From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2001-12-04T06:23:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27369] Killer app for Ruby developers?

This is an idea that is very skeletal
yet I think there's a twist that makes
it significant (especially for XP people).

The basic idea: 

A browser-editor that can do basic 
refactoring (and maybe some source 
control functions). Should of course be 
scriptable in Ruby. Should have some 
kind of template or script support for
Lapidary or RubyUnit or whatever.
Disclaimer: I don't know SmallTalk, but
I hear the browser is a thing of beauty.

The twist:

Net-enable it for the purpose of... <drum 
roll please> remote pair programming!

Pair with anyone in the world, given an 
IP address and a time to meet.

I envision a button that switches between
"You Drive" and "I'll Drive" -- each person
completely controls the app while he is in
charge.

Should have at least a chat box, maybe even
voice, maybe even webcam.

One problem: Do we settle on a fixed editor?
Make it configurable? Give it "faces" that look
like emacs or whatever? Not everyone agrees
on the choice of editor. (I think my opinion is to
have a "neutral ground" editor.)

Thoughts, anyone?

Hal