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Oct 30, 2005, 01:16 #1
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Ruby IDE/Editor
Can anyone suggest me a Ruby Source Editor and/or an IDE for the Windows platform? Thanks.
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Oct 30, 2005, 05:59 #2
Bad news: at this point they all suck, at least on Windows.
Good news: There are a couple of options that are starting to suck less than before.
RadRails is based on the Eclipse platform and is only at version 0.3 but it's coming along nicely as a Rails IDE.
Arachno Ruby from Scriptolutions is fairly well developed for a 0.6 product, but I have my doubts about a company that was developing PHP/Python tools just a few months ago and stops all development on those to work on a Ruby IDE just cause it's the hot new thing.
Finally, if you're a Dreamweaver type there is the Rubyweaver extension that's supposed to get you Ruby/Rails support, but it didn't work for me when I tried to install it under Dreamweaver 8 so your mileage may vary.
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Oct 30, 2005, 08:05 #3
I like jEdit...I don't see any need for a full blown IDE to work with Ruby or Rails.
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Oct 30, 2005, 10:14 #4
Originally Posted by Luke Redpath
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Oct 30, 2005, 10:16 #5
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Try eclipse. If you have windows, then look at this:
http://www.napcs.com/howto/railsonwindows.html
It took me a while to set it up but it works great now.
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Oct 30, 2005, 17:17 #7
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I like http://www.jedit.org/ruby/,
* Integrated Ruby documentation viewer, including Ruby on Rails docs
is a big help.
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Oct 30, 2005, 18:57 #8
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Thanks guys for your comments.
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Oct 31, 2005, 05:56 #9
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If you are happy with a commercial editor, look at jEdit. It can do Ruby syntax highlighting if you can find the word file on it's site. I use this for most of my work.
Failing that, Look at notepad2,
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/NewNot...hlighting.aspx
This version has ruby syntax highlighting, and if you are only working on a few files, this is a good free alternative.
Another thing I use is Notepad++. I'm not to mad on this as the interface is a bit clumsy and it doesn't like =begin =end comments. However I use this to edit rhtml templates and UltraEdit to edit solid code. You wanna use python syntax highlighing in Notepad++, and make sure all the fonts are set the same size.
I used to use jEdit when I worked on the Mac. Textmate is also good on the mac, but I perfered jedit due to the PC shortcut keys. Kate works well on Linux if you don't mind KDE.
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Oct 31, 2005, 07:05 #10
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abligatory plug for vim
I'm sorry, I have to insert the obligatory plug for vim at this point. Probably not what allot of web developers think of when looking for an IDE, but it has allot going for it.
1. will probably be installed on whatever box your running rails/ruby on by default
2. ruby syntax highlighting
3. good regular expression support
4. all the rest of the stuff that makes vim a good editor.
I apologize in advance for being a fanboy. It's really the regexp support that won me over in the end. Eventually I'll take the time to learn the scripting language built into the thing. I've also heard that there is a ruby scripting interface. I don't know much about it though, however that might be reason number 5, can be scripted using ruby.
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Oct 31, 2005, 15:56 #11
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Anyone know if there are any Ruby syntax files for EditPlus yet? I checked the Edit Plus site but didnt find any ... just wondering if anyone had found one elsewhere.
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Oct 31, 2005, 19:48 #12
Originally Posted by dc dalton
Came up in a google search, I don't use EditPlus so I'm not sure how good/bad/ugly it is.
edit: it's for version 2.1 of editplus.
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Originally Posted by vgarcia
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Originally Posted by dc dalton
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Nov 1, 2005, 05:54 #15
^^ yeah but that's a terrible thing to tell a new Ruby coder (you can do it yourself!), especially with developed toolsets in other languages that require a lot less configuration.
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The next version of Komodo should support ruby, there is a beta available for testing. I haven't tried the beta but Komodo is pretty good for php.
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I've used RadRails. It ain't perfect, but some parts work.
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Originally Posted by Vex
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I am very happy with the early beta of Rad Ruby, it is small and efficient, has a neat yml interface for the database, lets you run queries straight from it too. It also has syntax highlighting and its a really nice fast app, its in java and I am assuming it is off of the eclipse project but its nice. It creates file structures for you and everything, no more terminal / command
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I find SciTe most conformant with ruby's "simple is better" principle. The recent version 1.66 has a new improved ruby syntax highlighter.
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Eclipse is strange: opens a file in 0.1 sec, closes it in 1.5 sec :S.
But it is a good option for ruby development with RDT. And you can use JSP highlight for .rhtml files.
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Originally Posted by vgarcia
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