Ring Programming Language

Innovative and practical general-purpose multi-paradigm language

	Resources	Operating System	Status
Download		MacOS X (Compiler: gcc C)
Help		Ubuntu Linux (Compiler: gcc C)
Try		MacOS X (Compiler: clang C)
Support		Ubuntu Linux (Compiler: clang C)

Description

The Ring is an Innovative and practical general-purpose multi-paradigm scripting language that can be embedded in C/C++ projects, extended using C/C++ code and/or used as standalone language. The supported programming paradigms are Imperative, Procedural, Object-Oriented, Functional, Meta programming, Declarative programming using nested structures, and Natural programming. The language is portable (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, etc.) and can be used to create Console, GUI, Web, Games and Mobile applications. The language is designed to be Simple, Small, Flexible and Fast. Its Dynamic Language (Dynamic Typing and Weakly Typed) that compile the source code to byte code then execute it by the Ring Virtual Machine, which is integrated with the Ring Compiler in one program. Read more!

Building from source code

You can build Ring using CMake or using Scripts (Batch Files or Shell Scripts).

The next steps explains building using scripts.

Building using Microsoft Windows

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

cd ring/src
buildvccomplete.bat
buildvccompletew.bat

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingLibCurl Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringcurl
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingZip Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringzip
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

Install Qt 5.5 : https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/5.5/5.5.1/

cd ../ringqt
gencode.bat
buildmingw32.bat

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
install.bat

Add Ring/bin to System path

Hit "windows key".
Type "Edit the System environment variables"
Select "Advanced" tab.
Click on "Enviroment Variables..."
Double click on "Path"
Add at the end the new path separated by semicolon. 
	;C:\Ring\Bin

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
ring rnote.ring

Building using Ubuntu Linux

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Install Libraries

cd ring/src
./installdep.sh 

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

sudo ./buildgcccomplete.sh

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingLibCurl Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringcurl
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingZip Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringzip
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

cd ../ringqt
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
sudo ./install.sh

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
sudo ring rnote.ring

Building using MacOS X

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Install homebrew (follow the directions on homebrew's homepage).

Install Libraries

brew install unixodbc mysql-connector-c allegro openssl homebrew/versions/qt55
brew link --force qt55

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

cd ring/src
./buildclangcomplete.sh

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingLibCurl Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringcurl
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingZip Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringzip
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

cd ../ringqt
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
sudo ./install.sh

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
sudo ring rnote.ring

Building using CMake

Install libraries (MySQL Client, OpenSSL, LibCurl, Allegro 5 and Qt 5.5)

cmake .
make