From: Nei Kai <mailxiening@...>
Date: 2007-12-21T13:24:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Good Ruby IDE for Debian Linux?

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I, too, don't think it's important to use IDE to edit/input ruby code,
vim is good enough.
But how do you guys debug ruby code?  log/puts, or the native debug
option of ruby command?
Could anybody recommend some  debugger  for  vim user?

Best  regards.
ning

2007/12/21, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net>:
>
> Marc Heiler wrote:
> >> I'm wondering what IDEs are out there for Ruby in the Linux world?
> >> Anyone want to make some recommendations?
> >
> > I think you might well survive without any IDE for Ruby. It's not as if
> > you absolutely need a complicated IDE - ruby done right is terse and
> > readable.
> > IDEs have some advantages but I found them all to have disadvantages,
> > if only the level of complexity you need to understand with
> > them - i remember when i first was presented to do a "projects" file
> > with netbeans :)
>
> Well ... I like Komodo. In general, I don't think single-person projects
> need an IDE, nor do I think pair programmers who are well synchronized
> in thinking do. A more heterogeneous project team, on the other hand,
> has a *lot* to gain by using a *common* IDE and set of coding standards.
>
> That said, an awful lot of Rubyists are wedded to MacOS and TextMate. :)
>
>
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