Best IDE for Ruby
Kesav
Neil Wilson
obviously :-)
Jason Norris
the RadRails plugin and RadRails as a standalone. Pretty similar either
way, Eclipse has support for other languages and plugins, the standalone
does not.
I'm really jealous of all those screencasts of TextMate though. Anyone
want to port it to windows? =)
analyst
John Ivanoff
I heard about this on the ruby ion rails podcast
http://www.projectrideme.com/
"RIDE-ME is geared primarily toward developers who are migrating from
a Microsoft development platform. The familiar Visual Studio feel
should make ASP .NET to Rails converts right at home."
although i have not used it or seen any reviews on it.
hth
John
Jason Norris
rails, you have to download the radrails plugin.
www.eclipse.org
Carl Fyffe
Easy Eclipse distro and then upgrading to the latest RadRails using
Eclipse's upgrade tools. Easy Eclipse gives you a couple of extra
goodies that the standalone RadRails doesn't. My personal favorite is
the refresh button on the Navigator view.
Stewart
there don't have much of a focus on extreme programming. At the moment
there are a lot of environments jostling for the position of the number
one environment. At the moment you would have to give that mantle to
RadRails.
However, like I said in the above paragraph it doesn't seem to be enough
focus on extreme programming. Things like intellisence and better
documentation integration would be fantastic. also, there needs to be
much more support for xHTML tasks and code snippets of very necessary.
I can't believe that radrails does not automatically close open tags. I
really don't understand their direction sometimes.
That said I think they're doing a fantastic job with all of the sub
versioning and repository features. Pound for pound you would have to
say that radrails is the most powerful development environment.
text mate looks pretty cool. Code snippets are a definite plus.
However the Mac only aspect is a definite minus. I didn't know there
was software out there specifically for a Mac. Apart from OS X. Note
that the last few statements about software for macs are sarcastic.
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Elad Meidar - Creopolis.com
is god.. not on the MAC :) )
it is simple, easy, and has no suicidal moves like RadRails...
Huw Collingbourne
IDE - Ruby In Steel.
This has:
- project management plus Ruby/Rails project import
- syntax colour editing and code folding for Ruby and RHTML
- integrated debugging for Ruby and Rails with...
- breakpoints
- call stack
- drag-and-drop watch variables
- autos
- locals
- step-into
- step-over
Plus a whole load of other things such as: Rails script-running dialogs
to generate scaffold, model, view; Ruby and Rails Project Wizards;
comment/uncomment marked blocks; indent/unindent; multi-level undo/redo;
pre-build/post-build events; numerous file and project properties;
integrated interactive 'run console'; evaluate expressions in console;
integrated syntax error location and many other features...
Download free here:
http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Steel-Download-and-Change-Log
We are currently beta testing a forthcoming commercial release of Ruby
In Steel Developer Edition (codename: 'Red Fire') which will have all
the above features plus:
- full IntelliSense
(hierarchy and scope sensitive auto-completion lists; expand and
auto-surround code snippets; tooltip 'hovering' documentation over
class, object and method names in the editor etc.)
- smart indenting
- a suite of code navigation tools
- a super-fast debugger (much faster and more powerful than the debugger
in the free edition).
best wishes
Huw
SapphireSteel Software
http://www.sapphiresteel.com
Ruby Development For Visual Studio 2005
Stewart
how about...
-user defined code snippets that can be inserted by typing the first few
letters of the snippet.
-auto closing tags
will intellisense just work for rails or will it include css and xhtml..
And what about haml for that matter?
Huw Collingbourne
> how about...
>
> -user defined code snippets that can be inserted by typing the first few
> letters of the snippet.
Yes, we have those.
> -auto closing tags
>
Do you mean in rhtml? We haven't thought about that but I think this
could be implemented as snippets (we are providing 'tab-and-fill'
snippets to let users fill out the 'missing details' - such as variables
or bits of code by auto-tabbing to the designated parts of the code
structures one tab at a time). In the current beta of the Developer
Edition, snippets are provided for Ruby only but we can certainly add
some to rhtml.
> will intellisense just work for rails or will it include css and xhtml..
> And what about haml for that matter?
