libxml-ruby reaches 1.0!

Posted by Charlie Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:52:00 GMT

A mere seven years after its inception, libxml-ruby has finally reached version 1.0. libxml-ruby provides ruby, via the libxml2 libary, the super fast, feature rich xml parser that is has sorely lacked.

Last year I posted about the resurrection of the project, and since then we've made enormous progress. The 1.0 release marks the culmination of this work, and comes with tons of goodies:

  • Ruby 1.9.1 support
  • Out of the box support for OS X 10.5 and MacPorts
  • Greatly expanded documentation
  • Much better test coverage
  • A nice, clean API that makes it easy to do simple things, but provides all the power of libxml2 if you need it

Not to mention that libxml-ruby is blindingly fast and incredibly feature rich (see my post from last year for all the details), making it the choice for a number of high-traffic websites.

So give them a try - its as easy to install as: 

gem install libxml-ruby

And if you feel like polishing your ruby, xml, or C skills, come join the community!

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  1. Avatar José Valim said about 5 hours later:

    Thanks Charlie! You work is very appreciated! :)

  2. Avatar Andrew Stone said about 20 hours later:

    Great work. Thank you!

  3. Avatar Lamotte Denis said 1 day later:

    This is a very big new for the ruby communauty, Thanks for all the work

    Denis

  4. Avatar Bart ten Brinke said 1 day later:

    Did you know Rails 2.3 RC2 will have libxml-support?

  5. Avatar Charlie said 1 day later:

    Hi Bart,

    Yeah, I just noticed that earlier today. That will be great.

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