--- In [email protected], "Andrew S.
Townley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 14:35, Keith Harrison-Broninski wrote:
> > IMO, in a few years Eclipse will be the default programming technology
> > - both as an IDE and as a framework for the code itself. And since it
> > produces platform-independent code, Eclipse is the single biggest
> > challenge to Microsoft that I know of, Google included - I wrote about
> > this in a blog post a while back, which goes into more detail about a
> > future scenario that may change the game for good.
>
> Not being an IDE junkie myself, such a statement scares the crap outta
> me. Maybe it'll be true, but I'll believe such a solution will result
> in not only quick delivery but high-quality, robust, maintainable and
> operational software intended to reduce the total cost of ownership over
> the entire lifecycle when I see it.
>
> Maybe it's just me from bad experiences with dealing with vendor
> "customization" solutions using VBA, but if what you describe evolves
> the wrong way, it won't be much better for delivering production-grade
> applications than developing business-critical application functionality
> in a VBA environment. It may get you there "quicker", but you may not
> like where you end up.
>
> When the hairs on the back of my neck settle down, I'll have a look at
> the blog post you mentioned. :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> ast
Those of you who are "IDE Junkies" and Ruby on Rails fans might be
interested in the following excerpt of an e-newsletter I have just
received from SD Times:
<<RadRails Moving Along the Track
By David Rubinstein
RadRails, an open-source IDE for the Ruby on Rails framework, last
week hit version 0.7, with new features for continuous testing. Based
on Eclipse and available as a plug-in, RadRails also includes RHTML
(HTML with embedded Ruby) code templates and updated help documents.
In getting the release out, the project overcame many problems, among
them the inability to export from Eclipse 3.2, the recently released
latest version of the framework. RadRails is built on the Eclipse Rich
Client Platform and includes plug-ins for Subclipse (Subversion
integration) and RDT (Ruby Development Tools).>>
Gervas
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