How does Ruby interpreter work?

Can you develop web applications without owning a website? i mean get it to actually work :P Python vs Ruby??!

• Ok so i am a mediocre python developer still hooked on tutorials but recently ive found that python is very limited to boring stuff that i never need. i want to have fun and fun making fun apps so i picked Ruby as my next programming language. ive read alot that ruby= web apps and python=non-web apps and well ive never developed a web app before and don't find the need since i don't own any site to work on! i wonder how that works... well anyway im 14 and like physics and math and just want some fun in my programming hell even a little game mayb so i was wondering is it possible to make a web app and use it without the web but on a separate window or something. and also is it worth going into ruby if im not going to be much into web designing? im just 14 after all and just want fun. im not familiar with much except basic python stuff and applescript (which is useless). i own a mac and use Netbean 6.1 as my compiler which is really cool and i also have Xcode so can u answer? fast!!!!!

• Answer:

  You can create a test environment on your computer. You can set it up so that people can connect from outside or not. There are convenient packages like WAMP and XAMPP that are easy to install and get up and running quickly. You can also install mod_python to integrate Python into Apache.