# Problem getting IronRuby running - it won't compile **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [March 22, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-getting-ironruby-running-it-wont-compile/163565 "2009-03-22T02:03:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gmichelson)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-getting-ironruby-running-it-wont-compile/163565/1 "2009-03-22T02:03:20Z")
I would like to play around with IronRuby and am following the series here [http://www.rubyinside.com/ironruby-tutorials-by-justin-etheredge-964.html](http://www.rubyinside.com/ironruby-tutorials-by-justin-etheredge-964.html) and am getting stumped on step 2 (compile IronRuby) I open IronRuby.sln in VS2008 and compiling and I get 956 errors starting with 400 or so The type or namespace name ‘Scripting’ does not exist in the namespace ‘Microsoft’ (are you missing an assembly reference?) Any advice for what I should do (also general advice for playing with IronRuby is appreciated. This article: [http://www.sapphiresteel.com/IronRuby-and-IntelliSense](http://www.sapphiresteel.com/IronRuby-and-IntelliSense) seems to imply that ruby in visual studio with full intellisense is available but I don’t quite get how to set that up.