Create and run your first Ruby project

Run RubyMine and click New Project on the Welcome Screen.

In the New Project dialog, make sure that Empty Project is selected on the left pane. Then, specify the following settings:

• Name: specify a name for the project.

• Location: specify a path to the directory in which you want to create the project. By default, RubyMine creates a directory with the same name as the project.

• Ruby SDK: select a required Ruby interpreter installed on your system.

Click Create to continue.

Select a project root in the Project tool window and press Alt+Insert.

In the invoked popup, select Ruby File/Class and press Enter.

In the invoked popup, specify a script name (script in our case) and click OK.

In the editor, insert the following code:

puts "Please enter your name"
name = gets.chomp
puts "Hello, #{name}! I'm Ruby!"

Press Ctrl twice and type the following command:

ruby script.rb

Press Enter.

In the Run tool window, type any name and press Enter to see a program's response.

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