# Ruby as a client side scripting language

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-as-a-client-side-scripting-language/597>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [10 July 2002 06:44 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-as-a-client-side-scripting-language/597 "2002-07-10T06:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Sawyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Tom\_Sawyer](https://rubytalk.org/u/Tom_Sawyer)\
**Post date:** [10 July 2002 06:44 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-as-a-client-side-scripting-language/597/1 "2002-07-10T06:44:10Z")

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for a long time now all we’ve had for client side scripting in web apps  
is javascript. which personally i find about as ugly and usable as  
vomit. (especially cross-browser). how hard would it to create a plug-in  
to allow client-side scripting with ruby?

~transami

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**Author:** ![Joel\_VanderWerf1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@Joel\_VanderWerf1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Joel_VanderWerf1)\
**Post date:** [10 July 2002 07:20 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-as-a-client-side-scripting-language/597/2 "2002-07-10T07:20:11Z")

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Tom Sawyer wrote:

> for a long time now all we’ve had for client side scripting in web apps  
> is javascript. which personally i find about as ugly and usable as  
> vomit. (especially cross-browser). how hard would it to create a plug-in  
> to allow client-side scripting with ruby?

There’s a Tcl plug in for Navigator and IE:

[Welcome to the Tcl Plugin](http://www.tcl.tk/software/plugin/)

It’s not maintained, but it includes source, so it might be a start.

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**Author:** ![HAL\_9000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@HAL\_9000](https://rubytalk.org/u/HAL_9000)\
**Post date:** [10 July 2002 18:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-as-a-client-side-scripting-language/597/3 "2002-07-10T18:01:28Z")

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I think ActiveScriptRuby should work for this  
(in IE at least, maybe not Netscape). As for  
UNIX, I use it, but I’m ignorant of browser  
plugins.

Hal Fulton

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> ----- Original Message -----  
> From: “Tom Sawyer” [transami@transami.net](mailto:transami@transami.net)  
> To: “ruby-talk ML” [ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)  
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 1:44 AM  
> Subject: ruby as a client side scripting language
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> > for a long time now all we’ve had for client side scripting in web apps  
> > is javascript. which personally i find about as ugly and usable as  
> > vomit. (especially cross-browser). how hard would it to create a plug-in  
> > to allow client-side scripting with ruby?