From: Adriano Volpones <adriano.volpones@...>
Date: 2003-08-07T00:22:42+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie question from a smalltalker


Dave Thomas wrote:

> I agree that IDEs are a great environment for some folks. But just for
> balance I'd point out that it's possible to write decent sized
> applications without a class browser and refactoring tools. My biggest
> Ruby app so far has 460 classes, and when I need to refactor a method
> name I find "grep-find" very usable.

You are right! You can always emulate every tool and bell and whistle with
lots of grep+find+cut+paste+... is only a matter of time.

What I can say is that (for me) the real fun in programming comes from
designing and not from typing, where the last is a mere obstacle to obtain
the first.

Adriano