# Re: What's your opinion? ArachnoRuby, Komodo, Eclipse/RDT, R **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 7, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-whats-your-opinion-arachnoruby-komodo-eclipse-rdt-r/49710 "2005-12-07T22:31:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daniel.Berger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Daniel.Berger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Daniel.Berger)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-whats-your-opinion-arachnoruby-komodo-eclipse-rdt-r/49710/1 "2005-12-07T22:31:04Z")
> -----Original Message----- > From: Curt H. [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:13 PM > To: ruby-talk ML > Subject: What’s your opinion? ArachnoRuby, Komodo, > Eclipse/RDT, RadRails, etc. > I’m mostly interested in cross-platform IDEs that are > available on Windows, Linux and OSX. Of the IDEs that you > have actually used. What are your favorite features of each > one (especially those you find essential), and what things or > omissions do you find annoying? Komodo Pros: Very nice UI, with intellisense, code folding, good (if slow) debugger. Komodo Cons: This isn’t Ruby specific, but I don’t like the way it does project management, i.e. virtual files instead of actual files. I want to add a file to the project on the fly, dammit, not create it somewhere else and _then_ import it. Also, I can’t use it on Solaris. RDT Pros: Plugin for a larger IDE framework (Eclipse) which is handy if you’re dealing with several different languages and/or frameworks (i.e. easy to switch back and forth between different perspectives), and it works on all platforms that support Java. Comes with all the advantages of Eclipse, i.e. CVS integration, project management, etc. Has a nice test runner built in as well as code folding. More features being added. Oh, and it’s free. RDT Cons: I don’t know that the debugger works on all platforms, and it was kind of flaky the last time I tried it. ArachnoRuby: Haven’t tried it (or maybe I downloaded a beta a while ago but I’ve since forgotten). Doesn’t appear to work on Solaris, though. Regards, Dan ---
**Author:** ![Daniel.Berger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Daniel.Berger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Daniel.Berger)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-whats-your-opinion-arachnoruby-komodo-eclipse-rdt-r/49710/2 "2005-12-07T22:39:50Z")
Big plus for Arachno… I LOVE it’s multithreading debugger … it’s nice to be able to set breakpoints and continue/step individual threads… Haven’t tried that on the other GUIs yet ( but I _do_ own and have them all installed ). j. On 12/7/05, Berger, Daniel [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > available on Windows, Linux and OSX. Of the IDEs that you > > ArachnoRuby: Haven’t tried it (or maybe I downloaded a beta a while ago > but I’ve since forgotten). Doesn’t appear to work on Solaris, though. > > Regards, > > Dan – “Remember. Understand. Believe. Yield! → [http://ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org)” Jeff W. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel.Berger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Daniel.Berger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Daniel.Berger)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-whats-your-opinion-arachnoruby-komodo-eclipse-rdt-r/49710/3 "2005-12-07T22:44:05Z")
This reminds me of one more thing… Let me know what platform you are running on. In general, I assume that most features will work the same on all platforms. However, there may be exceptions – the the debugger. Since I’m a Windows user, I might need help checking out a feature or two on the other platforms to confirm that they work as expected, so it’d be nice to know who to ask. Thanks, Curt ---
**Author:** ![Daniel.Berger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Daniel.Berger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Daniel.Berger)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-whats-your-opinion-arachnoruby-komodo-eclipse-rdt-r/49710/4 "2005-12-07T22:39:57Z")
All meaning Eclipse/RDT , KOMODO, & Arachno … ( plus I use xemacs on linux ). j. On 12/7/05, Jeff W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > have actually used. What are your favorite features of each > > – > “Remember. Understand. Believe. Yield! → [http://ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org)” > > Jeff W. – “Remember. Understand. Believe. Yield! → [http://ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org)” Jeff W. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel.Berger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Daniel.Berger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Daniel.Berger)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-whats-your-opinion-arachnoruby-komodo-eclipse-rdt-r/49710/5 "2005-12-07T22:52:13Z")
the other platforms … meaning ? \*nix, bsd, etc ? or xp/nt/2k ( i know not _really_ platforms )… j. On 12/7/05, Curt H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks, > > > On 12/7/05, Jeff W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > > > I’m mostly interested in cross-platform IDEs that are > > > > . > > it > > > > > > > > > > – > > “Remember. Understand. Believe. Yield! → [http://ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org)” > > > > Jeff W. – “Remember. Understand. Believe. Yield! → [http://ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org)” Jeff W.