# Hello

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [6 April 2011 22:09 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360 "2011-04-06T22:09:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Moises\_Montenegro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Moises\_Montenegro](https://rubytalk.org/u/Moises_Montenegro)\
**Post date:** [6 April 2011 22:09 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/1 "2011-04-06T22:09:36Z")

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Hello,

I'm new to the Ruby community, but I am very adamant about joining.  
I apologize for the inital #help command that was incorrectly sent here.

I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.

I hope to contribute in the future.

Thanks,  
Moises Montenegro

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**Author:** ![John\_Morrice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@John\_Morrice](https://rubytalk.org/u/John_Morrice)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2011 00:00 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/2 "2011-04-07T00:00:55Z")

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> I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.

Do you use ruby at work?

There was a post recently where someone asked if learning ruby would  
help them find a job. So, what tools do you use? Such a tale may be  
beneficial to our learnings about the world and the things in it...

Cheers  
Johnny

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**Author:** ![James\_Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@James\_Nathan](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Nathan)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2011 03:53 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/3 "2011-04-07T03:53:25Z")

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hello I am trying to get it stated myself, but I am not sure if I am setting Ruby up right.

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> --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Moises Montenegro \<[moemonty@gmail.com](mailto:moemonty@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> 
> From: Moises Montenegro \<[moemonty@gmail.com](mailto:moemonty@gmail.com)\>  
> Subject: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<[ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)\>  
> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 4:09 PM
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm new to the Ruby community, but I am very adamant about joining.  
> I apologize for the inital #help command that was incorrectly sent here.
> 
> I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.
> 
> I hope to contribute in the future.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Moises Montenegro

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**Author:** ![jake\_kaiden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@jake\_kaiden](https://rubytalk.org/u/jake_kaiden)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2011 01:59 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/4 "2011-04-08T01:59:04Z")

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hi james -

&nbsp;&nbsp;take a look at the ruby download page:  
[http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/)

&nbsp;&nbsp;and for rails:  
[http://rubyonrails.org/download](http://rubyonrails.org/download)

&nbsp;&nbsp;if you still have problems, you should mention what system you have  
(linux, osx, windows, etc.) and how you are trying to install. people  
here are generally very helpful, but details are always needed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;good luck,

&nbsp;&nbsp;-j

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> --  
> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).

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**Author:** ![Stu1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Stu1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Stu1)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2011 11:10 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/5 "2011-04-07T11:10:32Z")

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details?

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>
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:53 PM, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\> wrote:
> 
> > hello I am trying to get it stated myself, but I am not sure if I am setting Ruby up right.
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Moises Montenegro \<moemonty@gmail.com\> wrote:
> > 
> > From: Moises Montenegro \<moemonty@gmail.com\>  
> > Subject: Hello  
> > To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\>  
> > Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 4:09 PM
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm new to the Ruby community, but I am very adamant about joining.  
> > I apologize for the inital #help command that was incorrectly sent here.
> > 
> > I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.
> > 
> > I hope to contribute in the future.
> > 
> > Thanks,  
> > Moises Montenegro

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**Author:** ![James\_Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@James\_Nathan](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Nathan)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2011 01:29 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/6 "2011-04-08T01:29:58Z")

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I am having a hard time to get it up and running. that is Ruby and Ruby on Rails. it seems that no one is willing to help so that we can enjoy this porgram. If their anyway that I can get it downloaded to me, some help to make sure that have the right porgrams.  
James Nathan

> **···**
>
> --- On Wed, 4/6/11, James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\> wrote:
> 
> From: James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\>  
> Subject: Re: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<[ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)\>  
> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9:53 PM
> 
> hello I am trying to get it stated myself, but I am not sure if I am setting Ruby up right.
> 
> --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Moises Montenegro \<[moemonty@gmail.com](mailto:moemonty@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> 
> From: Moises Montenegro \<[moemonty@gmail.com](mailto:moemonty@gmail.com)\>  
> Subject: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<[ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)\>  
> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 4:09 PM
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm new to the Ruby community, but I am very adamant about joining.  
> I apologize for the inital #help command that was incorrectly sent here.
> 
> I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.
> 
> I hope to contribute in the future.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Moises Montenegro

