# IronRuby IDE with MRI?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-ide-with-mri/210516>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [August 10, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-ide-with-mri/210516 "2011-08-10T03:01:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-ide-with-mri/210516/1 "2011-08-10T03:01:58Z")

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Hi.

I’ve been trying to learn to program Ruby and I’ve been wondering if  
it’s  
possible to use the Visual Studio IDE with MRI. It seems to have some  
nice  
features, but I don’t find much documentation about it anywhere.

I’m excited about the prospects of IronRuby, but it does not seem to be  
up  
to some of the stuff I need to do, yet. Just wondering if I could get  
my  
head around the IDE while using all the gems and other benefits that are  
available in a more standard or mature programming environment.

I’m hoping that IronRuby will eventually support and surpass Matz’s  
version.

Thanks.

David Garner

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**Author:** ![David\_Garner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c89c15/32.png) [@David\_Garner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_Garner)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-ide-with-mri/210516/2 "2011-08-10T03:19:59Z")

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Have you tried [http://www.sapphiresteel.com/](http://www.sapphiresteel.com/)?

Tomas

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Subject: [Ironruby-core] IronRuby IDE with MRI?

Hi.

I’ve been trying to learn to program Ruby and I’ve been wondering if  
it’s possible to use the Visual Studio IDE with MRI. It seems to have  
some nice features, but I don’t find much documentation about it  
anywhere.

I’m excited about the prospects of IronRuby, but it does not seem to be  
up to some of the stuff I need to do, yet. Just wondering if I could  
get my head around the IDE while using all the gems and other benefits  
that are available in a more standard or mature programming environment.

I’m hoping that IronRuby will eventually support and surpass Matz’s  
version.

Thanks.

David Garner