Ruby without commandline?

[Peter Parker]

Hello

First of all I am sorry if I am posting this in the wrong sections, mods
may move this to the correct one.

I come from a PHP background. I have been using frameworks )(Zend,
cakephp) since years.

I am planning to learn Ruby. I want to make a small project in it but
was wondering if its possible to make the project without using a
command line. Every tutorial I read on the internet explains how to run
your ruby code using command line. In Zend or cakephp, we have the
option to either use the command line or download the framework library
from their respective website and start using your favourite IDE and
start coding.

1) Is this also possible in Ruby?

2) Can I download the framework library and start coding using Netbeans
etc?

3) Is there any (step-by-step) tutorial available for the same?


Any help will be highly appreciated.


Many thanks


PS: FYI - I use Ubuntu 9.04 with apache 2.2

 

[Phillip Gawlowski]

Hello

First of all I am sorry if I am posting this in the wrong sections, mods
may move this to the correct one.

I come from a PHP background. I have been using frameworks )(Zend,
cakephp) since years.

I am planning to learn Ruby. I want to make a small project in it but
was wondering if its possible to make the project without using a
command line. Every tutorial I read on the internet explains how to run
your ruby code using command line. In Zend or cakephp, we have the
option to either use the command line or download the framework library
from their respective website and start using your favourite IDE and
start coding.

Ruby is more than a language for the web. If all you want to do are
websites, then looking at mod_passenger for Ruby on Rails is your best
bet.

1) Is this also possible in Ruby?

See above.

2) Can I download the framework library and start coding using Netbeans
etc?

There is no "the framework library" in the stricter sense. Unlike PHP,
Ruby is a scripting language that is useful for lots of things, from
CLI scripts, to the web, to desktop applications. Pretty much every
language uses some level of command line interaction, if only to
generate the project skeleton.

However, you *can* use Netbeans (or Eclipse, or a couple of other IDEs
/ editors) to create a new project (NetBeans has a Rails plugin, and
ships with an inbuilt JRuby and Rails, but both are likely to be out
of date out of the box).

3) Is there any (step-by-step) tutorial available for the same?

If you use your favorite IDE, it'll work just like any other project
type support by said IDE.

--
Phillip Gawlowski

Though the folk I have met,
(Ah, how soon!) they forget
When I've moved on to some other place,
There may be one or two,
When I've played and passed through,
Who'll remember my song or my face.

 

[Christopher Dicely]

Hello

First of all I am sorry if I am posting this in the wrong sections, mods
may move this to the correct one.

I come from a PHP background. I have been using frameworks )(Zend,
cakephp) since years.

I am planning to learn Ruby. I want to make a small project in it but
was wondering if its possible to make the project without using a
command line. Every tutorial I read on the internet explains how to run
your ruby code using command line. In Zend or cakephp, we have the
option to either use the command line or download the framework library
from their respective website and start using your favourite IDE and
start coding.

1) Is this also possible in Ruby?
Yeah.


2) Can I download the framework library and start coding using Netbeans
etc?

Not sure which "framework library" you mean, but you almost certainly can.

3) Is there any (step-by-step) tutorial available for the same?

Here's a tutorial for Ruby with Netbeans:
http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/ruby/quickstart.html

There's also a link at the end to a Ruby on Rails with Netbeans tutorial.