---

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**Author:** ![James\_Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@James\_Nathan](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Nathan)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2011 03:12 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/7 "2011-04-08T03:12:47Z")

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Jake,  
I have been reading Beginning Rails, and Beginning Ruby. the system that i have is Window 7 Professional I just wanted to try to get it up and running so that I can start writing a program. I do not want give up on ruby. is their anyway that someone can help me up load the program.  
James Nathan

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>
> --- On Thu, 4/7/11, jake kaiden \<[jakekaiden@yahoo.com](mailto:jakekaiden@yahoo.com)\> wrote:
> 
> From: jake kaiden \<[jakekaiden@yahoo.com](mailto:jakekaiden@yahoo.com)\>  
> Subject: Re: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<[ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)\>  
> Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7:59 PM
> 
> hi james -
> 
> take a look at the ruby download page:  
> [http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/)
> 
> and for rails:  
> [http://rubyonrails.org/download](http://rubyonrails.org/download)
> 
> if you still have problems, you should mention what system you have  
> (linux, osx, windows, etc.) and how you are trying to install. people  
> here are generally very helpful, but details are always needed.
> 
> good luck,
> 
> -j
> 
> --  
> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).

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**Author:** ![James\_Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@James\_Nathan](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Nathan)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2011 17:17 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/8 "2011-04-08T17:17:18Z")

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no I do not use ruby at work, I just like to use so that I can write a program for myself.

> **···**
>
> --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Johnny Morrice \<spoon@killersmurf.com\> wrote:
> 
> From: Johnny Morrice \<spoon@killersmurf.com\>  
> Subject: Re: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\>  
> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 6:00 PM
> 
> > I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.
> 
> Do you use ruby at work?
> 
> There was a post recently where someone asked if learning ruby would  
> help them find a job. So, what tools do you use? Such a tale may be  
> beneficial to our learnings about the world and the things in it...
> 
> Cheers  
> Johnny

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**Author:** ![James10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@James10](https://rubytalk.org/u/James10)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2011 01:56 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/9 "2011-04-08T01:56:22Z")

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No one is willing to help? That doesn't sound like the ruby on rails  
community; I always found those guys awesome.

What's the problem you're having? Have you installed Ruby correctly? What OS  
are you on?

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>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:29 PM, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\>wrote:
> 
> > I am having a hard time to get it up and running. that is Ruby and Ruby on  
> > Rails. it seems that no one is willing to help so that we can enjoy this  
> > porgram. If their anyway that I can get it downloaded to me, some help to  
> > make sure that have the right porgrams.  
> > James Nathan
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 4/6/11, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\> wrote:
> > 
> > From: James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\>  
> > Subject: Re: Hello  
> > To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\>  
> > Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9:53 PM
> > 
> > hello I am trying to get it stated myself, but I am not sure if I am  
> > setting Ruby up right.
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Moises Montenegro \<moemonty@gmail.com\> wrote:
> > 
> > From: Moises Montenegro \<moemonty@gmail.com\>  
> > Subject: Hello  
> > To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\>  
> > Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 4:09 PM
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm new to the Ruby community, but I am very adamant about joining.  
> > I apologize for the inital #help command that was incorrectly sent here.
> > 
> > I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.
> > 
> > I hope to contribute in the future.
> > 
> > Thanks,  
> > Moises Montenegro

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**Author:** ![Phil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@Phil](https://rubytalk.org/u/Phil)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2011 04:05 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/10 "2011-04-08T04:05:16Z")

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Does the installer at [http://rubyinstaller.org/](http://rubyinstaller.org/) not work?

Frankly, you are stating \*that\* you have a problem, but not \*what\*  
problem you have, making it very difficult to help you solve your  
problem.

