Basic Ruby Question

[jasgor9]

I am learning Ruby and can't figure out this: does ruby have opening/closing tags like PHP (<?php ?>) and ASP (<% %>) ? I tried making a Ruby page with this code:

puts "Hello, World"

...but when i viewed the page it just said 'puts "Hello World"' If there aren't tags, then how can i fix this?

[konekt]

You should not need anything supplemental to code Ruby. I would make sure it is properly installed on the server.

[cybergig]

From what I am told you need absolute server, which is an adfree server.

[phazzedout]

puts "Hello World!"

You do not need any code to close it. Also in order to view it on a web browser you need to configure Ruby on Rails & Ruby Gems not just regular Ruby. I do not think x10hosting has Ruby on Rails or Ruby Gems. I know a couple of hosts, that are not as good as this one but do have Ruby on Rails.

[misson]

Though Ruby on Rails isn't available, you should be able to run ruby scripts as CGI scripts on X10. Put them in ~/public_html/cgi-bin and set execute permissions via your FTP client or cPanel. Make sure to include a shebang line with the path to the ruby interpreter. Search the web or these forums for more info.

However, if you want to learn Ruby, you should install an interpreter on your own computer to play with. You don't want to learn Ruby and CGI scripting simultaneously.