From: "Julian I. Kamil" <julian.kamil@...>
Date: 2006-02-23T01:13:32+09:00
Subject: Re: rubynuby - client side Ruby?

When completed, Pandora (http://pandora.rubyveil.com/) will allow Ruby
scripting on the browser without requiring any client-side extensions.

The idea is to mark certain Pandora pages as scriptable, and then use
ERB to execute the embedded code in a sandbox on the server.  The
effect is that the end user (or "programmer") does not have to be on
the server to code dynamic extensions / plugins for the system.  All
they need to do is edit the page using the Wiki editor form to enter
Ruby code into the page.  The safety of this approach will depend
heavily on how the sandbox is implemented and what functions it
provide.

On a longer term, something like Scriptaculous can be integrated on the
server as well so that client side Javascript code can be callable from
Pandora Box code written in Ruby--no Javascript programming required.
No client side extensions are required--just use a plain old browser to
create dynamic Web pages.

Best regards,

Julian I. Kamil <julian.kamil@gmail.com>