> **···**
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 5:12 AM, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\> wrote:
> 
> > Jake,  
> > I have been reading Beginning Rails, and Beginning Ruby. the system that i have is Window 7 Professional I just wanted  
> > to try to get it up and running so that I can start writing a program. I do not want give up on ruby. is their anyway that  
> > someone can help me up load the program.
> 
> --  
> 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.

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**Author:** ![James\_Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@James\_Nathan](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Nathan)\
**Post date:** [10 April 2011 22:39 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/11 "2011-04-10T22:39:32Z")

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does the Free Ride program for Ruby the command program that I need to run and write my program?  
James Nathan

> **···**
>
> --- On Thu, 4/7/11, James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\> wrote:
> 
> From: James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\>  
> Subject: Re: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<[ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)\>  
> Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7:29 PM
> 
> I am having a hard time to get it up and running. that is Ruby and Ruby on Rails. it seems that no one is willing to help so that we can enjoy this porgram. If their anyway that I can get it downloaded to me, some help to make sure that have the right porgrams.  
> James Nathan
> 
> --- On Wed, 4/6/11, James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\> wrote:
> 
> From: James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\>  
> Subject: Re: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<[ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)\>  
> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9:53 PM
> 
> hello I am trying to get it stated myself, but I am not sure if I am setting Ruby up right.
> 
> --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Moises Montenegro \<[moemonty@gmail.com](mailto:moemonty@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> 
> From: Moises Montenegro \<[moemonty@gmail.com](mailto:moemonty@gmail.com)\>  
> Subject: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<[ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)\>  
> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 4:09 PM
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm new to the Ruby community, but I am very adamant about joining.  
> I apologize for the inital #help command that was incorrectly sent here.
> 
> I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.
> 
> I hope to contribute in the future.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Moises Montenegro

---

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**Author:** ![James10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@James10](https://rubytalk.org/u/James10)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2011 02:39 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/12 "2011-04-08T02:39:36Z")

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Open your cmd.exe and type in "where gem". You should get an output similar  
to:

C:\Users\jamandbees\>where gem  
C:\Ruby191\bin\gem  
C:\Ruby191\bin\gem.bat

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>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:08 PM, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\>wrote:
> 
> > I am using Windows 7 Professional and I think I have but I am not sure. I  
> > have book by Peter Cooper Beginning Ruby. and had this about two years.  
> > James Nathan
> > 
> > --- On \*Thu, 4/7/11, James \<oscartheduck@gmail.com\>\* wrote:
> > 
> > From: James \<oscartheduck@gmail.com\>  
> > Subject: Re: Hello  
> > To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org  
> > Cc: "James Nathan" \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\>  
> > Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7:56 PM
> > 
> > No one is willing to help? That doesn't sound like the ruby on rails  
> > community; I always found those guys awesome.
> > 
> > What's the problem you're having? Have you installed Ruby correctly? What  
> > OS are you on?
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:29 PM, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\<[http://mc/compose?to=badlands\_2004@yahoo.com&gt](http://mc/compose?to=badlands_2004@yahoo.com&gt); \> \> wrote:
> > 
> > I am having a hard time to get it up and running. that is Ruby and Ruby on  
> > Rails. it seems that no one is willing to help so that we can enjoy this  
> > porgram. If their anyway that I can get it downloaded to me, some help to  
> > make sure that have the right porgrams.  
> > James Nathan
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 4/6/11, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\<[http://mc/compose?to=badlands\_2004@yahoo.com&gt;&gt](http://mc/compose?to=badlands_2004@yahoo.com&gt;&gt); \> wrote:
> > 
> > From: James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\<[http://mc/compose?to=badlands\_2004@yahoo.com&gt](http://mc/compose?to=badlands_2004@yahoo.com&gt);  
> > \>  
> > Subject: Re: Hello  
> > To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\<[http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt](http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt);  
> > \>  
> > Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9:53 PM
> > 
> > hello I am trying to get it stated myself, but I am not sure if I am  
> > setting Ruby up right.
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Moises Montenegro \<moemonty@gmail.com\<[http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt;&gt](http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt;&gt); \> wrote:
> > 
> > From: Moises Montenegro \<moemonty@gmail.com\<[http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt](http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt);  
> > \>  
> > Subject: Hello  
> > To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\<[http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt](http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt);  
> > \>  
> > Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 4:09 PM
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm new to the Ruby community, but I am very adamant about joining.  
> > I apologize for the inital #help command that was incorrectly sent here.
> > 
> > I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.
> > 
> > I hope to contribute in the future.
> > 
> > Thanks,  
> > Moises Montenegro