IntelliSense works for Ruby currently. Visual Studio already supports
many other file types as standard (html, css, xml, javascript etc.). We
are concentrating all our efforts on providing the best possible support
for Ruby and Rails in their present incarnations. At this time, that is
our complete focus. We shall, however, monitor emerging formats such as
haml and, if a sufficient number of users request special support for
such formats or for other technologies, we shall do our best to provide
it.
best wishes
Huw
SapphireSteel Software
http://www.sapphiresteel.com
Ruby Development For Visual Studio 2005
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Louis Simoneau
Matt Stone
one that they would give a good home..?
On windows I've used project ride-me & saphire steel for visual studio
2005.
I found that project ride-me crashed a bit, & so looked for something
else.
The saphire steel works well for me, but there are a few issues.
- I don't get any intellisense
- Lines numbers randomly appear then dissappear
- Every so often CPU goes to 100% & my machine freezes - it always comes
back, but sometimes its for 10 minutes
Louis Simoneau wrote:
> The best IDE for Ruby on Windows is don't use Windows.
Huw Collingbourne
> The saphire steel works well for me, but there are a few issues.
> - I don't get any intellisense
IntelliSense is only avaiailable in the Developer edition which is
currently undergoing restricted-access beta testing.
> - Lines numbers randomly appear then dissappear
We haven't had any reports of that. Line numbers are provided by Visual
Studio, not us, so I can't think of a reason why Ruby In Steel should
cause this effect. If you can reproduce this problem, please email us
at: support (at) sapphiresteel (dot) com
> - Every so often CPU goes to 100% & my machine freezes - it always comes
> back, but sometimes its for 10 minutes
Again we'd need a detailed description of the circumstances leading up
to this. It could be our problem (in which case we'd like to fix it), it
could be a database timeout probem, a Ruby problem or a Visual Studio
problem (they do exist, alas!) - but if it's our problem, we really,
really would like you to contact us with more information. We take bug
reports very seriously and are absolutely reliant on user feedback to
find and correct them.
Incidentally, if you haven't already don so, make sure you are using the
latest release of Ruby In Steel (0.76).
best wishes
Huw
SapphireSteel Software
http://www.sapphiresteel.com
Ruby Development For Visual Studio 2005
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Michael Satterwhite
> Some of us are not that lucky.. would love a mac - anyone got a spare
> one that they would give a good home..?
Not the only other option
Do give it a good home - and I recommend kde over gnome, but that's a
religious discussion in Linux.
Erik
>> The best IDE for Ruby on Windows is don't use Windows.
This isn't IGN where you can "star farm" by increasing your post count.
Kindly piss off, eh?
Regarding the best IDE for Windows, I'm having pretty decent success
with Komodo. Often, I will use emacs via a PuTTY session, also.
Bryan M
>> Louis Simoneau wrote:
>>> The best IDE for Ruby on Windows is don't use Windows.
>
> This isn't IGN where you can "star farm" by increasing your post count.
> Kindly piss off, eh?
Certainly Louis' response did not address the question, but I do feel
there is some merit to suggesting an alternate OS for Rails dev. I'm
sure the experiences vary, but trying to install, maintain, and keep a
Rails dev server running in Windows has left me very frustrated.
I think jEdit with the Ruby Editor plugin is also a good solution. It's
cross platform as well. It can be a bit of a resource hog, and I know
some people feel strongly about that, but its a very powerful editor
that can mimic IDE functionality with many easy to install plugins. I've
used in on my Windows box for PHP I started using it at work today
because my trial of TextMate expired (probably going to buy it anyway).
There's also a tutorial on using TextMate like abbreviations in jEdit
here:
Charles Roper
A fully tooled up jEdit makes for the most TextMate-like experience
and a great Ruby IDE. You'll need some of the essential plugins,
though, such as:
* Ruby Editor Plugin [http://rubyjedit.org/]
* SuperAbbrevs [http://community.jedit.org/?q=node/view/2761]
* BufferTabs [http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?BufferTabs]
* Fastopen [http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?FastOpen]
* ProjectViewer [http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?ProjectViewer]
* XML [http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?XML]
* Console [http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?Console]
* Recent Buffer Switcher
[http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?RecentBufferSwitcher]
* EditorScheme [http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?EditorScheme]
You might want to download a syntax colour scheme to suits your tastes:
http://community.jedit.org/?q=filestore/browse/22
Here's a screencast of SuperAbbrevs in action:
http://we-knowhow.dk/jedit/demo.html
The model/controller switcher macro comes in handy too:
http://community.jedit.org/?q=node/view/2787
The killer feature in jEdit is its plugins and flexibility. It's like
the Firefox of editors.
