ruby ?

[matrixknow]

Hola,

Many languages or software is related to the development of websites, javascript, php, css ... If you think they stop inventing new things then you got ... a new one.

javascript = client browser actions.
php = server side scripting language.
css = presentation of your webpages.

Where should I situate ruby ?
1. they said its a framework, what is a framework ?
2. they said its an easy language, syntax, is this and why ?
3. has ruby a great potential between all the other technologies. Can you compare it with php ?
4. is ruby an open source technology ?

 

[feherke]

Hi

1. they said its a framework, what is a framework ?

No, Ruby is not a framework. Ruby on Rails is a framework.

For and explanation I suggest to read the software framework article in Wikipedia.

2. they said its an easy language, syntax, is this and why ?

Decide yourself. Personally I say yes, it is easy. YMMV.

3. has ruby a great potential between all the other technologies. Can you compare it with php ?

Personally I say yes, it has potential. Yes, I can compare it with PHP. And with Perl. And with Tcl. And a bit with Python. All those are suitable for solving various tasks.

For more details I suggest to read "Ruby From Other Languages".

4. is ruby an open source technology ?

Why not read yourself ?

Ruby is also totally free. Not only free of charge, but also free to use, copy, modify, and distribute.

http://ruby-lang.org/en/about/

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[stevexff]

I've been messing about with Ruby a bit recently, largely because I think I may have retired before Perl 6 arrives

It seems pretty good, and once you get your head around the yield/block thing you can write some clean, slick code.

This forum doesn't get much activity, which is surprising given the growing popularity of the language. Maybe there are other more popular forums?

Does anyone know of a good open source IDE for Ruby?

Steve

[small]"Every program can be reduced by one instruction, and every program has at least one bug. Therefore, any program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work." (Object:erlDesignPatterns)[/small]

 

[feherke]

Hi

Does anyone know of a good open source IDE for Ruby?

I have FreeRIDE installed. I never used it, was just installed with the Ruby package. But looks good enough.

[small][gray](...)[/gray][/small] FreeRIDE, a cross-platform IDE for the Ruby programming language. It is distributed under the same terms as Ruby itself.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[stevexff]

Thanks, I'll give it a try...

Steve

[small]"Every program can be reduced by one instruction, and every program has at least one bug. Therefore, any program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work." (Object:erlDesignPatterns)[/small]