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**Author:** ![Vincent\_Manis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Vincent\_Manis](https://rubytalk.org/u/Vincent_Manis)\
**Post date:** [10 April 2011 23:34 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/13 "2011-04-10T23:34:29Z")

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James, I'm not sure what your background is, so please accept my apologies if this answer doesn't  
suit your needs.

Ruby programs are run via the `ruby' command, which takes as an argument the name of the file containing  
your Ruby program. For example, if you put the following contents into a file named `prog.rb'

&nbsp;&nbsp;puts('Hello, world!')  
&nbsp;&nbsp;%w(fee fie foe fum).each do |word|  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;puts(word+word)  
&nbsp;&nbsp;end  
&nbsp;&nbsp;puts('And now goodbye')

(not an interesting program, but it serves as an example) and run it from a terminal window (Command Prompt in Windows), you will get output like this.

&nbsp;&nbsp;utopia:tmp vmanis$ ruby prog.rb  
&nbsp;&nbsp;Hello, world!  
&nbsp;&nbsp;feefee  
&nbsp;&nbsp;fiefie  
&nbsp;&nbsp;foefoe  
&nbsp;&nbsp;fumfum  
&nbsp;&nbsp;And now goodbye

I did this on Macintosh OS X (the output is cut&pasted from my Terminal window), but you will get similar results on any system.

Now how did you get the program into the file `prog.rb'? You use a text editor for that purpose. I used Emacs, because I know and love it. Others will get equally good results with Vim, TextMate or TextEdit (on Macs), or one of many other editors. (I don't really recommend Windows NotePad, because (a) it is almost featureless, and (b) it really wants to edit text (.txt) files, but no doubt some people can use it happily. Don't try to use Microsoft Word or OpenOffice as your text editor, these are really not designed for editing programs. Don't post an email saying `What is the best editor for Ruby programmers?', unless you want to get a LOT of email where people argue that THEIR editor is the best and everyone else's is garbage 🙂

The irb program, provided as a part of the core Ruby package, provides a great way of experimenting with programs. It also runs in your terminal/Command Prompt window. Suppose you put the following into prog2.rb:

&nbsp;&nbsp;def greet(who)  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;puts("Hello, #{who}")  
&nbsp;&nbsp;end

Now you can try it out by calling the procedure interactively, by running irb.

&nbsp;&nbsp;utopia:tmp vmanis$ irb  
&nbsp;&nbsp;irb(main):001:0\> load 'prog2.rb'  
&nbsp;&nbsp;=\> true  
&nbsp;&nbsp;irb(main):002:0\> greet("Gandalf")  
&nbsp;&nbsp;Hello, Gandalf  
&nbsp;&nbsp;=\> nil  
&nbsp;&nbsp;irb(main):003:0\>

Not so useful for running a program on its own, but very convenient for trying things out and also for debugging.

FreeRIDE is intended to be an integrated development environment for Ruby, including an editor, debugger, and other tools. I don't know its current status, but a look on its web page, freeride.rubyforge,org, seems to indicate nothing has happened to it since approximately 2006, which suggests it's not something you want to start using. There are a number of supported IDEs for Ruby out there, including plugins for Eclipse and Visual Studio, as well as commercial products (some of which cost money, others might be available at no cost), from companies such as JetBrains or ActiveState.

All of these IDEs sit on top of the actual Ruby package. Their job is to make a programmer's job more productive. Some people really like them, others don't. But you don't need them if you want to get started programming in Ruby.

