Re: Re: Is this book dated?

Angel Robert Marquez
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:37:50 -0000

I don''t know man. I used to work with these two dev guys that would
debate
constantly over cygwin and eclipse. Personally at the time (bout a year ago)
I used both for whatever worked best for my understanding at the time. I do
find myself leaning towards the command line more these days. The only
reason I like gEdit opposed to vim is because of the file browser side pane.
But, to each his own. I prefer IDEs like training wheels. They help me
understand concepts more easily. The terminal with a semi transparent
background is looking pretty slick and not very cluttered on F13. The only
real problems I''m running into are compatibility issues and I
don''t think
either the cl or the IDE would remedy those more favorably.

i''ll check out rubymine. I like looking at different UI designs for
this
stuff anyways and can use without marrying.

danka!

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Ginty
<stephen.f.mcginty-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Sorry but the advice to "don''t use an IDE because Rails
doesn''t need
> one" is as dated as this book.
>
> Today''s IDEs give you significant advantages over a text editor,
to
> name but a few:
>
> Visual debugging.
> No Rails configuration required, already understands the Rails
> structure for easy navigation.
> Integration with Rspec et al; run tests with a click, visual debug
> again, etc.
> Integration with Git; browse your changes, 1-click to diff, etc.
>
> Netbeans is good I agree (plus has an awesome flawless Vim plugin),
> but I now use RubyMine which is better (although the Vim plugin
> blows), but it''s not free though.
>
> On Jul 6, 7:16 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Bb Serviss wrote:
> > > I really liked "Simply Rails 2" by Patrick Lenz.
It''s the only rails
> > > book where I went through all the code examples.
> >
> > I haven''t read that book, but based on all the technical
errors in
> > another one of Patrick''s Rails books (Building Your Own RoR
Web
> > Applications), I''d tend to steer well clear of any of his
Rails writing.
> >
> >
> >
> > > As far as an IDE goes - I like Netbeans. You can code with a
simple
> > > editor but nothing beats the view Netbeans gives you.
> >
> > NetBeans is a great IDE, but I do not believe it offers any advantage
at
> > all for Rails development (I use it for other stuff).  What do you
mean
> > by "the view NetBeans gives you"?
> >
> > Best,
> > --
> > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org
> > mar...-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
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