From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-08-08T21:59:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby IDE

On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 14:00 +0900, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there a good IDE for Ruby?
> At the moment am using "vi", plan to migrate to TextEditor under GNOME
> 
> I tried downloading ruby-ide from http://www.ruby-ide.com/
> But it kept making me go round and round to get a trial version.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> ~Mayuresh
> 
It depends on your platform and your budget. KDevelop is free and open
source, but really runs well only on Linux with the KDE desktop. Komodo,
which is the one I use, is propietary but runs well on almost all
platforms. There are others, like Eclipse and NetBeans, but I haven't
used them.

The key factor in choosing an IDE is the nature of the project. If it's
a single-person project, use whatever works best for you. But if it's a
multi-person project, even if only two, pick something that facilitates
communication among the team and with all of the other tools, especially
your source control, defect tracking, compilers, debuggers, etc. 
-- 
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
ruby-perspectives.blogspot.com

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