I hope you found that useful. Please feel free to email me if you have additional questions. -- vincent

> **···**
>
> On 2011-04-10, at 15:39, James Nathan wrote:
> 
> > does the Free Ride program for Ruby the command program that I need to run and write my program?  
> > James Nathan

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**Author:** ![James\_Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@James\_Nathan](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Nathan)\
**Post date:** [11 April 2011 23:19 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/14 "2011-04-11T23:19:13Z")

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is there a disk that we can seen off and use. so that we can all the parts of ruby and ruby on rails. I would like this disk.  
James Nathan

> **···**
>
> --- On Sun, 4/10/11, James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\> wrote:
> 
> From: James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\>  
> Subject: Re: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<[ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)\>  
> Date: Sunday, April 10, 2011, 4:39 PM
> 
> does the Free Ride program for Ruby the command program that I need to run and write my program?  
> James Nathan
> 
> --- On Thu, 4/7/11, James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\> wrote:
> 
> From: James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\>  
> Subject: Re: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<[ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)\>  
> Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7:29 PM
> 
> I am having a hard time to get it up and running. that is Ruby and Ruby on Rails. it seems that no one is willing to help so that we can enjoy this porgram. If their anyway that I can get it downloaded to me, some help to make sure that have the right porgrams.  
> James Nathan
> 
> --- On Wed, 4/6/11, James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\> wrote:
> 
> From: James Nathan \<[badlands\_2004@yahoo.com](mailto:badlands_2004@yahoo.com)\>  
> Subject: Re: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<[ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)\>  
> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9:53 PM
> 
> hello I am trying to get it stated myself, but I am not sure if I am setting Ruby up right.
> 
> --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Moises Montenegro \<[moemonty@gmail.com](mailto:moemonty@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> 
> From: Moises Montenegro \<[moemonty@gmail.com](mailto:moemonty@gmail.com)\>  
> Subject: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<[ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)\>  
> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 4:09 PM
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm new to the Ruby community, but I am very adamant about joining.  
> I apologize for the inital #help command that was incorrectly sent here.
> 
> I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.
> 
> I hope to contribute in the future.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Moises Montenegro

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I will try this thanks

> **···**
>
> --- On Thu, 4/7/11, James \<oscartheduck@gmail.com\> wrote:
> 
> From: James \<oscartheduck@gmail.com\>  
> Subject: Re: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\>, badlands\_2004@yahoo.com  
> Cc: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org  
> Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 8:39 PM
> 
> Open your cmd.exe and type in "where gem". You should get an output similar  
> to:
> 
> C:\Users\jamandbees\>where gem  
> C:\Ruby191\bin\gem  
> C:\Ruby191\bin\gem.bat
> 
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:08 PM, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\>wrote:
> 
> > I am using Windows 7 Professional and I think I have but I am not sure. I  
> > have book by Peter Cooper Beginning Ruby. and had this about two years.  
> > James Nathan
> > 
> > --- On \*Thu, 4/7/11, James \<oscartheduck@gmail.com\>\* wrote:
> > 
> > From: James \<oscartheduck@gmail.com\>  
> > Subject: Re: Hello  
> > To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org  
> > Cc: "James Nathan" \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\>  
> > Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7:56 PM
> > 
> > No one is willing to help? That doesn't sound like the ruby on rails  
> > community; I always found those guys awesome.
> > 
> > What's the problem you're having? Have you installed Ruby correctly? What  
> > OS are you on?
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:29 PM, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\<[http://mc/compose?to=badlands\_2004@yahoo.com&gt](http://mc/compose?to=badlands_2004@yahoo.com&gt); \> \> wrote:
> > 
> > I am having a hard time to get it up and running. that is Ruby and Ruby on  
> > Rails. it seems that no one is willing to help so that we can enjoy this  
> > porgram. If their anyway that I can get it downloaded to me, some help to  
> > make sure that have the right porgrams.  
> > James Nathan
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 4/6/11, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\<[http://mc/compose?to=badlands\_2004@yahoo.com&gt;&gt](http://mc/compose?to=badlands_2004@yahoo.com&gt;&gt); \> wrote:
> > 
> > From: James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\<[http://mc/compose?to=badlands\_2004@yahoo.com&gt](http://mc/compose?to=badlands_2004@yahoo.com&gt);  
> > \>  
> > Subject: Re: Hello  
> > To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\<[http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt](http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt);  
> > \>  
> > Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9:53 PM
> > 
> > hello I am trying to get it stated myself, but I am not sure if I am  
> > setting Ruby up right.
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Moises Montenegro \<moemonty@gmail.com\<[http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt;&gt](http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt;&gt); \> wrote:
> > 
> > From: Moises Montenegro \<moemonty@gmail.com\<[http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt](http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt);  
> > \>  
> > Subject: Hello  
> > To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\<[http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt](http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt);  
> > \>  
> > Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 4:09 PM
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm new to the Ruby community, but I am very adamant about joining.  
> > I apologize for the inital #help command that was incorrectly sent here.
> > 
> > I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.
> > 
> > I hope to contribute in the future.
> > 
> > Thanks,  
> > Moises Montenegro

