RubyMotion is an IDE of the

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programming language that runs on iOS,

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and Android. RubyMotion is a commercial product created by Laurent Sansonetti for HipByteRubyMotion - About
RubyMotion.com. Retrieved 2012-06-16. and is based on

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for OS X. RubyMotion adapted and extended MacRuby to work on platforms beyond OS X. RubyMotion apps execute in an iOS simulator alongside a read-eval-print loop (REPL) for interactive inspection and modification. 3rd-party Objective-C libraries can be included in a RubyMotion project, either manually or by using a package manager such as

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. Programs are statically compiled into

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by use of

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as its build and execution tool.Exclusive: building native iOS apps with RubyMotion
ArsTechnica.com. Published 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2012-06-16. RubyMotion projects can be developed with any text editor. The

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IDE provides support for the RubyMotion toolchain, such as code-completion and visual

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.Getting Started with RubyMotion
jetbrains.com. As of version 2.0, RubyMotion now supports the development of applications for OS X in addition to iOS.RubyMotion Goes 2.0 And Gets OS X Support, Templates and Plugins
RubyMotion.com. Retrieved 2013-06-16. Android support was added in version 3.0.
RubyMotion.com. Retrieved 2014-12-14. Examples of applications built in RubyMotion include

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's Basecamp for iPhone,Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion
37signals.com. Retrieved 2013-06-16. the

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iPhone app,RubyMotion Success Story: Bandcamp
The RubyMotion Blog. Retrieved 2014-12-13. and

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for iOS.RubyMotion Success Story: A Dark Room
The RubyMotion Blog. Retrieved 2014-12-13.

References

External links

RubyMotion website

HipByte website
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