From: marc Date: 2009-07-21T04:20:49+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby IDE's Robert Dober wrote: > On 7/20/09, marc wrote: >> Tom Cloyd wrote: > However I do not want to argue that IDEs do not have their merits, but > maybe it is worth mentioning that we are hinting a beginner who wants > to learn Ruby. I belive that the hinting that something like netbeans gives you is a huge benefit to beginners; as well as the inbuilt testing. I could go on. There are a lot of benefits to a beginner to using an IDE. I'd certainly recommend Netbeans over gvim or emacs! >>> I'm an absolute amateur with Ruby, and always will be, I now run from >>> the command line, and use the ruby-debug gem (not yet available in ruby >>> 1.9), and am completely pleased with what I can do. I would never go >>> back to an IDE. I simply don't see any advantage at all. >> >> Might I suggest that when you have a lot more experience, and spend more >> time coding, then the advantages will become very clear. > So clear that you are assuming we know them? I assumed nothing, and I have no idea how you incorrectly inferred that. -- Best, Marc "Change requires small steps."