Maybe it runs better on Linux than on the environment you tried it on. Hopefully, because I had FF3.0b2 and NetBeans open and my MacBook wasn't happy at all.
IDEs have their place for some people (though not for everyone). I totally agree with you. -Matt On 2/15/08, Bill Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maybe a CPU hog in some sense. But, who cares. Computing power is > cheap nowadays. I have a 3 year old P4 with a couple of gigs of RAM and > it really doesn't break a sweat. I have been running the Ruby release > of Netbeans, VMware for testing IE, Aqua Data Studio, Firefox and > Thunderbird simultaneously (among other apps) all morning and never > noticed a slow down. Maybe it runs better on Linux than on the > environment you tried it on. > > IDEs have their place for some people (though not for everyone). I used > to be a console only developer. But, I have grown to appreciate having > everything in one place (especially since I am not a full time Ruby > developer). For example, being able to do things like single step > through running Rails code and edit it in place with an editor I am used > to has a certain appeal. > > > -- > Bill Young > Director of Computing Support > Department of Computer Science and Engineering > University of California, San Diego > Office: EBU3B 1212 > Phone: (858) 822-3286 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Matt Aimonetti wrote on 02/15/08 12:41: > > > NetBeans 6 is a CPU hog even with a decent computer, I personally stay > > away from it. (and honestly, I don't need an IDE) > > > > I totally agree with Kevin, if you deploy on windows use windows (but > > you might want to consider looking for a job somewhere else), otherwise > > stick to Linux/Mac. > > > > -Matt > > > > > On 2/15/08, *Bill Young* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > wrote: > > > > > > I am a long term vi/vim user as well. However, Netbeans 6 with the > jvi > > plugin sure is nice. > > > > For the original poster, one of my staff was developing on Windows > and > > ended up switching to Linux. The reason for that may have been > along > > the lines of what Kevin said about developing on the same platform > as we > > deploy on (we deploy on Linux). It is just easier to shuffle the > files > > around that way and any problems you run into may be more similar > > between your production and development environments. In any case, > I > > have been Linux from the start and am a happy camper. > > > > -- > > Bill Young > > Director of Computing Support > > Department of Computer Science and Engineering > > University of California, San Diego > > Office: EBU3B 1212 > > Phone: (858) 822-3286 > > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Kenneth Lee wrote on 02/15/08 11:12: > > > > > VIM is all I need. Call me old school, but I don't even use a > > windowing > > > system. I connect via the console and use screen + VIM. > > > > > > On 2/15/08, *Randy Walker* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've tried on both and prefer mac. > > > > > > The closest thing to TextMate I could find for pc was > > Jedit. It has the > > > ability to create snippet-like macros, but the code coloring > > feature > > > isn't > > > near as in encompassing as TMs. > > > > > > > > > -=R > > > > > > > > > On 2/15/08 10:21 AM, "liquid_rails" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts on this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
