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CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2010/ch1 1a lj
Introduction
In this Wiki, several kinds of IDEs for Ruby language is shown and their features are compared carefully.
What is Ruby
Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language. Ruby supports multiple programming paradigms, including functional, object oriented, imperative and reflective. It also has a dynamic type system and automatic memory management;
What is an IDE
An integrated development environment (IDE) (also known as integrated design environment, integrated debugging environment or interactive development environment) is an application software that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development. An IDE normally consists of:
- a [source code editor]
- a compiler and/or an interpreter
- build automation tools
- a debugger
Popular IDEs for Ruby
Eclipse
Eclipse is a multi-language software development environment comprising an integrated development environment (IDE) and an extensible plug-in system. It is written mostly in Java and can be used to develop applications in Java and, by means of various plug-ins, other programming languages including Ada, C, C++, COBOL, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby (including Ruby on Rails framework), Scala, Clojure, Groovy and Scheme.
Aptana
Aptana, Inc. is a company making web application development tools for Web 2.0 and Ajax for use with programming languages such as JavaScript, Ruby, PHP and Python. Aptana's main products are Aptana Studio, Aptana Cloud and Aptana Jaxer.
rubymine
Textmate
Redcar
NetBeans (7.0)
Geany
gEdit
XCode
emacs
RDT
IntelliJ Idea
Comparison of Different IDEs for Ruby
General
| Eclipse | NetBeans | Aptana RadRails | RubyMine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | Helios 3.6 | NetBeans 7.0.1 | Aptana 2.0.5 | RubyMine 3.2.3 |
| Windows | Windows XP/Vista/7 | Windows XP/Vista/7 | Windows XP/ more | Windows 2003/XP/Vista/7 |
| Windows Processor | P4 or higher | 500 MHZ Intel Pentium 3 | Pentium Level 4 | Intel Pentium 3 or higher. |
| RAM | 1 GB* | 2GB | 512 MB | 2GB RAM recommended. |
| Disk Space | 1GB free disk space. | 1GB free disk space. | 71.9MB for an Eclipse Plugin | 91.5MB or more. |
| Mac OS X | Mac OS X 10.4.10 minimum | Mac OS 10.5 Intel | Mac OS 10.4 + | Mac OS 10.5 or higher |
| Processor | Dual-Core Intel, PowerPC G5 | Dual Core Intel(32 or 64 bit) | Power PC G4/G5 | 1.42GHz Intel based Mac recommended. |
| RAM | 512 MB of RAM (2 GB recommended) | 512 MB RAM | 512 MB RAM | 2GB RAM recommended |
| Disk Space | 122MB | 650MB of free disk space. | 71.9MB for an Eclipse Plugin. | 84.7MB or more. |
| Linux | No preferences mentioned. | Ubuntu 9.10 | No preferences mentioned. | GNOME or KDE Desktop. |
| Processor | Linux x86 | 800MHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent. | Pentium 4-level processor. | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or higher. |
| RAM | 64 MB | 512 MB RAM | 512 MB RAM | 2GB RAM recommended |
| Disk Space | 58 MB | 650 MB of free disk space | 71.9 MB for an Eclipse Plugin | 82.1MB or more |
General
| Netbeans | RadRails | Rubymine | IDEA IntelliJ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statements and keyword completion | YES | NO | YES | YES |
| Generate Type Constructor | NO | YES | YES | NO |
| Override Method | NO | YES | YES | NO |
| Code Formatting | Yes | YES | YES | YES |
| Brace Matching | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Go to symbol | NO | NO | YES | YES |