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is there a disk that can be sent out for us to use for ruby and ruby on rails. so that we call the information that we need to set up our ruby program?  
James Nathan

> **···**
>
> --- On Sun, 4/10/11, Vincent Manis \<vmanis@telus.net\> wrote:
> 
> From: Vincent Manis \<vmanis@telus.net\>  
> Subject: Re: Hello  
> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\>  
> Date: Sunday, April 10, 2011, 5:34 PM
> 
> On 2011-04-10, at 15:39, James Nathan wrote:
> 
> > does the Free Ride program for Ruby the command program that I need to run and write my program?  
> > James Nathan
> 
> James, I'm not sure what your background is, so please accept my apologies if this answer doesn't  
> suit your needs.
> 
> Ruby programs are run via the `ruby' command, which takes as an argument the name of the file containing  
> your Ruby program. For example, if you put the following contents into a file named `prog.rb'
> 
> puts('Hello, world!')  
> %w(fee fie foe fum).each do |word|  
> puts(word+word)  
> end  
> puts('And now goodbye')
> 
> (not an interesting program, but it serves as an example) and run it from a terminal window (Command Prompt in Windows), you will get output like this.
> 
> utopia:tmp vmanis$ ruby prog.rb  
> Hello, world!  
> feefee  
> fiefie  
> foefoe  
> fumfum  
> And now goodbye
> 
> I did this on Macintosh OS X (the output is cut&pasted from my Terminal window), but you will get similar results on any system.
> 
> Now how did you get the program into the file `prog.rb'? You use a text editor for that purpose. I used Emacs, because I know and love it. Others will get equally good results with Vim, TextMate or TextEdit (on Macs), or one of many other editors. (I don't really recommend Windows NotePad, because (a) it is almost featureless, and (b) it really wants to edit text (.txt) files, but no doubt some people can use it happily. Don't try to use Microsoft Word or OpenOffice as your text editor, these are really not designed for editing programs. Don't post an email saying `What is the best editor for Ruby programmers?', unless you want to get a LOT of email where people argue that THEIR editor is the best and everyone else's is garbage 🙂
> 
> The irb program, provided as a part of the core Ruby package, provides a great way of experimenting with programs. It also runs in your terminal/Command Prompt window. Suppose you put the following into prog2.rb:
> 
> def greet(who)  
> puts("Hello, #{who}")  
> end
> 
> Now you can try it out by calling the procedure interactively, by running irb.
> 
> utopia:tmp vmanis$ irb  
> irb(main):001:0\> load 'prog2.rb'  
> =\> true  
> irb(main):002:0\> greet("Gandalf")  
> Hello, Gandalf  
> =\> nil  
> irb(main):003:0\>
> 
> Not so useful for running a program on its own, but very convenient for trying things out and also for debugging.
> 
> FreeRIDE is intended to be an integrated development environment for Ruby, including an editor, debugger, and other tools. I don't know its current status, but a look on its web page, freeride.rubyforge,org, seems to indicate nothing has happened to it since approximately 2006, which suggests it's not something you want to start using. There are a number of supported IDEs for Ruby out there, including plugins for Eclipse and Visual Studio, as well as commercial products (some of which cost money, others might be available at no cost), from companies such as JetBrains or ActiveState.
> 
> All of these IDEs sit on top of the actual Ruby package. Their job is to make a programmer's job more productive. Some people really like them, others don't. But you don't need them if you want to get started programming in Ruby.
> 
> I hope you found that useful. Please feel free to email me if you have additional questions. -- vincent

