I'd second/third NetBeans. I use NetBeans on all platforms mac/ubunut/ winXP and I think it's great. Particularly because of its auto- completion, built-in documentation of ruby methods and easy debugger. It really shortened the learning curve when I originally jumped into rails.
On Feb 26, 1:51 pm, Robert Walker <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote: > Cyrus Dev wrote: > > > Hello Every one, > > > I am using SciTE Editor which is good for ruby and rails, but I want > > editor > > with file browser in that , is any plugin available for it ? > > > thanks > > Are you looking for a full-on IDE or just a better text editor? > > I use, an highly recommend, TextMate on the Mac. The is something > similar to it on Windows called the "E Text Editor." > > If you are looking for a full-fledged IDE for Ruby take a loot at > Netbeans 6.5. It seems to be about the best Ruby support I know of in an > IDE. > > People may think it's strange that I really prefer a good text editor > like TextMate over an IDE. Especially, since I live in an IDE all day > for my Java "day job." But, Java just isn't practical without an IDE > these days. > > Here are some things I dislike about IDEs: > > 1. Most are written in Java. The exception being Xcode, which is the > only IDE I actually enjoy using. > 2. IDEs tend to lock you into a single vendor. In our case that's Oracle > with their JDeveloper IDE. > 3. I HATE Java programs. > 4. I REALLY HATE Java programs. > 5. IDEs have a tendency to make bad assumptions. "Oh!. Here's what I > think you're trying to do, I'll go ahead and make that edit for you." I > swear, I spend half my time removing crap that the IDE thinks I want. > 6. I'm a programmer. I don't need help with programming! What I need is > help editing text. TextMate is perfect for this because the developers > spend their time thinking about editing text/code. The built-in text > editors of most IDE are horrible at editing text. > 7. JDeveloper startup time ~30 seconds. TextMate Startup time < 1 > second. > 8. mate . > > This is all a matter of taste, but is probably the primary thing that > drew me to Ruby on Rails in the first place. A development framework > that's logical enough to require no IDE is worth it's weight in gold. > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
