Jari Williamsson
12/11/2007 8:54:00 PM
Chris Daves wrote:
> Hi i'm completely new to ruby but have some experience in java. First
> thing first, whats the best version of ruby to download and where from?
> I have downloaded ruby fxri for windows. Also i have tried to make a
> small program on this type of ruby but can't find out how to compile it.
> I can make a puts statedment work in the real time area and i have scite
> text editor. but i am trying to get ruby to read in a file of references
> and then just output them same.
As a beginner on Windows, I guess you first want the one-click installer.
Ruby is a dynamic interpreted language, not a compiled one, although
there are compilers in development (such as for JRuby). To run a Ruby
app, you normally just run:
ruby yourfile.rb
...from the command line.
(But you can bundle your script projects to an EXE file with
RubyScript2Exe, however.)
Perhaps you always want NetBeans if you're used to Java and having your
programs in projects/IDE.
Best regards,
Jari Williamsson