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Ruby In Chrome

almost 5 years ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
Programming languages with a ‘C-like syntax' are undeniably widespread (C++, C#, Java, Perl, PHP et al) but, thank Heaven, there are still a few pleasantly...

New Generate and Rake tools - coming soon...

~5 years ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
Here's a preview of a couple of new things which will be in version 1.1 of Ruby In Steel Developer. Since the release of version 1.0 we've had a few requests...

News Digest, May 2007 - Ruby Debugger, Books, Smalltalk, Tools

~5 years ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
This month's news digest is late because, well, um, I forgot to write it... ;-) However, on the grounds of “better late than never”, here is...

Ruby The Smalltalk Way # 2 - A Question of Style

~5 years ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
Previously I discussed a few of the more obvious points of similarity and difference between Smalltalk and Ruby - and discussed how Smalltalk's ‘message...

I can't find the Ruby In Steel Project and Solutions page in the Options dialog box.

~5 years ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
When I load up the Tools->Options dialog and go to the Projects and Solutions section, I can't find a Ruby In Steel page. Some (but not all) editions of...

Where is the Project Convert option?

~5 years ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
In the manual it says that I can convert a project by selecting Convert from the File/Open menu. I haven't got the Convert option on that menu! The Convert...

Which Rake Tasks Do You Need?

almost 5 years ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
We are just putting the finishing touches to Ruby In Steel Developer 1.1. As I mentioned previously, this has new dockable Generate and Rake windows which...

Customize the Colours of the Ruby In Steel IDE

almost 5 years ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
Visual Studio is hugely customizable. Ruby In Steel extends the default customization options to let you tailor your Ruby and Rails development environment...

Installing MySQL For Ruby On Rails

almost 5 years ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
If you are working with Rails, you will need to install a database. While there are quite a few possible choices available to you, one of the most widely...

Setting Up Ruby (and Rails) For Ruby In Steel – From Scratch

almost 5 years ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
If you are new to Ruby (with or without Rails) one of the things that may baffle you at the outset is, quite simply, what software you need to get yourself...