Title: Journey through a pointy forest: XML parsing in Ruby.
Speaker
Aaron Patterson
Abstract
Like it or not, angle brackets are here to stay. At some point you will find yourself wading through a mess of them, trying to find a way out. I will talk about how to deal with this prickly tree in Ruby without getting hurt. I will look at different XML and HTML parsing options available for Ruby, the pros and cons for each. I'll also look at where XML parsing technology has come from, and the future of XML coexisting with Ruby. Finally, I will take an in-depth look at dealing with XML and HTML with Nokogiri and some of the advanced features of the library.
Date
July 19, 2009
Room
Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall
Speaker Profile
Aaron is a Senior Software Engineer for AT&T Interactive. Aaron lives in Seattle and is an active member of Seattle.rb. In his free time, he helps maintain Ruby packages including Nokogiri and Mechanize. His hobbies include programming Ruby, playing piano, singing karaoke, and learning Japanese. You may know him by one of his many pseudonyms including ひげの山男、ボディビル仮面、or カラオケ チャンピオン.
