HotRuby
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HotRuby is a Javascript
and ActionScript
implementation of the Ruby programming language. HotRuby runs Ruby source code
on a web browser and Flash. A similar implementation is RubyJS
, which performs better than HotRuby.
JavaScript
JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....
and ActionScript
ActionScript
ActionScript is an object-oriented language originally developed by Macromedia Inc. . It is a dialect of ECMAScript , and is used primarily for the development of websites and software targeting the Adobe Flash Player platform, used on Web pages in the form of...
implementation of the Ruby programming language. HotRuby runs Ruby source code
Source code
In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...
on a web browser and Flash. A similar implementation is RubyJS
RubyJS
RubyJS is a port of Google Web Toolkit to the Ruby programming language. RubyJS compiles Ruby source code to JavaScript, which allows running client-side applications in a web browser....
, which performs better than HotRuby.
External links
- Project site at Google CodeGoogle CodeGoogle Code is Google's site for developer tools, APIs and technical resources. The site contains documentation on using Google developer tools and APIs—including discussion groups and blogs for developers using Google's developer products....
- http://www.rubyinside.com/hotruby-a-javascript-flash-virtual-machine-that-runs-ruby-821.html
- http://ejohn.org/blog/ruby-vm-in-javascript/