Q: IDE and FAQ?

Ruby
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I’m sure this question’s been asked before, so I’ll just ask if there’s
a
FAQ for the group that answers the question:

What’s a good IDE for cross-platform development? I use both Linux and
Mac
OS X for work and would like something that runs on both.

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Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
| I’m sure this question’s been asked before, so I’ll just ask if there’s a
| FAQ for the group that answers the question:
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| What’s a good IDE for cross-platform development? I use both Linux and Mac
| OS X for work and would like something that runs on both.

NetBeans has good Ruby support (even comes with a recent-ish JRuby), and
Eclipse with, er, RADTools, I think it is, is good, too, I’ve heard.

Though, I’ve only used NetBeans as far as IDEs for any length of time.

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I’m going to put in another plug for NetBeans. I’ve been using it for
ruby coding since the release candidates for 6.x. Mostly I use it in
linux, occasional on OSX, and I used to use it a ton on my windows box
at work. It’s very consistent across platforms, and since leaving the
rc stage, very stable. The big plus for me over eclipse, is the
straightforward subversion and cvs support.

Eclipse is supposed to work across all platforms also. Though I’ve
never tried it on OSX, one of my old profs uses it in an OSX lab for
his java programming classes. The UI is significantly faster than
NetBeans, if you’re using a slow machine. The downside is that comes
across as fragile, ruby support is installed as a plugin, and using
subversion and cvs required jumping through several hoops.

Long long ago, there used to be an ide written in ruby, using fox gui
toolkit called FreeRide. It was slick & cool, but crashed hourly. I
miss it, and wonder if it’s gotten it’s life together enough not to
crash… maybe worth checking out.

–Kyle

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Kyle S. wrote:

NetBeans, if you’re using a slow machine. The downside is that comes
across as fragile, ruby support is installed as a plugin, and using
subversion and cvs required jumping through several hoops.

For me, on Linux, this last part is easy: CVS support comes with Eclipse
and Subversion support comes by installing the subclipse RPM or grabbing
that plugin. But, I’ve not had any luck getting a Ruby plugin for
Eclipsie. The one I saw was RDT and that’s now a commercial product. :-/

Long long ago, there used to be an ide written in ruby, using fox gui
toolkit called FreeRide. It was slick & cool, but crashed hourly. I
miss it, and wonder if it’s gotten it’s life together enough not to
crash… maybe worth checking out.

Downloaded it recently. It wouldn’t even start. Tried it on both
platforms with the same results. :frowning:

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Kyle S. wrote:

NetBeans, if you’re using a slow machine. The downside is that comes
across as fragile, ruby support is installed as a plugin, and using
subversion and cvs required jumping through several hoops.

For me, on Linux, this last part is easy: CVS support comes with Eclipse
and Subversion support comes by installing the subclipse RPM or grabbing
that plugin. But, I’ve not had any luck getting a Ruby plugin for
Eclipsie. The one I saw was RDT and that’s now a commercial product. :-/

Long long ago, there used to be an ide written in ruby, using fox gui
toolkit called FreeRide. It was slick & cool, but crashed hourly. I
miss it, and wonder if it’s gotten it’s life together enough not to
crash… maybe worth checking out.

Downloaded it recently. It wouldn’t even start. Tried it on both
platforms with the same results. :frowning:

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Darryl, I’m glad to hear they got a little better with the SVN
support. I recall some serious headaches with it. Shame RDT isn’t in
good shape now.

FreeRide is awfully sad. It was a lovely idea of an ultra-minimalist
ide. You could also try arcadia, but I don’t belive it’s very mature
yet.

–Kyle

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Darryl L. Pierce wrote:

I’m sure this question’s been asked before, so I’ll just ask if there’s a
FAQ for the group that answers the question:

What’s a good IDE for cross-platform development? I use both Linux and Mac
OS X for work and would like something that runs on both.

Well … I use Komodo and love it.

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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

Darryl L. Pierce wrote:

I’m sure this question’s been asked before, so I’ll just ask if there’s a
FAQ for the group that answers the question:

What’s a good IDE for cross-platform development? I use both Linux and Mac
OS X for work and would like something that runs on both.

Well … I use Komodo and love it.

iam using SciTe and komodo. I love using both but whats the problem with
SciTe is, in case of larger file transfers like 1GB means it cant run
the application.

but SciTe is very simple and easy to use.

Komodo on the other hand very efficient even for web applications…

–Jose Martin

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Just a little note to say don’t forget SciTe - I am still fond of this
and am doing all my Camping with it!

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Darryl L. Pierce wrote:

I’m sure this question’s been asked before, so I’ll just ask if there’s a
FAQ for the group that answers the question:

What’s a good IDE for cross-platform development? I use both Linux and Mac
OS X for work and would like something that runs on both.

On Fedora, I’ve downloaded and been playing with Geany
http://geany.uvena.de/ and it’s pretty decent. No grande features, but
it does offer auto-completion within the source, code collapsing, etc.