This is the source for my online guide to Ruby's C API. Visit the live site here.
Oh my god there are so many freaking guides to Ruby's C API. Why make another one? Mainly because I don't like any of the other ones.
- Most of them are outdated
- Most fail to cover different approaches when they are available
- Many cover only specific use-cases
- Many have bad recommendations
- Many fail to explain when and why things are needed
- Many seem to be trying for long and boring rather than trying to get the reader up and running as quickly as possible
And it struck me that all of these problems come from these guides largely being on media that do not promote community-driven updates. So I'm writing a new guide that doesn't suck and is on Github so you too can help make it not suck.