Visual IDEs??

E

Erland

HI,
Are there any Visual IDEs available for windows platform ? Please
enlighten me ?
Any help will be highly apprectiated.
-Erland
 
M

Michael Ehehalt

Hi,

the IDE's I know are:

- FreeRIDE
- RDE
- Eclipse with Ruby Plugin

hope that helps :)

Michael
 
A

Alexandru Popescu

#: Erland changed the world a bit at a time by saying on 9/22/2005 8:16 AM :#
HI,
Are there any Visual IDEs available for windows platform ? Please
enlighten me ?
Any help will be highly apprectiated.
-Erland
ArachnoRuby: excellent one; permanently growing. A new release should come soon! (Lothar hint hint
;-) - sorry for pushing this, but I am way too eager to see the new one)

/alex
 
W

waqas.younas

Hi,
Many thanks for your message. Which you would you prefer? :)
Please do share your thought on this....I have browsed all three and in
my opnion FreeRiDE is good. Anyways i would love to listen from you on
this . Good Day!
-Erland
 
M

Michael Ehehalt

Hi Erland,

I'm a newbie and checked the IDE's only for a few days. My prefer at this
time is RDE, because it has the autocomplete functionality, what's very fine
for newbie's ;-)

But I will check ArachnoRuby (thanx to Alex). It looks very nice too.

Michael
 
R

Rob .

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Another one to try out is the Ruby Editor Plugin for jEdit (free under the
GPL):
http://www.jedit.org/ruby/
Rob

Hi Erland,

I'm a newbie and checked the IDE's only for a few days. My prefer at this
time is RDE, because it has the autocomplete functionality, what's very
fine
for newbie's ;-)

But I will check ArachnoRuby (thanx to Alex). It looks very nice too.

Michael

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T

talha.syed

I'm learning Ruby because of Rails, and I use the Ruby plugin for JEdit
and I really like it. The autoindent feature is great, and is the
ability to invoke the Ruby documentation. It also has autocomplete for
Ruby core library types (Object, String, XML, Hash etc), plus a
structure browser.

JEdit is nice because it has some really plugins that I use (XML,
Diff), so except for Java (for which I use Eclipse), I can use JEdit
for RHTML, Ruby, XML, HTML etc.

The plugin can be downloaded from http://www.jedit.org/ruby/
 
L

Lothar Scholz

Hello Michael,

ME> Hi,

ME> the IDE's I know are:

ME> - FreeRIDE
ME> - RDE
ME> - Eclipse with Ruby Plugin

ME> hope that helps :)

I don't think so, under Visual IDEs i understand the same as RAD
Tools and there simply is no Ruby GUI Builder.

There are some half ready workarounds like Glade and QTDesigner where
you later can attach your code from the outside, but they are are
definitely not IDE's as the 'I' is missing.
 
M

Michael Ehehalt

Hi Lothar,

if the "Visual" in the subject correspondend to GUI, then you are rigth and
I should start my brain before I answer ... :)

Your signature includes the link to the Arachno Ruby site. So I combine you
are familar to this IDE. Has this IDE the possibility to build GUI's for:

- Ruby TK
- FxRuby
- QTRuby
- WxRuby

The website from Arachno Ruby don't answer me these questions (or I have
oversight this). :)

Michael
 
R

Richard Dale

Lothar said:
Hello Michael,

ME> Hi,

ME> the IDE's I know are:

ME> - FreeRIDE
ME> - RDE
ME> - Eclipse with Ruby Plugin

ME> hope that helps :)

I don't think so, under Visual IDEs i understand the same as RAD
Tools and there simply is no Ruby GUI Builder.

There are some half ready workarounds like Glade and QTDesigner where
you later can attach your code from the outside, but they are are
definitely not IDE's as the 'I' is missing.
I wouldn't call Qt Designer a 'half ready workaround'. I certainly prefer
the UI of the Qt4 version to the Qt3 one, but it is a perfectly useful
tool.

KDevelop 3.2.x and the forthcoming Eric3 3.8 have support for using Qt
Designer with QtRuby/Korundum. You can either compile the .ui file to ruby
code with the rbuic tool, or read the .ui file in at runtime using the
'qui' extension with Qt::WidgetFactory. KDevelop has complete integration,
with Qt Designer as a KPart component, while Eric3 starts the Qt Designer
app when you click on a .ui file in the project.

