I am not able to download the Ruby 1.9.3-p0 Is there another link to go to so I can download it?

For the previous Ruby Basic videos I was using the workspace feature that is available on Treehouse.

I am using a windows computer at the moment. I downloaded the ruby 1.9.3p550 version of Ruby. Do you think that will be OK for following along to this movie or do I need the ruby 1.9.3-p0 version in order to follow along with the lessons?

Yes I would get the latest stable version of. 1.9.3, which you can find here:

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/

It's patch 550.

If the videos use 1.9.3 then in theory you could use 1.9.4 and any 1.9 versions since the last number is just minor fixes. But I wouldn't go to ruby2.0 since that is a completely different version that had some actual changes.

This applies to when you use may install Rails as well.

Thank you so much for your help you guys!! You're a huge help!!

I am at work (I know I'm bad, but it's really slow and I would like to view these helpful Ruby lessons) and I was only able to download the Ruby 1.93-p550 version due to computer installation restrictions.

It was working great and I was able to follow along for the first few lessons; however, in the current video that I am watching I am not able to sync the cmd window and the notepad window.

In notepad, I am writing:

 a = 1
 puts a

I have tried to make the cmd and notepad window sync by inputting the following functions below in the cmd window:

 Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
 Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

 C:\Users\MissyB>cd Desktop

 C:\Users\MissyB\Desktop>notepad ruby variable_intro.rb

 C:\Users\MissyB\Desktop>ruby variable_intro.rb
 ruby: No such file or directory -- variable_intro.rb (LoadError)

 C:\Users\MissyB\Desktop>cd Desktop
 The system cannot find the path specified.

 C:\Users\MissyB\Desktop>notepad ruby variable_intro.rb

 C:\Users\MissyB\Desktop>ruby variable_intro.rb
 ruby: No such file or directory -- variable_intro.rb (LoadError)

C:\Users\MissyB\Desktop>irb
irb(main):001:0> ruby variable_intro.rb
NameError: undefined local variable or method `variable_intro' for main:Object
    from (irb):1
    from C:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
irb(main):002:0> ruby variable_intro.rb
NameError: undefined local variable or method `variable_intro' for main:Object
    from (irb):2
    from C:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
irb(main):003:0>

Does anyone know how I could resolve this issue so I could follow along?...

Sorry for writing such a long message. I wanted to provide you with enough info so you would be able to answer my question easily. I provided the info that was displayed in the cmd window below if needed.

Your help would be much appreciated!! :D

From what I see one of the first errors you get is "ruby variable_intro.rb

ruby: No such file or directory -- variable_intro.rb (LoadError)"

Try to create a file called variable_intro.rb in your desktop since that seems to be the directory you are working on.

If you want to open it with notepad then you can do

START notepad "variable_intro.rb"  

then you can add your ruby code in it and proceed. :)

PS. Notepad can make the code hard to read so you can try some other editor as well

OMG Gloria thank you so much! That worked. You are my hero :-) Back to learning... thanks again!!!