From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2011-08-05T06:26:22+09:00
Subject: Re: What type of simple applications you wrote while learning Ruby?

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On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 06:24:01PM +0900, Rubyist Rohit wrote:
> I am using NotePad++ on Windows 7 to write and learn Ruby. While
> learning about Classes, I feel I can't learn much using NotePad++ until
> and unless I write a real GUI app'. using either wxRuby or fxRuby.
>=20
> When you all started learning Ruby, what type of simple applications you
> created and which editor you used?

Actually, I get more mileage out of writing command line utilities when
learning a new language than trying to write GUI applications.  With
command line utilities, I get to focus more on the language.  With GUI
applications, I tend to spend all my time focusing on learning the
language's interface to a GUI toolkit.  Then again, I do almost
everything on BSD Unix systems, and occasionally Linux-based systems;
it's not quite as convenient trying to write useful command line
applications on MS Windows.  I guess Web development is probably your
best bet there.

As mentioned, use the editor that works best for you.  I tend to use Vim
and/or nvi.  As clicky GUI editors go, SciTE is pretty good, too.  A lot
of Mac users swear by TextMate.

Good luck.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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