-- Richard
 
C

Curt Hibbs

Hi Lothar,

if the "Visual" in the subject correspondend to GUI, then you are rigth a= nd
I should start my brain before I answer ... :)

Your signature includes the link to the Arachno Ruby site. So I combine y= ou
are familar to this IDE.

Lothar is the author of the Arachno Ruby IDE.

Curt
 
L

Lothar Scholz

Hello Richard,

RD> I wouldn't call Qt Designer a 'half ready workaround'. I certainly prefer
RD> the UI of the Qt4 version to the Qt3 one, but it is a perfectly useful
RD> tool.

RD> KDevelop 3.2.x and the forthcoming Eric3 3.8 have support for using Qt
RD> Designer with QtRuby/Korundum. You can either compile the .ui file to ruby
RD> code with the rbuic tool, or read the .ui file in at runtime using the
RD> 'qui' extension with Qt::WidgetFactory. KDevelop has complete integration,
RD> with Qt Designer as a KPart component, while Eric3 starts the Qt Designer
RD> app when you click on a .ui file in the project.

It is still far from what people expect. There is IMHO no direct GUI <->
Code interaction as for example Delphi or other tools offer (if i'm
wrong here please correct me). Having QtDesigner embedded in the
IDE window is not something that i would call "integrated". This word
should describe the workflow and there you can find the problem.

But i have a very special opinion here, for me even Apples IB is not
integrated into XCode - in contrast to RealBasic.
 
L

Lothar Scholz

Hello Michael,

ME> - Ruby TK
ME> - FxRuby
ME> - QTRuby
ME> - WxRuby

ME> The website from Arachno Ruby don't answer me these questions (or I have
ME> oversight this). :)

No as i said there is no GUI Builder for ruby out there, even Arachno
Ruby does not do this. It is only possible to debug/write such
application with my IDE.
 
S

Shashank Date

Hi,

--- Lothar Scholz said:
=20
No as i said there is no GUI Builder for ruby out there, even Arachno
Ruby does not do this.=20

There is none that is actively maintained and cross-platform.=20

But if anybody wants to revive this one "FormDesigner for project Visualu=
Ruby":

https://sourceforge.jp/projects/fdvr

for Windows using VisualuRuby.

-- shanko





=09
__________________________________=20
Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005=20
http://mail.yahoo.com
 
R

Richard Dale

Lothar said:
Hello Richard,

RD> I wouldn't call Qt Designer a 'half ready workaround'. I certainly
prefer RD> the UI of the Qt4 version to the Qt3 one, but it is a perfectly
useful RD> tool.

RD> KDevelop 3.2.x and the forthcoming Eric3 3.8 have support for using Qt
RD> Designer with QtRuby/Korundum. You can either compile the .ui file to
ruby RD> code with the rbuic tool, or read the .ui file in at runtime
using the RD> 'qui' extension with Qt::WidgetFactory. KDevelop has
complete integration, RD> with Qt Designer as a KPart component, while
Eric3 starts the Qt Designer RD> app when you click on a .ui file in the
project.

It is still far from what people expect. There is IMHO no direct GUI <->
Code interaction as for example Delphi or other tools offer (if i'm
wrong here please correct me). Having QtDesigner embedded in the
IDE window is not something that i would call "integrated". This word
should describe the workflow and there you can find the problem.
You can run the UI in 'test mode' as you develop it with Qt Designer. I
haven't used Delphi so I don't know about the comparison.
But i have a very special opinion here, for me even Apples IB is not
integrated into XCode - in contrast to RealBasic.
My personal yardstick for RAD UI designers is Apple's IB, not the Visual
Basic interface even if is it more interactive. You can have RAD for less
expert people with Visual Basic, as well as RAD for the higher end
programmer who can use QtRuby/Korundum or Interface Builder. They will cope
with steep learning curves or whatever if it improves their productivity.

The Qt4 version of Qt Designer looks more like Apple's IB at least..

