From: Nicholas Evans <OwlManAtt@...>
Date: 2006-06-12T03:03:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for Highschoolers?

I'm not after a full-blown IDE. They'd be working under Windows, and I'm 
(perhaps wrongly) reluctant to open up the command prompt. I want to 
focus on programming, and not have to bother with Windows shell commands 
too.

DrScheme worked out really well. I guess what I'm after is a nice 
frontend to irb, and if I have to, I'll write it myself (and release it 
to the world, of course!).

Timothy Hunter wrote:
>> The IDE could be a problem, but if anything, it could probably be 
>> coded in Ruby using one of the toolkits in a couple days/weeks (using 
>> Fox, Tk, etc.).
>>   
> 
> 
> I know this will be controversial, but...IDE? Why do you need an IDE? 
> They're learning programming, not clicking on things. They can write 
> their Ruby programs using whatever text editor is convenient, vim, 
> emacs, Scite, whatever.
> 
> "IDE? We don't need no stinkin' IDE!"