From: Jim Cochrane <allergic-to-spam@...>
Date: 2008-04-17T07:35:14+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby execution

On 2008-04-15, Michael Brooks <michael.brooks@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Jim Cochrane wrote:
>> On 2008-04-15, Michael Brooks <michael.brooks@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>> Sumanta Das wrote:
>>>> can i execute ruby program step by step?
>>>> like c language.....pressing F7... i can debug my program.
>>>> is there any way to do the same?
>>>> thanx
>>> Hello Sumanta:
>>>
>>> In addition to the other good suggestions made by others, you may want 
>>> to consider purchasing a ruby specific IDE that supports debugging such 
>>> as Arachno Ruby:
>>>
>>> http://www.ruby-ide.com/ruby/ruby_ide_and_ruby_editor.php
>>>
>>> Michael
>> 
>> Sorry for the side track, but how good/complete is the Linux version of
>> this IDE (for anyone who knows)?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>
> Hello Jim:
>
> I can't speak to the Linux version because I've only tried (and 
> purchased) the Windows version which is very good.  I'm coming from 
> Delphi so something like this IDE really eases the shock.  The only 
> significant thing missing compared to Delphi is a GUI builder but I can 
> understand why because there are so many GUI choices for Ruby (I'm 
> partial to wxRuby).
>
> Might I suggest you download the 20 day trial of the Linux version of 
> Arachno Ruby and try it out.  There support is good too... I had some 
> really stupid questions during the trial and they politely answered all 
> of them.

Thanks, Michael, for the suggestion.  I'll consider checking out the
trial version when I've "gotten back into Ruby learning mode".  (I
started studying Ruby over a year ago, got sidetracked by a Perl job,
and want to get back into learning Ruby, hopefully soon.)


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