From: James Date: 2011-04-14T06:05:22+09:00 Subject: Re: Hello --000e0cd215508f678904a0d32af8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 My tactic when introducing new folks to ruby is to not shy away from the notepad+cmd approach. I might recommend a better text editor, sure, but ultimately I think there's a lot of value to being comfortable with your tools and OS. On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Martin DeMello wrote: > And RadRails is worth a look too, if you're specifically interested in > rails development. > > http://www.aptana.com/products/radrails > > martin > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Martin DeMello > wrote: > > FreeRIDE hasn't been worked on in years, and can be considered > > obsolete. NetBeans is on the heavy side, but is probably your best bet > > right now. > > > > martin > > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:02 AM, James wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm working with James Nathan to get him up and running. > >> > >> As an investment in future knowledge, I just installed FreeRIDE on > Windows 7 > >> x64, and whilst the text editor opened just fine it wouldn't actually > run a > >> ruby program. The editor window hung with a "not responding" error. > >> > >> best > >> > >> James > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Vincent Manis > wrote: > >> > >>> On 2011-04-12, at 18:27, James Nathan wrote: > >>> > >>> > does ruby need the visual studio 2008 to run? > >>> > James Nathan > >>> > >>> No. > >>> > >>> -- vincent > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > --000e0cd215508f678904a0d32af8--