From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2012-05-22T03:33:04+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby in a box

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Justin Collins <justincollins@ucla.edu> wrote:
> 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.

That looks really interesting! I've never heard of it before, thanks
for the pointer.

martin