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James,

The Ruby system is at [www.ruby-lang.org](http://www.ruby-lang.org). It contains all of the source code for the Ruby system, written in C and Ruby. If you're running on Windows, you should use the Ruby Installer for Windows, at ruby-forge.org. This has all the software for Ruby on Windows: you download it and run it, and you have Ruby on your computer.

If you haven't read a book on Ruby, I really recommend you do that. You might possibly find `Ruby: Visual Quickstart Guide' useful. According to the listing on ruby-lang.org, it had 4 glowing reviews and no bad ones, so it might be a good book. You can probably find it in your local public library if you don't want to buy it (I found it in the online catalogs of 2 suburban Vancouver-area libraries, so libraries in your area probably have it as well).

Hope that helps -- vincent

> **···**
>
> On 2011-04-11, at 16:19, James Nathan wrote:
> 
> > is there a disk that we can seen off and use. so that we can all the parts of ruby and ruby on rails. I would like this disk.  
> > James Nathan

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**Post date:** [11 April 2011 23:50 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/hello/62360/18 "2011-04-11T23:50:21Z")

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James Nathan wrote in post #992175:

> is there a disk that we can seen off and use. so that we can all the  
> parts of ruby and ruby on rails. I would like this disk.  
> James Nathan

&nbsp;&nbsp;i don't know of any disk, but maybe some of this will help...

&nbsp;&nbsp;these two are the ruby and rails base class api's, which will give you  
information on the built in classes and how to use them:  
ruby-doc.org/core/  
api.rubyonrails.org/

&nbsp;&nbsp;the "pragmatic guide" is also very good, and has examples and  
tutorials:  
[http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/](http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/)

&nbsp;&nbsp;this is also a decent introduction tutorial:

> **[Ruby Basic Tutorial](http://www.troubleshooters.com/codecorn/ruby/basictutorial.htm)**
>
> A tutorial on Ruby basics

&nbsp;&nbsp;and, of course - there is my personal favorite, the "poignant-guide":  
[http://www.thinkingaloud.net/whys-poignant-guide-to-ruby/](http://www.thinkingaloud.net/whys-poignant-guide-to-ruby/)

&nbsp;&nbsp;-j

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>
> --  
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That should tell you whether you have gem installed so that you can access  
it from cmd; if you do, great! Try typing:

gem install rails

at the cmd prompt and report back on what happens. If you don't, follow the  
suggestions from Phillip to get yourself up and running with a copy of ruby.

