From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-02-22T13:47:46+09:00
Subject: Re: rubynuby - client side Ruby?

Tony Mobily wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Unless you are planning on developing for an intranet where you'd  have 
> COMPLETE control over the clients' configuration, I very much  doubt 
> that it would be a good idea to use Ruby instead of Javascript.
> 
> I am also not quite sure there are browsers out there which implement  
> Ruby as a scripting language, or if it's even possible to write an  
> extension for  Mozilla/Netscape that adds Ruby support to the client  
> (but I might be wrong).
> 
> I googled about it a little while ago, and didn't find it!

I believe you can use ActiveScript Ruby for this, but it requires that 
the client use IE and have ActiveScript Ruby installed.

You are likely better off using modern JavaScript (e.g. DHTML) to 
interact with Ruby business logic running on a Web server.


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