# I need something like ipython

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-something-like-ipython/70627>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 1, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-something-like-ipython/70627 "2006-10-01T02:57:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Wilson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Matthew\_Wilson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matthew_Wilson)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-something-like-ipython/70627/1 "2006-10-01T02:57:23Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Wilson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Matthew\_Wilson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matthew_Wilson)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-something-like-ipython/70627/2 "2006-10-01T03:19:23Z")

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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/](http://pablotron.org/)  
software/wirble/).

Big ups to Paul D.; Wirble rocks.

Corey

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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Wilson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Matthew\_Wilson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matthew_Wilson)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-something-like-ipython/70627/3 "2006-10-01T03:23:24Z")

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On Sep 30, 2006, at 8:55 PM, Matthew Wilson wrote:

> 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

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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Wilson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Matthew\_Wilson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matthew_Wilson)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-something-like-ipython/70627/4 "2006-10-01T03:25:24Z")

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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”.