From: Vincent Manis <vmanis@...>
Date: 2011-04-14T10:46:02+09:00
Subject: Re: so, who's writing a dedicated ruby ide?

On 2011-04-13, at 08:29, andrew mcelroy wrote:
> I will have in released in the next week or so the beginnings of Try Ruby
> offline.
> It isn't geared towards professionals, but rather beginners.
> The idea is to put a repl + embedded ruby 1.9.2 interpreter into a simple to
> run executable for windows mac and linux.
This is a very worthwhile project, and I think it will be extremely useful. 

I would hesitate to call it an IDE, though, as from your description it doesn't appear to include any kind of editor. Thus while it's extremely useful for experimenting with Ruby (hence the name), it's not going to be ideal for helping newbies learn to write programs in Ruby. 

Is there any chance you might want to push this project a bit further and include a basic editor? 

-- v