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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Strings String Documentation

Posted by arnaud
arnaud
13,859 Points

Can someone recommend a good ruby interpreter?

I'm obviously quite new to ruby and programming in general, but I was wondering what my options were. Sure, there is workspaces, but I was hoping to find an app for mac where I could practice and run my code? Thanks for your help.

4 Answers

Brandon Mowat
Brandon Mowat
8,186 Points
Brandon Mowat
Brandon Mowat
8,186 Points

CodeRunner is good for what you're looking for. I'm sure there's plugins for something like intelliJ though.

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Just install Ruby on your machine and you will get the IRB - a console interpreter for Ruby. If you're on a Mac, just run irb in your console.

Brandon Mowat
Brandon Mowat
8,186 Points
Brandon Mowat
Brandon Mowat
8,186 Points

I think what Arnaud is looking for is something like a sandbox. Something that he can debug in and will help him learn to program more easily.

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

But irb is a sandbox where you can test and debug your code...it's an interpreter.

arnaud
arnaud
13,859 Points
arnaud
arnaud
13,859 Points

Thanks guys, I'll try both methods indeed.

arnaud
arnaud
13,859 Points

By the way, any good mobile interpreters for iPad, to practice running my code on the go?

Kristin Jones
Kristin Jones
12,217 Points
Kristin Jones
Kristin Jones
12,217 Points

I know this is a tad late posting 4 months after the question but the online irb interpreter at http://www.tutorialspoint.com/ruby_terminal_online.php works great if I browse to it on safari on my iPad. (And, I'm using an old as dirt iPad from the year iPad first hit the market).

So, if you have internet access, that site's a good alternative for a repl on the go.