I think having IDE integration (I mean: being able to edit the buildfile with syntax highlight, autocompletion, tooltips, running a task inside the IDE, etc) is very important for the adoption of Buildr on most IDE-minded java shops, and some of them can see the lack of IDE integration as an strong deciding factor.
Personally, I code almost everything with Emacs, and just very very rarely use Eclipse. One thing I can say is that developers at the company I work would like to have an Eclipse plugin to run buildr inside their IDE. And now we have official JRuby support, you could have a full buildr runtime in the IDE, Netbeans claims to be the best ruby-capable IDE and I guess it already embeds JRuby. So I think you should itch your own scratch, if you would like to see Buildr integrated with your favorite IDE, and you got a chance to do it, go for it. Blog about it, make some noise and more IDE users will be using buildr. Shane, Luis, thanks for your interest on improving the Buildr user experience! On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 6:00 AM, Luis Pérez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Some time ago I considered implementing Netbeans integration, but only the > functionality to create the files necessary for netbeans from a buildr > task > in the same way that buildr eclipse. Unfortunately, I moved to another > city > and I haven't had too much time to spent, but I'm still interested, so > maybe > in the following weeks I could do it. > > Anyone interested? > > Luis > > > 2008/4/30 Shane Witbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Alexis, > > > > Sorry I should have made the distinction. I mean #1 which in it's > > current form will allow you to call buildr tasks directly from IDEA. > > > > Thanks for your opinion, > > > > Shane > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Alexis Midon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > by plugin you mean #1. a IDEA plugin to use buildr from the IDE or #2. > a > > > Buildr plugin to generate project/module files? > > > I'll assume #1.] since #2 already exists. > > > > > > In my opinion, support for both versions would be great. Release of > > IDEA 8 > > > might takes some time, not to mention the user migration. > > > > > > Personally the one and only true IDE is IDEA, so do not waste your > > time > > > with a zillion-th Eclipse plugin ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Alex Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Shane, > > > > > > > > There's a pretty decent Eclipse plugin already. You can try it > with > > > > "buildr eclipse" and loading the projects into your Eclipse > > workspace. > > > > > > > > And the survey says.... Eclipse is the only IDE I really use. > > Anything > > > > else > > > > goes into jEdit. > > > > > > > > alex > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Shane Witbeck < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I put together what I consider an alpha version of a Buildr > plugin > > for > > > > > the IntelliJ IDEA IDE a while back and now have a dilemma. > They've > > > > > started work on version 8x of IDEA and changed the plugin system. > > I'm > > > > > wondering if it's worthwhile continuing to support IDEA 7x with > the > > > > > plugin and split the code base for 8x or just start over and > > > > > supporting 8x only. I'm also debating if I should attempt an > > Eclipse > > > > > plugin. > > > > > > > > > > I'm just curious what IDE of choice the buildr dev's use? > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > -Shane > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -Shane > > > -- vic Quaerendo invenietis.