> **···**
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:15 AM, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\>wrote:
> 
> > I will try this thanks
> > 
> > --- On Thu, 4/7/11, James \<oscartheduck@gmail.com\> wrote:
> > 
> > From: James \<oscartheduck@gmail.com\>  
> > Subject: Re: Hello  
> > To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\>, badlands\_2004@yahoo.com  
> > Cc: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org  
> > Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 8:39 PM
> > 
> > Open your cmd.exe and type in "where gem". You should get an output similar  
> > to:
> > 
> > C:\Users\jamandbees\>where gem  
> > C:\Ruby191\bin\gem  
> > C:\Ruby191\bin\gem.bat
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:08 PM, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com \> \>wrote:
> > 
> > \> I am using Windows 7 Professional and I think I have but I am not sure. I  
> > \> have book by Peter Cooper Beginning Ruby. and had this about two years.  
> > \> James Nathan  
> > \>  
> > \> --- On \*Thu, 4/7/11, James \<oscartheduck@gmail.com\>\* wrote:  
> > \>  
> > \>  
> > \> From: James \<oscartheduck@gmail.com\>  
> > \> Subject: Re: Hello  
> > \> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org  
> > \> Cc: "James Nathan" \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\>  
> > \> Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7:56 PM  
> > \>  
> > \>  
> > \> No one is willing to help? That doesn't sound like the ruby on rails  
> > \> community; I always found those guys awesome.  
> > \>  
> > \> What's the problem you're having? Have you installed Ruby correctly? What  
> > \> OS are you on?  
> > \>  
> > \> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:29 PM, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\< \> [http://mc/compose?to=badlands\_2004@yahoo.com&gt](http://mc/compose?to=badlands_2004@yahoo.com&gt); \> \> \> wrote:  
> > \>  
> > \> I am having a hard time to get it up and running. that is Ruby and Ruby  
> > on  
> > \> Rails. it seems that no one is willing to help so that we can enjoy this  
> > \> porgram. If their anyway that I can get it downloaded to me, some help to  
> > \> make sure that have the right porgrams.  
> > \> James Nathan  
> > \>  
> > \> --- On Wed, 4/6/11, James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\< \> [http://mc/compose?to=badlands\_2004@yahoo.com&gt;&gt](http://mc/compose?to=badlands_2004@yahoo.com&gt;&gt); \> \> wrote:  
> > \>  
> > \> From: James Nathan \<badlands\_2004@yahoo.com\<  
> > [http://mc/compose?to=badlands\_2004@yahoo.com&gt](http://mc/compose?to=badlands_2004@yahoo.com&gt);  
> > \> \>  
> > \> Subject: Re: Hello  
> > \> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\<  
> > [http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt](http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt);  
> > \> \>  
> > \> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9:53 PM  
> > \>  
> > \> hello I am trying to get it stated myself, but I am not sure if I am  
> > \> setting Ruby up right.  
> > \>  
> > \> --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Moises Montenegro \<moemonty@gmail.com\< \> [http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt;&gt](http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt;&gt); \> \> wrote:  
> > \>  
> > \> From: Moises Montenegro \<moemonty@gmail.com\<  
> > [http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt](http://mc/compose?to=moemonty@gmail.com&gt);  
> > \> \>  
> > \> Subject: Hello  
> > \> To: "ruby-talk ML" \<ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org\<  
> > [http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt](http://mc/compose?to=ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org&gt);  
> > \> \>  
> > \> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 4:09 PM  
> > \>  
> > \> Hello,  
> > \>  
> > \> I'm new to the Ruby community, but I am very adamant about joining.  
> > \> I apologize for the inital #help command that was incorrectly sent here.  
> > \>  
> > \> I'm a full-time web developer in Chicago.  
> > \>  
> > \> I hope to contribute in the future.  
> > \>  
> > \> Thanks,  
> > \> Moises Montenegro  
> > \>  
> > \>  
> > \>

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These are all excellent books, and for those who really want to grok Ruby, the Poignant Guide is excellent. But for somebody who is brand new to Ruby, and to programming in general, I'd still recommend Ullman's Ruby: Visual Quickstart Guide as a really good place to start. It does things like walking you through installing Ruby, for example.

-- vincent

> **···**
>
> On 2011-04-11, at 16:50, jake kaiden wrote:
> 
> > these two are the ruby and rails base class api's, which will give you  
> > information on the built in classes and how to use them:  
> > ruby-doc.org/core/  
> > api.rubyonrails.org/
> > 
> > the "pragmatic guide" is also very good, and has examples and  
> > tutorials:  
> > [Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide](http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/)
> > 
> > this is also a decent introduction tutorial:  
> > [Ruby Basic Tutorial](http://www.troubleshooters.com/codecorn/ruby/basictutorial.htm)
> > 
> > and, of course - there is my personal favorite, the "poignant-guide":  
> > [http://www.thinkingaloud.net/whys-poignant-guide-to-ruby/](http://www.thinkingaloud.net/whys-poignant-guide-to-ruby/)

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