From: "Grauenwolf@..." <Grauenwolf@...>
Date: 2007-01-23T08:00:06+09:00
Subject: Re: FreeRIDE - Way too many warnings

I appreciate your help, and I'm sure I'll forget this incident in short
order. However, there is one thing that really troubles me over the
long term.

It isn't that FreeRIDE and the other tool were being affected by bugs
in Ruby, that can be fixed. My problem is that unsupported software is
being shipped in the main distribution and the general attitude it "Oh
well, just try XXX".

This time it was just a basic IDE, but what about next time? It seems
to me that there is a really good chance that I am going to end up
developming something in Ruby 1.8.5, only to find out that one of the
libraries I rely on is not supported and the new version isn't
backwards compatible.

Will it really happen? Probably not. But the impression that it could,
and that Ruby doesn't have good oversight over it is distributing, make
me really nervious.

Jonathan


Drew Olson wrote:
> > That said, I still don't have an answer to my question about how to fix
> > FreeRIDE.
> >
> > Jonathan
>
> Here's an answer that might actually help you out :)
>
> I encountered the same issues when first delving into ruby. However, I
> soon discovered that the ruby one-click installer comes with a great
> little light-weight editor called SciTE. Check the install directory
> from the one-click, it should be there. Now, I wouldn't call it an "IDE"
> but it's got syntax highlighting and is very light weight. I really
> enjoy coding in it.
>
> I also use RadRails (an Eclipse plugin) when doing Rails development on
> windows. When I'm working with either Rails or Ruby on a mac, I turn to
> TextMate (what else?). Hope this helps clear up some issues you're
> having.
>
> I, for one, feel that the response you received was ridiculous. I
> started learning ruby and frequenting these boards about 6 months ago
> and the warm reception I received as a nuby was one of the main things
> that cause me to be so drawn to the language.
>
> There may be a few people that are degrading the quality of these
> boards, but as said previously, you are very likely to get a nice,
> helpful response. Don't give up on ruby, it's a great language and a
> wonderful community (in my experience).
> 
> -Drew
> 
> -- 
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