dammit me be moron, forgot to edit subject On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Chuck van der Linden <cerne...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > >> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:24:21 +0100 >> From: aidy lewis <aidy.le...@googlemail.com> >> Subject: Re: [rspec-users] RSpec makes me want to write better code >> To: rspec-users <rspec-users@rubyforge.org> >> Message-ID: >> <7ac2300c0904010924o65996d8co404aef578831b...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Hi David >> >> 2009/4/1 David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com>: >> >> >...that if you're >> > proficient in Ruby and you're pairing with a reasonably skilled >> > developer in any C-based language like C Sharp, the language barrier >> > will be fairly small. There are some hoops, like meta-programming, >> > blocks and iterators, but not too many beyond that. I don't mean that >> > to be flippant. Even if the dev has zero experience with these >> > concepts, he really doesn't need to understand them in order to >> > progress if you're pairing. >> > >> >> When you go to Harversters they ask 'have you been here before?'. >> Maybe not, but I can eat with a knife and fork. >> >> However, - I will put myself on a limb - some programmers have been >> conditioned by MS on the practices and uses of tools. No intellisense, >> no visual debugger, no static assignment or compilation, a command >> lin...@? Many are just not happy with it. >> >> Aidy >> > Aidy, if they need the security blanket of the MS tools and Visual Studio > IDE you could always suggest the Ruby in Steel product from the > SapphireSteel people. it's not free, but compared to the price of VSTS > it's dirt cheap. > > I've been playing with it (because I'm QA in a .net shop) and so far I'm > pretty happy with it. it's got all the stuff to make those devs comfortable > (debugger, intellisense) even if you most likely don't really need those > things most of the time for working with stuff like Ruby and Watir. (it's > also got a little IRB console window, which is handy) >
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