From: graham <fghfghfh@...>
Date: 2005-09-08T02:16:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Need help finding decent IDE/development environment for Windows

Paul Dix wrote:
> One of the things I've been trying to get set to my
> liking is a decent development environment...
I agree. I have tried to "sell" ruby at work, and all the Java 
developers say "Where is the equivalent of JBuilder / Eclipse / NetBeans 
  etc"
I try to say there is an Eclipse plugin - but
a) It doesn't work in the latest Eclipse release
b) It seems very restricted in supplied functionality compare with what 
is available in the Java perspective
c) Saying "I've got colour coded text in <editor name here>" just isn't 
good enough, and can't be called an IDE. (Try www.PSPad.com for a good 
free text editor though)

I've downloaded ArachnoRuby - but it never seems to get finished - and 
is pretty complex. Looks like it would have all the tools you would need 
  in it though - assuming it matures soon. (have to pay for it of course)

Other things - like RDE and Mondrian just plain don't work from the 
point & click installer. If it don't work on installation - what hope is 
there of it working properly as a debugger.

I hope someone picks up the challenge.....
Graham