What is curses?
A Ruby binding for curses, ncurses, and PDCurses. curses is an extension library for text UI applications. Formerly part of the Ruby standard library, [curses was removed and placed in this gem][1] with the release of Ruby 2.1.0. (see [ruby/ruby@9c5b2fd][2]).
curses is a tool in the Languages category of a tech stack.
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rake
Rake is a Make-like program implemented in Ruby. Tasks and dependencies are specified in standard Ruby syntax. Rake has the following features: * Rakefiles (rake's version of Makefiles) are completely defined in standard Ruby syntax. No XML files to edit. No quirky Makefile syntax to worry about (is that a tab or a space?) * Users can specify tasks with prerequisites. * Rake supports rule patterns to synthesize implicit tasks. * Flexible FileLists that act like arrays but know about manipulating file names and paths. * Supports parallel execution of tasks.
pry
An IRB alternative and runtime developer console.
rspec
BDD for Ruby.
