When is JetBrains giving us a Ruby IDE?

The Language API will provide all the tools needed to write a Ruby plugin
with built in refactoring, smart code navigation, etc. This is coming in
IDEA 5.0.

http://redsquirrel.com/cgi-bin/dave/2005/04/21#ruby.adoption

Please, please work on a Ruby IDE.

Thanks,
Obie :)

I don't know... If a ruby guru coded a port of IDEA in ruby it would take him 4 or 5 days and 5-600 lines of code: why would he want to write an idea plugin that would need many months of unsuccesful coding and no closures included?

I don't know... If a ruby guru coded a port of IDEA in ruby it would take him 4 or 5 days and 5-600 lines of code: why would he want to write an idea plugin that would need many months of unsuccesful coding and no closures included?

Totaly agree :).

Ahmed.

I don't know whether you're joking, but anyway, the plugin could certainly
be written in JRuby.

I don't know... If a ruby guru coded a port of IDEA in ruby it would
take him 4 or 5 days and 5-600 lines of code: why would he want to
write an idea plugin that would need many months of unsuccesful coding
and no closures included?

I think it was intended to be sarcastic since Ruby coders tend to rip on Java relentlessly and say how they can do the same thing so much faster with much less code.

The Ruby guys deserve the treatment, imho. :)

+ I think it was intended to be sarcastic since Ruby coders tend to rip on Java relentlessly and say how they can do the same thing so much faster with much less code.+

Perhaps it matters that much to them, becaue they don't have a decent IDE to write code in?

I think most Ruby developers think IDE's get in their way. There are two
ways to program, with the IDE generating code, or the language infers functionality
from a smaller amount of code. I don't think IDE's would be so useful to
Ruby developers, until computers are fast enough to infer dynamic types from
context.

+ I think it was intended to be sarcastic since Ruby coders tend to
rip on Java relentlessly and say how they can do the same thing so
much faster with much less code.+

Perhaps it matters that much to them, becaue they don't have a decent
IDE to write code in?

+ I think most Ruby developers think IDE's get in their way. There are two
ways to program, with the IDE generating code, or the language infers functionality
from a smaller amount of code. I don't think IDE's would be so useful to
Ruby developers,+

So there's no real need for JetBrains to waste effort supporting it then.

+ I think most Ruby developers think IDE's get in their way. There are two
ways to program, with the IDE generating code, or the language infers functionality
from a smaller amount of code. I don't think IDE's would be so useful to
Ruby developers,+

So there's no real need for JetBrains to waste effort supporting it then.

Amen ! :).

Ahmed.

I think a Ruby/JRuby language plugin would be great. I think IDEA should
support as many languages as it can.

+ I think most Ruby developers think IDE's get in their way. There
are two
ways to program, with the IDE generating code, or the language infers
functionality
from a smaller amount of code. I don't think IDE's would be so useful
to
Ruby developers,+
So there's no real need for JetBrains to waste effort supporting it
then.

Hello obie,

o> Please, please work on a Ruby IDE.
+1

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Davide Baroncelli wrote:

I don't know... If a ruby guru coded a port of IDEA in ruby it would
take him 4 or 5 days and 5-600 lines of code: why would he want to
write an idea plugin that would need many months of unsuccesful
coding and no closures included?

Maybe that's why theres a plethora of high quality Ruby IDE's out
there.... oh wait...

http://sixthandredriver.typepad.com/river_of_code/2006/01/ruby_in_idea_.html

All you Ruby fans best post your support for this if you want to put your money where your mouths are!! :)

This should be the answer to your prayers.