From: Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2006-06-12T08:33:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for Highschoolers?

ReggW wrote:
> Timothy Hunter wrote:
>
>   
>> I know this will be controversial, but...IDE? Why do you need an IDE?
>> They're learning programming, not clicking on things. They can write
>> their Ruby programs using whatever text editor is convenient, vim,
>> emacs, Scite, whatever.
>>
>>     
>
> For student just starting to learn a language, a good IDE would help 
> greatly.
>
>
>   
All right, I'm listening. How would an IDE help?