Dear Ruby on Rails Expert with Compassion for a Newbie, (:->) I just got started. I tried: At the Windows Command Prompt: ruby puts "Hello, world!" ^D The response is: -:2: syntax error, unexpected ''^'', expecting $end I am using Ruby 2.2 (ruby186-26.exe). What can I do, besides pull out my hair? This can be very discouraging for a complete novice. Roger --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I am by no means any expert and consider myself a newbie also but I am sure that ^D actually means control D Brandon On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:38:54 -0800 (PST), bachcole <rogerbird1-uAjRD0nVeow@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > Dear Ruby on Rails Expert with Compassion for a Newbie, > > (:->) > > I just got started. I tried: > > At the Windows Command Prompt: > ruby > puts "Hello, world!" > ^D > > The response is: -:2: syntax error, unexpected ''^'', expecting $end > > I am using Ruby 2.2 (ruby186-26.exe). What can I do, besides pull > out my hair? This can be very discouraging for a complete novice. > > Roger > > ---- Brandon Martin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
You probably want to use irb for that type of fiddling... Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\arc>irb irb(main):001:0> puts ''Hello World'' Hello World => nil irb(main):002:0> -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
So where is irb? I have been looking for it for some time now. I seems like this Ruby is very much a work in progress. It seems to have a lot of bugs and it seems to be very difficult to work with. Roger> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:39:28 +0100 > From: rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org > To: rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org > Subject: [Rails] Re: Utter Newbie, HELP!!!! > > > You probably want to use irb for that type of fiddling... > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > C:\Documents and Settings\arc>irb > irb(main):001:0> puts ''Hello World'' > Hello World > => nil > irb(main):002:0> > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > >_________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I have never used ruby in windows, but it has been around for a while and on Linux and OS X it works flawlessly. On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:48:28 -0700, ROGER BIRD wrote: So where is irb? I have been looking for it for some time now. I seems like this Ruby is very much a work in progress. It seems to have a lot of bugs and it seems to be very difficult to work with. Roger > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:39:28 +0100 > From: rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org > To: rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org > Subject: [Rails] Re: Utter Newbie, HELP!!!! > > > You probably want to use irb for that type of fiddling... > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > C:Documents and Settingsarc>irb > irb(main):001:0> puts ''Hello World'' > Hello World > => nil > irb(main):002:0> > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
ROGER BIRD wrote:> So where is irb? >Sorry for the incomplete answer... irb (Interactive Ruby) is another package to load on your machine... For linux (Ubuntu 8.04 is my flavor), sudo apt-get install ruby sudo apt-get install ri sudo apt-get install rdoc would be the bare minimum I would do... Windows? I think it came in my general install of ruby186-26.exe And thus far, I have yet to encounter a real Ruby issue, usually it''s just a Silly User Error, meaning mine, or my lack of understanding on the Ruby syntax (it is light years ahead of what I develop with day-to-day). -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I am the psychopathic programmer: I do not make Silly User Errors. The World is against me. (:->) All I have done today is Silly User Errors. If you guys say that Ruby is FrickingFantastic and works just fine in Windows, I am going to believe you and I am going to push on and learn this and make it work for me. I saw that video of that guy doing a blog page, and although I have very little idea what he was doing when he was doing it, I am impressed with the result. Roger> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:00:14 +0100 > From: rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org > To: rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org > Subject: [Rails] Re: Utter Newbie, HELP!!!! > > > ROGER BIRD wrote: > > So where is irb? > > > > Sorry for the incomplete answer... > > irb (Interactive Ruby) is another package to load on your machine... > > For linux (Ubuntu 8.04 is my flavor), > > sudo apt-get install ruby > sudo apt-get install ri > sudo apt-get install rdoc > > would be the bare minimum I would do... > > Windows? I think it came in my general install of ruby186-26.exe > > And thus far, I have yet to encounter a real Ruby issue, usually it''s > just a Silly User Error, meaning mine, or my lack of understanding on > the Ruby syntax (it is light years ahead of what I develop with > day-to-day). > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > >_________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_012009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Ruby on windows works fine. The package you have there works fine for general web development with Rails. However you''ve got a lot of things oyu have to learn in order to be able to build a blog in 10 minutes. I have a couple of resources you might find useful though: First, I maintain a simple tutorial for beginners which you can get from http://www.napcs.com/resources/rails/cookbook/index.html which will give you a basic introduction to Rails. You''ll build a small application and then give you some places to go next. Next, I really recommend the "Agile Web Development with Rails" book. You can get a PDF right now and it will get you going on the right path. http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition After that, get working on stuff. Build things and ask questions when you get stuck. The community is awesome and is willing to help you. -Brian On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:18 PM, ROGER BIRD <rogerbird1-uAjRD0nVeow@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I am the psychopathic programmer: I do not make Silly User Errors. The > World is against me. > > (:->) > > All I have done today is Silly User Errors. If you guys say that Ruby is > FrickingFantastic and works just fine in Windows, I am going to believe you > and I am going to push on and learn this and make it work for me. I saw > that video of that guy doing a blog page, and although I have very little > idea what he was doing when he was doing it, I am impressed with the result. > > Roger > >> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:00:14 +0100 >> From: rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org >> To: rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org >> Subject: [Rails] Re: Utter Newbie, HELP!!!! >> >> >> ROGER BIRD wrote: >> > So where is irb? >> > >> >> Sorry for the incomplete answer... >> >> irb (Interactive Ruby) is another package to load on your machine... >> >> For linux (Ubuntu 8.04 is my flavor), >> >> sudo apt-get install ruby >> sudo apt-get install ri >> sudo apt-get install rdoc >> >> would be the bare minimum I would do... >> >> Windows? I think it came in my general install of ruby186-26.exe >> >> And thus far, I have yet to encounter a real Ruby issue, usually it''s >> just a Silly User Error, meaning mine, or my lack of understanding on >> the Ruby syntax (it is light years ahead of what I develop with >> day-to-day). >> -- >> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. >> >> > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---