Are there any iPython-like shells for Ruby or Rails?

Question

I love iPython and am learning RoR along with some libraries like Mechanize and I\'d like to be able to easily see what I\'m working with in terms of introspection. I would

Answer 1

Wirble is a convenient, if infrequently-updated way of bringing together some of these tools. It's not quite as complete as iPython, but gets pretty close. Among other things, it pulls in irb/completion.

For rails, you can do the same, but use script/console from your rails' root directory to start irb.