From: Max Williams <toastkid.williams@...>
Date: 2008-12-02T00:07:54+09:00
Subject: Re: really beginner question

Lloyd Linklater wrote:
> rocksonchan wrote:
>> p.s. is there any simple free editor program  for beginner that will
>> help me to learn ruby better?
> 
> Personally, I recommend that you go to http://www.sun.com/ and get 
> netbeans.  You will be able to add ruby as one of the languages used and 
> it is really great AND free.  It is not the only one but I highly 
> recommend it.  Sun is actively supporting ruby these days and to very 
> good effect.

Actually, when i did used to use an IDE i did use netbeans, which has 
good ruby debugging tools.

The two approaches (IDEs vs text editor/command line) have their own 
advantages and disadvantages.  For example IDEs can be better for 
debugging, but have a tendency to try to wrap lots of things that are 
better done at the command line.  If you need to do something new, it's 
much easier to follow a tutorial that says "paste this into your command 
line" than it is to follow some instructions regarding IDE option menus, 
config screens etc.

Maybe the best approach is to use an IDE but not be too dependent on it: 
try to use the command line for as much as possible.
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