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Options for distribution of an offline Ruby on Rails application

Asked 2008-09-11T02:40:50.253
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I am developing an application in using Ruby on Rails, mostly as an excuse to learn the language.

This is not intended to be a web-based application - and perhaps I have chosen the wrong language, but...

My understanding is, that in order to run an instance of this application on somebody else's computer, they would need to install ruby on rails, and a webserver (or webrick, perhaps), as well as my application code.

I am just curious if there are any other options for distributing my application as a standalone app, or perhaps just a simple way to package up a web browser and ROR together with my app for a simple, one-step install?

ruby-on-rails ruby desktop-application offline software-distribution
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You do not specifically say whether it is supposed to be a GUI application or not. From the other answers, I would guess so.

Therefore, you need to clarify what your goals are. RoR is a specialized framework for web applications. If your goal is to learn RoR, I'd say to get yourself some inexpensive web hosting and make yourself an app. If your goal is to learn Ruby, not necessarily Rails, then Shoes, IronRuby, JRuby, MacRuby and others may be good options to look at.

answered 2008-09-11T13:46:20.107

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