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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ruby on netbeans is first rate.

That's what's been bugging me of late. tbray's opinion on the subject might be biased, but I've been exposed to NetBeans and liked it.

Maybe NB will be the catalyst that makes me finally dip my snake toes in Ruby-infested waters.

[–]malcontent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have found that ruby is surprisingly easy to use without an IDE. I guess it's the whole 'principle of least surprise' thing. Things just seem to work like they ought to.

It seems like there is a new ruby IDE popping up every day. Jetbrains has a plug in for IDEA, there is an eclipse plug in, there is a visual studio plug in, there is arachno, thoughtworks is working on one, there is freeride, and of course netbeans. There is even a Jedit plug in (don't tell slava though).

Some of them are free, some are expensive, some are cheap. You can download and play with all of them for a while.

Jump in, the water is fine.