> Ed Howland wrote: >> Yiannis has a valid point too. There should be a nice X-Platform IDE >> that ships with Ruby core
Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > I'd be curious to see what the Ruby community could come up with. I do > like the idea of something like IDLE that's actually *designed for* and > *benefits* typical Ruby projects. I'd love to see the result of such a project. Can it be finished by yesterday? :). I'd volunteer to help, but I'm too new to Ruby to actually be helpful. :) > Ed Howland wrote: > Some people just take to a language if it comes with a nice > environment to work in. Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > A good OS, a good text editor, and a good terminal emulator make up a > *very* nice environment. Not everything needs an IDE. It does, but it doesn't appeal to the audience that Ed may be thinking of. That audience is going to be drawn in much more quickly if they can download a single package that a) includes both ruby and an IDE (a low-footprint one similar to IDLE will do), b) does not require any configuration c) does not require installation of other products either before or after installation of the package to get started. That is, I should be able to download, run an installer, click on a icon, and starting typing ruby code into an editor that can execute the ruby code. :) Python is very accessible that way. I had a professor in college who is a big fan of Python, he'd use it for teaching in many of his courses. The ability to download a single installer, run it, and get going in IDLE made that possible. Iain -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
