From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-11-21T06:04:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Tool Survey

On Nov 20, 2007 3:38 PM, Tim Bray <Tim.Bray@sun.com> wrote:
> I'm running a survey to find out what tools Ruby and Rails people
> use.  Explanation and (soon) results at http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/
> When/200x/2007/11/20/Ruby-IDE-Survey - the survey itself is at
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GFR_2fGqqmOaL1zWDiuGhL0w_3d_3d
>
> I'm not really well Rails-connected.  Could I ask someone, as a
> favor, to relay the pointers over to Rails mailing-list land?
>
> Thanks in advance, Tim

Well I took the survey but found it unsatisfying.

1) I'm a rails person who also does significant non-rails ruby
programming, but that wasn't an option.

2) Not a very wide tool selection, only editiors and an ide or two.
What about other tools, like rdebug, rspec, test/unit, .......

The overall ruby tools picture is broader than this.  It's reminiscent
of a video recently published by one of the Smalltalk vendors which
compared the Smalltalk IDE to plain vanilla Rails development
following an introductory tutorial.  While I'm sympathetic to the
Smalltalk POV, ruby/rails toolage HAS progressed past the early 80s.

-- 
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/