From: Andrew Stuart <andrew.stuart@...>
Date: 2005-09-08T13:31:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Need help finding decent IDE/development environment for Windows

I worked on a project once where an IDE was appointed as Project Manager - I
think it was Visual Studio actually.  It wasn't such a big success - the IDE
didn't say much in meetings and wasn't very proactive in managing the
people, project, timelines, deliverables and politics.  Certainly it was a
friendly IDE, but you need so much more than that in a Project Manager.  I
really think a person is a much stronger choice for Project Manager although
some organisations will continue to choose an IDE as Project Manager.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jussij@zeusedit.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: Need help finding decent IDE/development environment for
Windows


> I believe it's my job to manage complexity, as the programmer,
> not the IDE's job.

Most wise words indeed.

Lots of programmers like to leave the task of project management
up to the IDE.  But this can be dangerous, as many times the IDE
will get into trouble with the project management, especially as
the complexity grows.

Jussi Jumppanen
Author: Zeus for Windows