[nerodamsel]

I dont know but i want devc++ as my environment can i run ruby
on devc++?

[JackOfAllTrades]

DevC++ is a C++ programming IDE. You can use Eclipse and the Aptana RadRails plug-in, however.

[nerodamsel]

..i hate ruby environment i dont get it..

[vikhyat]

nerodamsel, on 26 Apr, 2009 - 03:33 PM, said:

..i hate ruby environment i dont get it..

Personally, I don't think an IDE is needed for Ruby programming. All you need is a regular text editor with syntax highlighting and everything else you might expect from it (like auto-indentation) and a command prompt open to run your code and tests. On Windows, ConTEXT and Notepad++ work well. On linux, depending on your desktop environment, you can use gedit or kate.

[Nakor]

If you want an IDE, NetBeans is free and offers Ruby support

http://www.netbeans....ruby/index.html

[OliveOyl3471]

Let's say I have Notepad++ and I would like to, well not compile, but...run the program in Ruby. Now how do you do that? I know how to use Notepad++ for HTML documents & Javascript, but how do you use it with Ruby?

vikhyat, on 26 Apr, 2009 - 10:40 PM, said:

All you need is a regular text editor with syntax highlighting and everything else you might expect from it (like auto-indentation) and a command prompt open to run your code and tests. On Windows, ConTEXT and Notepad++ work well.

Oh...I think this answers my question. It's like with MySQL, you run it in the command prompt?

This post has been edited by OliveOyl3471: 05 May 2009 - 11:50 AM

[rahulbatra]

OliveOyl3471, on 5 May, 2009 - 11:47 AM, said:

Oh...I think this answers my question. It's like with MySQL, you run it in the command prompt?

Exactly, tell your text editor (Notepad++) to run a command like

ruby <name of file>

This would run your ruby code provided the ruby interpreter is in your path variable.

[OliveOyl3471]

It's not working.

Is this what the command prompt should look like in Notepad++ for Ruby code?
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[JackOfAllTrades]

How did you install Ruby? You need to find the ruby.exe file in any event.

[OliveOyl3471]

Oh crap! I forgot you have to install Ruby...

...maybe I'm not cut out for Ruby. I'm more of a C++ kind of gal.


Thanks for the tips though. Maybe someday I'll try it again. haha