I need something like ipython

[Matthew Wilson]

I'm learning ruby to work on a RoR project. For the last six months,
I've been doing python programming and really loving the ipython
interpreter.

I really don't want to argue about python vs. ruby. I just want to know
if there is some similar project for ruby.

 

[Corey Jewett]

For straight Ruby there's irb.

For Rails there's ./script/console. (Which builds on irb)

For massively improving both try Wirble (http://pablotron.org/
software/wirble/).

Big ups to Paul Duncan; Wirble rocks.

Corey

 

[Tom Pollard]

I'm learning ruby to work on a RoR project. For the last six months,
I've been doing python programming and really loving the ipython
interpreter.

I really don't want to argue about python vs. ruby. I just want to
know
if there is some similar project for ruby.

I'll second that request. Ipython's really quite nice.

Tom

 

[Timothy Goddard]

Ruby has the irb interactive shell as part of the standard
distribution. To run irb with your Rails environment pre-loaded just
navigate to your application directory and run "ruby script/console".