From: John Clarke <clarkej@...>
Date: 2002-02-12T15:11:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby browser similar to Smalltalk browsers?


"Hal E. Fulton" wrote:
>
> > 'In late 2001, someone will release a Ruby browser similar to VisualAge
> > and the Smalltalk browsers.'
> >
> > Is there any news on this feature or release?
> 
> Hmm. I'm not sure what was being referred to there.
> 
> There are some existing browsers (check the archive at
> www.ruby-lang.org)... my impression is that most of these
> are rather rudimentary or proof-of-concept. (That's not a
> flame, and may not even be accurate.)

Thanks for the pointers, Hal. I've not tried Ruby, but will stay tuned -
plans for FreeRIDE include class and refactoring browsers, I read. Good
stuff. I guess the 'late 2001' date reference was a bit optimistic.

John

>
> I agree with you that good tools make a world of difference.
>
> My money at the moment is on the FreeRIDE project
> (www.rubyide.org), spearheaded by Curt Hibbs. There
> is already some code (much of it written by Rich Kilmer,
> who codes like the wind) but at present it is even more
> alpha-ware than any of the others, I think.
> 
> One nice thing about this project is that it has so many
> programmers that they can't all be lazy at once. As for me,
> I haven't yet contributed a single line of code...
> 
> Cheers,
> Hal Fulton