Xavier Noria wrote in post #978074: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser > <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > >> Oh, absolutely, but I try to discourage bad choices. Using an IDE for >> Rails is IMHO a bad choice. > > You're wrong Mamen, not a bad choice at all. You may prefer a plain > editor, that's fine, but that does not make other people's choices > bad.
I see too many people addicted to IDEs as a crutch and unable to function without them. That is bad. When not used as a crutch, a good IDE is a joy. It makes life easier and automates repetitive tasks in development. That is good. However, Rails is not well suited to conventional IDEs. They make Rails development harder. That is bad. They attract people who would use them as crutches. That is bad. As far as I can see, they provide no particular advantage to compensate for the annoyance they introduce. That is very bad. Therefore, using a conventional IDE for Rails development is a bad choice. I think the issues here are fundamental enough that this ceases to be a matter of taste. > >> So what? It's not worth the clunky interface. > > *For you*. Right. That *is* a matter of taste. > >>> But RubyMine has a lot of knowledge about Ruby on >>> Rails. >> >> Such as? > > Such as? RM has dozens of features specific to Rails, you don't even > know them, and you have all these strong opinions about choosing an > IDE as RM? Common! I tried to use RubyMine. I really wanted to like it. I didn't see the point of it. What am I missing? Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org mar...@marnen.org Sent from my iPhone -- Posted via http://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.
