Re: Is this book dated?

Ginty
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:22:54 -0000

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
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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