# How to build drawing editor?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-build-drawing-editor/141917>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 1, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-build-drawing-editor/141917 "2008-07-01T19:23:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![haries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@haries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/haries)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-build-drawing-editor/141917/1 "2008-07-01T19:23:30Z")

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What is the best way to build a web-based drawing editor?  
Is Ruby a good language to do that?

-Thanks  
Hari

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**Author:** ![haries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@haries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/haries)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-build-drawing-editor/141917/2 "2008-07-01T21:30:39Z")

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Unless you are using Silverlight you will need to use Javascript or  
Flash to do any web-based interface. Ruby can help you on the server  
side of things, though.

AEM

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**Author:** ![haries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@haries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/haries)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-build-drawing-editor/141917/3 "2008-07-02T00:46:29Z")

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On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Hari R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> What is the best way to build a web-based drawing editor?

Check out the javascript canvas and things like Processing.js and  
ContextFree.js for some cool things people have done with it.

> Is Ruby a good language to do that?

No, this is a client-side thing you need javascript for

martin