From: "Benedikt Müller" <benemue@...>
Date: 2010-05-03T13:26:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Main working window for Ruby is DOS?

Hi Kaye
Visual BASIC is a
IDE(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_development_environment).
The compiler, that "translates" the sourcecode into machine code, is
integrated. when you download ruby, there is only the interpreter(a
thing similar to the compiler), but the IDE is an extra application. A
few good IDEs for ruby are:
 * Netbeans
 * Eclipse
 * FreeRIDE

2010/5/3 Kaye Ng <sbstn26@yahoo.com>:
> I know nothing about programming and am not a techy person, so please
> excuse the terms I'm using.
>
> I just downloaded Ruby.  I expected an environment like Visual BASIC
> where there's a tool bar on the left side and you can just click a
> textbox, label, or a command button and it would appear on a Form.
> Isn't Ruby like that?
>
> Is it just a DOS window and nothing else?  I know it's a stupid
> question, sorry.  But like I said, I know nothing.
>
> Thanks guys.
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>



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Gruß, Benedikt