From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2012-05-22T03:23:48+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby in a box

On 05/21/2012 01:24 AM, Martin DeMello wrote:
> I've been thinking about the minimal feature set a beginner-friendly
> ruby development/learning environment should have. I feel the
> following are essential:
>
> 1. An editor pane
>
> 2. A drracket-style repl, that can reset itself and reload all the
> definitions from the editor pane
>
> 3. The ability to run the program from within the IDE
>
> 4. Built-in docs (possibly via launching a browser window, though I
> note that drracket took a definite hit in how friendly it felt when it
> went that route)
This sounds a lot like Kid's Ruby, except for the REPL: http://kidsruby.com/

Might be a good starting point.

-Justin