From: Edward Faulkner <ef@...>
Date: 2005-09-08T13:49:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Need help finding decent IDE/development environment for Windows

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On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 08:56:29AM +0900, graham wrote:
> Edward Faulkner wrote:
> >In Ruby, if your application is so large and complicated that you
> >can't easily navigate and understand it without a specialized IDE,
> >you're basically screwed.
>=20
> I agree. Although Ruby has potential, it still appears to be a language=
=20
> for small systems/utilities.=20

You misunderstand me.  Ruby is quite capable of tackling large,
complicated problems. =20

People coming from a static-language background expect to need IDEs
because they underestimate the power and brevity of a dynamic language
like Ruby.  Once they've replaced their 10,000 lines of Java with
1,000 lines of Ruby, perhaps their IDE will begin to seem less
important.

Or perhaps I'm just biased against IDEs.  I've never liked them much
myself.

By the way, it appears rather difficult to make a Ruby IDE with
tab-completion, because you can't know in advance the type of any
object, and methods may be added and changed on the fly. =20

regards,
Ed

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