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<p>RubyMotion is an IDE of the <a href="/facts/Ruby_/BeYSaPSR">Ruby</a> programming language that supports <a href="/facts/IOS/mK5cggH5">iOS</a>, <a href="/facts/OS_X/Y93vVpTm">OS X</a> and <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a>. RubyMotion is a commercial product created by Laurent Sansonetti for HipByte and is based on <a href="/facts/MacRuby/FQws77kY">MacRuby</a> for OS X. RubyMotion adapted and extended MacRuby to work on platforms beyond OS X. </p><p>RubyMotion apps execute in an iOS simulator alongside a <a href="/facts/Read-eval-print_loop/lddjCYxt">read-eval-print loop</a> (REPL) for interactive inspection and modification. 3rd-party Objective-C libraries can be included in a RubyMotion project, either manually or by using a package manager such as <a href="/facts/CocoaPods/ItSLFzsX">CocoaPods</a>. Programs are <a href="/facts/AOT_compiler/RmP02P47">statically compiled</a> into <a href="/facts/Machine_code/bgdQ1Fxf">machine code</a> by use of <a href="/facts/Rake_(software)/28KfyH1Q">Rake</a> as its build and execution tool. </p><p>RubyMotion projects can be developed with any text editor. The <a href="/facts/RubyMine/1YcNFxgv">RubyMine</a> IDE provides support for the RubyMotion toolchain, such as <a href="/facts/Autocomplete/eLNAGYlS">code-completion</a> and visual <a href="/facts/Debugging/QtdpPJT0">debugging</a>. </p><p>As of version 2.0, RubyMotion now supports the development of applications for OS X in addition to iOS. Android support was added in version 3.0. </p><p>Examples of applications built in RubyMotion include <a href="/facts/37signals/1eNx2IgK">37signals</a>'s <a href="/facts/Basecamp_(software)/1eNx2IgK">Basecamp</a> for iPhone, the <a href="/facts/Bandcamp/oP8j4xJd">Bandcamp</a> iPhone app, and <a href="/facts/A_Dark_Room/RGo7Pmvv">A Dark Room</a> for iOS. </p>