From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-02-14T20:32:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Where do you use Ruby?

On 2/14/07, P�l Bergstr�m <pal@palbergstrom.com> wrote:
> Suraj Kurapati wrote:
> > P�l Bergstr�m wrote:
> >> As I get myself more and more into Rails, and Ruby, I wonder in what
> >> other areas I can use Ruby, it's such a wonderful language.
> >
> > I use it to help me design, develop, and verify hardware modules written
> > in the Verilog language. In particular, it lets me apply agile
> > development practices like TDD and BDD to the otherwise grim world of
> > hardware development. See http://ruby-vpi.rubyforge.org for details.
>
> Is this a similar approach like CocoaRuby? In the case of CocoaRuby I'm
> not sure why you wouldn't develop directly in Cocoa. Seems like a rather
> simple language to learn. Can Ruby be used more directly to develop apps
> (sorry for my rudimentary knowledge :-) ). What about Eclipse?
>
Eclipse hmm, good question.

I recall that there was a recent thread with a very good pointer to
why some tools work great with Java and C# and not so great with
highly dynamic languages.
Not surprisingly after all.
Just imagine what you know about the methods of an object in Java just
by parsing the code and what you know about the methods of an object
in Ruby just by parsing the code!

It basically boils down that you loose some of the functionalities of
Eclipse when using with ruby. I tried it and I really thought it was
not worth the effort.
But if you are already using Eclipse you might still find it the best
way to manage your ruby projects of course.

I just use vim and svn but I have *small* projects - so far;).

Cheers
Robert
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