Re: Is CodeGear''s 3rdRail dead or dormant?

Erol Fornoles
2008-09-13T19:29:56Z

On Sep 14, 3:01 am, roschler
<robert.osch...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have to decide whether or not to re-up my subscription to Codegear/
> 3rdRail.  I bought a fully licensed copy back in Sep/2007 and the
> subscription is nearly up.  I know it this may sound funny but I
> finally got the chance to sit down and start learning it this week
> despite the fact I bought it nearly a year ago.  Much to my shock,
> when I went to the official support forum on the Embarcodero
> Technologies site (they bought the 3rdRail group out) there were a
> total of 2 threads posted in the 3rdRail section.  The only other
> forum I could find was on CodeVerge and that one doesn''t have any
> messages after March 2008.  I''m used to seeing literally hundreds
of
> threads and messages on an active developer''s board.
>
> So am I wasting my time with 3rdRail?  I am a long time fan of
> Borland''s IDE products which is where 3rdRail began (Borland), and
I
> paid for a full version, but if it''s a dead horse that could
actually
> get in the way of finding contract work once I''m up to speed, I
need
> to know now.
>
> If it is dead, please post the most popular IDE tools that people are
> using and that are being requested for in Rails/Help Wanted requests
> or a link to a web page or article that delineates them.  If 3rdRail
> is not, please post the URL of a forum or group where I can find a
> healthy level of discourse activity
>
> Thanks,
> Robert

You''ll probably be better off with Netbeans, RadRails or Komodo.
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