Re: can't open new ruby program under "new" context menu

Thank you! I downloaded Intype and everything makes sense now.  I can write multi line programs, save them, and view the result in ruby now!  Well, there's a little problem, actually.  When I go to open the file, the ruby screen will appear for a fraction of a second and then close.  It did this for 3 out of the 4 programs I saved.  Is this a glitch that has an easy fix?  By the way, if you don't mind me asking, what is your job title? I  want to learn programming so I can get a job in it, but aside from a job with the word programmer in the title, I don't know what kind of jobs are out there.  Basically, what can I do with this for a job?


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 From: Damián M. González <[e-mail]>
To: ruby-talk ML <[e-mail]> 
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: can't open new ruby program under "new" context menu
 
Lee V. wrote in post #1090637:
> Well, I'm up to page 43 in Chris Pine's book and having a lot of fun,
> but I still can't figure out two basic things.  One is what I've already
> asked you about.  I'm just going to paste what his book says so you can
> see what I'm having trouble with:
>
> Now let’s make a folder on your desktop in which you’ll keep all of your
> programs. Right-click your desktop, select New, and then select Folder.
> Name it something truly memorable, such as programs. Now doubleclick
> the folder to open it.
> To make a blank Ruby program, right-click in the folder, select New,
> and then select Ruby Program. You can rename the file if you want,
> but make sure to keep the .rb file extension, since that’s what tells
> your
> computer this is a Ruby program (and not an email or a picture of Mr.
> Bean or something).
>
>
> I have a feeling creating the folder will be important down the road but
> I just can't figure out how to do it.  Is my problem that I shouldn't be
> using 'interactive ruby'?  That's what I've been using for everything,
> which brings me to my second question; I don't know how to make more
> than one line of a program at a time.  Whenever I type a line of program
> and press enter, I get the response.  I know there's got to be a way to
> fix this.  I even tried typing lines at a time in the editor and then
> pasting it into interactive ruby, but it still only reads one line at a
> time.  Please help! I'm understanding all the programming I'm doing but
> these 2 basic, setup things, are driving me crazy! 

Ey my friend! don't be crazy. I was in the same foots like you a year 
ago. You have to know a few things: what Pine calls a 'Ruby Programm' is 
a just a *.txt file, with the extension changed to *.rb. There, in a any 
text file you can make a programm. Any IDE(Integrated Development 
Environment) what does is just help you to write a text file, which will 
become your programm, it puts color on strings and colors on variables 
because it's more easy for you to see the code, to read the code, but 
still is a text file with utf-8 characters in the most cases. How do you 
can execute your programms? (text files... remember), you have to open 
the console, I mean cmd, and then put:

ruby 'C:/RubyPrograms/MyFirstProgram/source_code.rb'

Something like that, you have to put ruby and then the full path. 
There's many things that you have to know but start with this. This way 
you can run all the programms you want. I will recommend you a very 
light IDE to start, just for strat: InType. Is very basic, then once you 
domine some skills, switch to AptanaStudio3, it is free. Best for me is 
RubyMine but you have to buy it, is not free. AptanaStudio3 does it 
good.
Hope this help you, don't be afraid to ask. Have fun!

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