john_st Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Hello! I've been programming in ObjectPascal using the Borland Delphi software development package. I write my code, hit run and it get's compiled and I get an .exe file (on Windows) I have switched lately to a Macbook and would like to give programming in Ruby a shot, but I'm unclear how to do it. I would like to be able to do the same thing as with Borland Delphi. Can you give me any tips? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76947-programming-in-ruby/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'm getting into Ruby myself, and I've found two (free) IDEs with Ruby capability. The newest version of NetBeans has a built-in Ruby editor/compiler. There's also a downloadable plugin for Eclipse called the Ruby Development Tools. This adds Ruby capabilities to whatever base Eclipse package you download. I haven't used either much for Ruby yet (trying to finish a Java project for class), but both seem capable enough. Try em out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76947-programming-in-ruby/#findComment-543757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I know a little bit of Ruby... Borat's Terms: It easy computer brain words for make sexy-code!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76947-programming-in-ruby/#findComment-545152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadedknight Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Ruby does not really have any libraries for desktop.. I think it has the Ruby TK library.. and possibly another, but in terms of the libraries to create GUI's it's really lacking. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76947-programming-in-ruby/#findComment-545579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
radov4n Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 No libraries for desktop GUI?! There are bindings for Cocoa / Carbon. There's QT Ruby. There's GTK Ruby. And I think there's even WX binding. OpenGL and Ruby bind great too. XCode 3.0 comes with support for Ruby. You have everything you need. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76947-programming-in-ruby/#findComment-602561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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