Here's someone else's perspective:
http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog/2006/09/18/using-jedit-for-ruby-on-rails/
HTH,
Charles
Jose Pepe
> is eclipse free?
Eclipse and RADRails are free:
http://jsnit.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=110
Thomas, Mark - BLS CTR
I'm absolutely surprised that nobody mentions Komodo whenever this
permathread re-emerges. I've tried several Ruby IDEs, and find Komodo to
be the best by far. Perhaps the fact that it's not free mean it isn't
making anyone's list? I'd say if you value your time, it's a small price
to pay.
My $0.02.
- Mark.
Thomas, Mark - BLS CTR
> this permathread re-emerges.
Oops. Someone did mention it. (Sorry, Erik!)
- Mark.
Marc Love
the new features they've been previewing in the publicly available
alphas such as autocomplete, support for user-defined mixed languages
including erb, snippets/macros, etc. So far it seems to be the closest
thing I have found to textmate on Windows.
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Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
William de Jesus Pinelo Marin
The best free IDE for Win32 Contest
... and the winner is:
RoRED
--.Pinelo.
> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:48:21 +0200
> From: rails-mai...@andreas-s.net
> To: rubyonra...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [Rails] Re: Best IDE for Ruby - Komodo
dweinand
but great editors are present on other platforms for a long long time.
but thats another topic.
i think radrails is a great tool for nix and win developers.
if yuo like the textmate look and feel, take a look here:
http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/08/08/textmate-theme-for-radrails/
if you like the textmate templates, take a look here:
http://devillecompanies.org/2006/10/08/radrails-textmate-templates/
the only contra is the memory consumption of radrails. but ok, its an
ide not an editor. ;)
another nice feature is the eclipse given plugin capability.
you should download aptana and integrate radrails as plugin. really
great.
add other plugins as needed. so i think the best IDE on all systems is
RadRails.
hope for more RadRails features to come.
cheers
Jose Pepe
Jeff Barczewski
I used to really like jEdit, great regular expression support, syntax highlighting, folding, good xml editing, etc.
I still prefer the power that is emacs. Emacs feels closer to the OS and I love being able to use a shell right from in emacs, its lighter weight than the other things and doesn't require java to be installed. It also is available on most unix systems that I log into (as well as having a port for windows and every other OS), so I am right at home where ever I am. It has been around forever and for good reason, it gets the job done and is infinitely customizable.
I won't say that I'll never go back to using a heavier IDE, they have their uses, but for everyday work right now in Ruby and Rails, emacs gets it done.
Jeff
dweinand
thx for the tip. but i'm looking everyday at radrails.org :)
and i'm waiting every day for the new release. ;)
they are doing a great job.
Jose Pepe schrieb:
nephish
On Oct 19, 11:20 am, Huw Collingbourne
<rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote:
> Stewart wrote:
> > how about...
>
> > -userdefined code snippets that can be inserted by typing the first few
> > letters of the snippet.Yes, we have those.
>
> > -auto closing tagsDo you mean in rhtml? We haven't thought about that but I think this
> could be implemented as snippets (we are providing 'tab-and-fill'
> snippets to let users fill out the 'missingdetails' - such as variables
> or bits of code by auto-tabbing to the designated parts of the code
> structures one tab at a time). In the current beta of the Developer
> Edition, snippets are provided for Ruby only but we can certainly add
> some to rhtml.
>
> > will intellisense just work for rails or will it include css and xhtml..
> > And what about haml for that matter?IntelliSense works for Ruby currently. Visual Studio already supports
> many other file types as standard (html, css, xml, javascript etc.). We
> are concentrating all our efforts on providing the best possible support
> for Ruby and Rails in their present incarnations. At this time, that is
> our complete focus. We shall, however, monitor emerging formats such as
> haml and, if a sufficient number of users request special support for
> such formats or for other technologies, we shall do our best to provide
> it.
>
> best wishes
> Huw
> SapphireSteel Softwarehttp://www.sapphiresteel.com
> Ruby Development For Visual Studio 2005
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
i know this thread is kinda old, but you could check out scribes.
scribes has editable snippets like in the text mate vids. i like it a
lot. Scite would be my second favorite
sk