From: Brian McCallister <mccallister@...>
Date: 2003-08-15T21:16:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby & Windows-world; IDEs


On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 07:50 AM, Dan North wrote:

> Hi Armin.
>
> As a Java programmer and something of a Ruby Nuby, there are two 
> things I want from an editor/IDE. The first is a quick 
> test-code-refactor cycle, and the second is any sort of support for 
> being a lazy programmer :)
>

As a Java during the day, Ruby at night, programmer... IDEA and Eclipse 
basically make Java development and turnaround at least as quick as 
most scripting languages. The test-code-fix-refactor cycle gets very 
tight. Toss in wonderfully powerful refactoring tools and you have a 
killer environment. I have seen an afternoon with either of them 
convert hard core emacs and vi users on multiple occasions.

All of that said, Ruby has ruined me for Java. I almost posted to a 
Jakarta list earlier this week saying the whole project should be moved 
to Ruby as it would alleviate a lot of technical issues. Go figure. 
IDEA for Ruby... mmmm.

-Brian