DLR. REPL. GUI. Lisa Feigenbaum : Connecting with IronPython & IronRuby Team. How A .NET Developer Learned Ruby And Rake, To Build .NET Apps I. I recently decided it was time for me to learn Ruby and Rake – with the specific goal of replacing my NAnt scripts in some projects, due to the high level of complexity and logic that I need in the build process.
After asking around the LosTechies crew for advice, and receiving more advice than I had ever hoped for, here’s the basics of what I did to learn Ruby and Rake… First and foremost – don’t use any kind of IDE. At most, use the “SciTE” text editor that comes with the One-Click installer. It provides simple highlighting, but doesn’t give you any crutches like Intellisense, debugging, etc.