%4 Using the Ruby Dev-Tools plug-in for Eclipse

Using the Ruby Dev-Tools plug-in for Eclipse


RDT is good, but...
(Score:5, Interesting)
by MarkWatson (189759) Alter Relationship on Monday October 17, @06:30PM (#13813050)
(http://www.markwatson.com/)
... because Ruby is a dynamic language it is more difficult for IDEs to autocomplete, etc.

I do most of my development in Java, so I mostly use IntelliJ (best Java IDE, IMHO). However, I also really like Eclipse because in one IDE you can code in Java, C++, Ruby, Python, etc.
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Checkout RadRails [radrails.org]


RadRails is an integrated development environment for the Ruby on Rails framework. The goal of this project is to provide Rails developers with everything they need to develop, manage, test and deploy their applications. Features include source control, debugging, WEBrick servers, generator wizards, syntax highlighting, data tools and much much more.

The RadRails IDE is built on the Eclipse RCP, and includes plugins from RDT and Subclipse. The RadRails tools are also available as Eclipse plugins.

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Ruby.....
(Score:5, Insightful)
by james_in_denver (757233) Alter Relationship on Monday October 17, @07:04PM (#13813225)
It rocks...... I'm using Ruby at work to parse millions of lines of source code across 4 different systems and link that back to literally hundreds of requirements documents. The end result is stored in a database and made available via "Ruby on Rails" [rubyonrails.org]. It's saved the client literally hundreds of hours of debugging and integration time, and the "documentation"? It never gets out of date... Just run the programs against the source code and document repositories nightly and everything is current.....

And Eclipse? simply the best development IDE available IMHO...... And all of that in only a few thousand lines of code.....
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