From: Reid Thompson <reid.thompson@...>
Date: 2008-08-12T07:27:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby IDE

James Dinkel wrote:
> Martin Krauskopf wrote:
>> James Dinkel wrote:
> 
>>  > My problem with Netbeans is it was too big
>>
>> Download size (of 6.5dev) is 賊 55MB. We bundle JRuby which also
>> increases size a bit. We are planning kind of lightweight Ruby IDE
>> without JRuby, Glassfish, etc. as a choice.
> 
> Unless I was mistaken, it required the JDK which is like another 100MB.
> 
> 
>>  > definately not portable
>>
>> Not sure what you mean by this. If OS portability, we run Linux, Mac,
>> Windows, Solaris, .. <where-JVM-runs-OSes>.
> 
> What I meant was being able to copy it to a USB flash drive and just 
> plug it in and run the program.  I keep RadRails (switching to the 
> EasyEclipse stuff I mentioned) and a program called Flash Rails 
> (http://flashrails.rubyforge.org) on my USB drive and I can have my 
> complete Ruby development environment anywhere.  I think Eclipse 
> probably requires the JRE, but I almost never come across a computer 
> without the JRE.  I can run everything from the flash drive, even with 
> restricted user permissions, and leave nothing behind on the computer.
> 
> I don't know if this is/was an intended usage of RadRails and/or 
> Eclipse, but it has been very handy for me.  It lets me easily move 
> between home and work (or anywhere else), and I've even had the 
> opportunity to plug it in and show it to some non-Ruby developer 
> friends.
> 
> James

http://homepage2.nifty.com/sakazuki/rde_en/  may run from a USB drive..???