From: lith <minilith@...>
Date: 2009-08-29T21:13:15+09:00
Subject: Re: the ruby editor and ide roundup

> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming/Ruby_editors
>
> People contributing to the perennial editor and ide thread, please
> help update/maintain this page and point there.

I generally find comparisons like this one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_instant_messaging_clients
very helpful.

Well, I don't have the time to create such a table myself :-) but I
would like to suggest the following columns for a comparison of
features:

- syntax highlighting
- template expansion
- code completion (eg method & variable names)
- regexp search
- incremental search
- find all occurrences of a word
- file navigation that facilitates working with RoR-like directory
layouts
- programmability
- build/make projects from within the editor/ide (maybe less useful
with ruby but this could also include running a web app and switching
to the browser etc.)
- syntax checker
- error lists that make it possible to jump right to the line where
the (syntax) error occured
- integrated debugger (set breakpoints easily etc.)
- support for refactoring
- support for unit tests/specs
- task management
- collaborative features?
- ...