-- Richard
 
R

Reid Thompson

Erland said:
HI,
Are there any Visual IDEs available for windows platform ? Please
enlighten me ?
Any help will be highly apprectiated.
-Erland
http://www.locana.org/

Locana is a GUI interface or GUI toolkit for the Ruby programming
language. Locana requires the Ruby programming language
<http://www.ruby-lang.org>.

Locana draws widgets such as text boxes, list boxes, edit boxes,
buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, and combo boxes using a small set
of methods defined in a GUI binding that talks directly to a GUI such as
Windows and Tk. It also supports borders, menubars, popup menus, and
automatic scrollbars etc.. It currently runs in Windows
XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 and on Tk.

Locana comes with a GUI Builder that allows you to create applets
interactively.

Locana is freeware, open source, and is released under the same license
as Ruby and requires the Ruby programming language.

Screen shots:

* overview of the software
<http://www.sevasoftware.com/locana/screen_shots/overview_rb.html>
* running on MS Windows
<http://www.sevasoftware.com/locana/screen_shots/mswin32_rb.html>
* running on Tk on linux
<http://www.sevasoftware.com/locana/screen_shots/tk_rb.html>

Download <http://www.sevainc.com/locana_download.html>

More detailed information about Locana can be found at
http://www.sevasoftware.com/locana.
 
F

Friedrich Dominicus

Reid Thompson said:
Locana comes with a GUI Builder that allows you to create applets
interactively.
Strange I downlaoded it installed it and started the gui_builder, it
reacts strange to mouse input it seems it does not matter where the
mous is places is just cycles around arbitrary, on the left hand are
buttons and nothing happens while I click on it. If I click around a
bit I got an error message box telling me that something is not there,
then while running the test and just clicking around the application
crashes. If I run on any of the buttons at the top of the tst_locana
nothing happens.

Here are just a few hints from the stack

Locana error during trigger:)on_mouse_move, ...)
Occurred during :eek:n_mouse_move event:
Object: Lradiobox:r_radio2[0, 17, 62, 17]{:text=>"radio 2", :below=>:prev, :help=>"The tab_order is specified here to alter the normal tab order", :tab_order=>-1, :sticky=>:nw}

method `on_mouse_out' called on terminated object (0x2aaaabf512b0)
Call Stack:
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/locana/l_menu.rb:182:in `on_mouse_out'
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/locana/l_event.rb:922:in `trigger'
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/locana/l_event.rb:895:in `trigger_on_mouse_move'
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/locana/l_event.rb:262:in `trigger_gui_event'
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/locana/locana_gui_tk.rb:255:in `lg_tk_event'
(eval):929:in `mainloop'
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/locana/locana_gui_tk.rb:1317:in `event_loop'
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/locana.rb:610:in `event_loop'
tst/tst_locana.rb:866
deactivating TestWindow
activating TestWindow
deactivating TestWindow

If I just move my mouse over the text windows I got
the same erro message
method `on_mouse_out' called on terminated object (0x2aaaabf512b0)

If the curser gets's near the menu the stuff crashes also.

maybe it's my system but I doubt that I messed it up that massivly.

Regards
Friedrich
 
R

Roy Sutton

One of the other threads in here just mentioned WideStudio
(http://www.widestudio.org) After a painfully long download I just
tried it out. It's very similar to Delphi in some respects. Everything
except the integrated editor, which is kind of surprising. It's not
nearly as slick or as easy to navigate as Delphi is but it's very
intriguing. What it is is a cross-platform windowing toolkit. But,
unlike others I've seen it includes a designer that supports the various
scripting languages within the designer.

What I can't speak to yet (as I've only tried the Hello example) is the
stability and completeness of the product. Also, be aware that it will
install a complete(?)/different version of Ruby if you let it!

Roy
 
R

ronaldc

Erland said:
HI,
Are there any Visual IDEs available for windows platform ? Please
enlighten me ?
Any help will be highly apprectiated.
-Erland

visualWx is one that can be used with lots of languages including Ruby.
It uses the Wxwidgets GUI toolkit. It looks like it will do a lot, but
I haven't found time to really get used to it yet. It doesn't have a
help file or manual that I could find, but there is a forum on Yahoo
groups.
http://visualwx.altervista.org/
 

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