# Re: GUI IDE for Ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 29, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-gui-ide-for-ruby/49083 "2005-11-29T16:45:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patrick.Bennett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Patrick.Bennett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Patrick.Bennett)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-gui-ide-for-ruby/49083/1 "2005-11-29T16:45:49Z")
> > Thanks Kyle. It looks nice but it’s pricey. > > the professional version is. the personal version seems to > have an “average” shareware type price… From ActiveState’s website: " \* Non-commercial use is defined as tasks for which you are not paid. If you are using Komodo as part of your job, you must purchase Komodo Professional." Well, that probably covers many of us. So, yes, it’s still _very_ pricey. For an IDE that only supports a few scripting languages, it’s _way_ too expensive. Something like Arachno Ruby or Eclipse + RDT or RadRails probably makes more sense. Patrick Bennett ---
**Author:** ![Patrick.Bennett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Patrick.Bennett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Patrick.Bennett)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-gui-ide-for-ruby/49083/2 "2005-11-30T16:50:32Z")
Bennett, Patrick wrote on 11/29/2005 10:42 AM: > > From ActiveState’s website: > > " \* Non-commercial use is defined as tasks for which you are not paid. > > If you are using Komodo as part of your job, you must purchase Komodo > > Professional." [shrug] most shareware programs people register they use just for themselves. > For an IDE that only supports a few scripting languages, it’s _way_ too > expensive. it supports 3 of the scripting languages i happen to use (ruby, perl, tcl) > Something like Arachno Ruby i’ve registered this also. tend to go back and forth between the two. although for serious debugging i use arachno… cream for vim might be an option for the ruby newbie ---
**Author:** ![Patrick.Bennett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Patrick.Bennett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Patrick.Bennett)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-gui-ide-for-ruby/49083/3 "2005-11-30T16:54:36Z")
I asked Sergey Dmitriev of JetBrains about the prospects of a Ruby IDE a couple weeks ago. JetBrains is the company that makes IntelliJ (hands-down the best IDE for Java). He replied that they have considered the possibility and are watching the success of Ruby and Rails closely to determine when it will make sense for them commercially. Regardless, they are well under way turning IntelliJ IDEA into a platform that supports non-Java languages. If any of you have seen IDEA’s support for JavaScript and CSS then you know what I’m talking about. I uninstalled the JDK months ago but I’m still using IDEA to do Ruby and Rails. Obie ---
**Author:** ![Patrick.Bennett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Patrick.Bennett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Patrick.Bennett)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-gui-ide-for-ruby/49083/4 "2005-11-30T17:18:54Z")
I’m actively working on the free software jEdit Ruby Editor Plugin, licensed under the GPL. If some other programmers got behind this project we could have a really neat Ruby editor with many features comparable to those available for Java with Intellij IDEA. The jEdit Ruby Editor Plugin has already got these features: type-based code completion integrated RDoc viewer code folding structure and syntax highlighting syntax error checking quote and bracket completion auto indent and insert end file structure navigation popup structure browser progressive selection edit history navigation Check it out at: [Ruby Editor Plugin for jEdit](http://jedit.org/ruby/) Rob ---
**Author:** ![Patrick.Bennett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Patrick.Bennett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Patrick.Bennett)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-gui-ide-for-ruby/49083/5 "2005-11-30T17:22:57Z")
Rob . wrote: > I’m actively working on the free software jEdit Ruby Editor Plugin, > licensed under the GPL. If some other programmers got behind this > project we could have a really neat Ruby editor with many features > comparable to those available for Java with Intellij IDEA. > I am no advanced programmer but I use THIS plugin on jEdit and Eclipse + > ruby plugin as editors. I think developing those two plugins for these two great x-plattform developing enviroments is essential and I thank you for doing this.