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Using the Ruby Dev-Tools plug-in for Eclipse

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the more-than-one-way-to-skin-an-app dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IBM Developerworks is running an article that introduces using the Ruby Development Tools (RDT) plug-in for Eclipse, which allows Eclipse to become a first-rate Ruby development environment. Ruby developers who want to learn how to use the rich infrastructure of the Eclipse community to support their language will benefit, as will Java developers who are interested in using Ruby."

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  1. Nice work! by cies · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ruby indeed needs a good IDE to really shine!

    In the article (10oct) you read about the next RDT release 0.6, which is out since 29nov:

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    0.6.0 Released (2005-09-29)
      Release 0.6.0 is out: read the news, check the documentation, download and enjoy, feedback very much appreciated!
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    more:

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    The new features of 0.6.0 are [...]:
    Code Folding - Folding can be enabled for classes and methods
    Outline view - more detailed, e.g. support for local variables
    RI view - use Ruby's ri utility from an RDT view
    Task tags - creates tasks for configurable keywords (like TODO, FIXME) in ruby comments
    Editor improvements - Auto-complete of brackets, parens, and single/double quotes; better code-assist
    Inspection shortcuts - Configurable shortcuts for frequently used inspections during a debug session, like showing all methods of an object, global constants and so on.
    ****

    full changelog:
    http://rubyeclipse.sourceforge.net/nightlyBuild/Ch angelog.txt

    cheers!
    Cies Breijs