From: Richard Conroy Date: 2006-09-12T21:11:29+09:00 Subject: Re: Browser applications (applets, flash...) with Ruby? On 9/12/06, francis.rammeloo@gmail.com wrote: > Howdy, > > Is it possible to write applications in Ruby and let them run in an > internet browser, just like you could with applets or flash? Preferably > without the user having to install a special plug-in... Well you could host 'static content' flash and applets, and have them referenced in your view templates. Not really the approach I would go with (would use AJAX instead for rich content). > Has it been done? Would this be possible with JRuby? > I'd appreciate your insights a lot, please share them. AFAIK there is no way to do this, unless there is some wierd .NET stuff where you can bundle up arbitrary code in something that is browser runnable.