> So, how can I make this method prettier ?
>
> BTW, this is probably not the only ugly method... so feel free to
> correct me, it'll
> help me to learn the Ruby Way :slight_smile:
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Simon Rozet, http://purl.org/net/sr/
>

--
Simon Rozet, http://atonie.org/sr/

5

Thank you.

Don't be uncomfortable, the worst that could happen is nothing.

I agree that the concept is interesting and great, and I, too, think
it's original.

Hopefully you'll join the rank of mentors soon :slight_smile:

Aur

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On 4/7/07, Simon Rozet <simon.rozet@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks. I feel a bit uncomfortable with having a mentor (I don't know
exactly why... maybe that's too easy ?) but I'll try to contact a
mentor and see what happen :slight_smile:
BTW, the concept is realy interesting... IMHO having a mentor is the
best way to learn something. AFAIK I haven't seen project like this on
other porgramming language communauty.

2007/4/7, SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@gmail.com>:
> Check out http://RubyMentor.rubyfoge.org for exactly this kind of help/advice.
>
> Aur
>
> On 4/7/07, Simon Rozet <simon.rozet@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > In order to learn Ruby, I am trying to write a Getting Things Done
> > manager in Ruby+YAML.
> >
> > So, here is where I am : http://pastie.caboo.se/52303
> > Be carefull... Store#to_yaml is realy ugly !
> > So, how can I make this method prettier ?
> >
> > BTW, this is probably not the only ugly method... so feel free to
> > correct me, it'll
> > help me to learn the Ruby Way :slight_smile:
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > --
> > Simon Rozet, http://purl.org/net/sr/
> >
>

--
Simon Rozet, http://atonie.org/sr/

6

A few style notes. The multiple assignment you do "tasks, projects =
Array.new, Array.new" is usually done on two lines, just for
readability, and dropping some complexity. Also you can just assign
to , which gives you a blank array ({} for hashes).

    @projects.each_pair { |k, v| projects << v }
    @tasks.each_pair { |k, v| tasks << v }

Can be replaced with

    tasks = @tasks.map {|x| x }
    projects = @projects.map {|x| x }

With this you can also drop the array initialization. This method is
in the Enumerable module, which Hash and Array mixin. You could even
make it just be

        dump = @tasks.map {|x| x }
        dump << @projects.map {|x| x }
        return YAML.dump(dump)

Hope that helps you some!

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On 4/7/07, Simon Rozet <simon.rozet@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks. I feel a bit uncomfortable with having a mentor (I don't know
exactly why... maybe that's too easy ?) but I'll try to contact a
mentor and see what happen :slight_smile:
BTW, the concept is realy interesting... IMHO having a mentor is the
best way to learn something. AFAIK I haven't seen project like this on
other porgramming language communauty.

2007/4/7, SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@gmail.com>:
> Check out http://RubyMentor.rubyfoge.org for exactly this kind of help/advice.
>
> Aur
>
> On 4/7/07, Simon Rozet <simon.rozet@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > In order to learn Ruby, I am trying to write a Getting Things Done
> > manager in Ruby+YAML.
> >
> > So, here is where I am : http://pastie.caboo.se/52303
> > Be carefull... Store#to_yaml is realy ugly !
> > So, how can I make this method prettier ?
> >
> > BTW, this is probably not the only ugly method... so feel free to
> > correct me, it'll
> > help me to learn the Ruby Way :slight_smile:
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > --
> > Simon Rozet, http://purl.org/net/sr/
> >
>

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