Hi, after following this discussion for a few days, I decided to do a little writeup on the various IDEs that are used for ruby editing. You can check it out at http://concentrationstudios.com/2006/12/19/ides-text-editors-and-bears-oh-my On 12/17/06, adaworks / sbcglobal.net <adaworks / sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I am new to Ruby, but I have used a lot of other > programming languages including Python, Ada, C++, > Java, etc. > > I downloaded Ruby to my Windows machine and installed > it by executing the self-install file (a .exe). An IDE that > came with it, FreeRide, does not seem to work at all. The > editor, SciTE seems pretty useless. > > Is there an IDE that actually works that one can use to > develop and compile Ruby. I am guessing there is since > so many people are using it. > > Thanks in advance, > > Richard Riehle > > > > -- Chris Carter concentrationstudios.com brynmawrcs.com