On Apr 29, 2007, at 11:07 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Timothy Hunter wrote: >> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Timothy Hunter wrote: >>> >>>> Regarding your requirement that the book target a specific >>>> editor, I >>>> don't think any such book exists. I suspect publishers would be >>>> afraid >>>> of limiting their sales to such a tiny market! Besides, which >>>> editor/IDE >>>> would you pick? Every "which is the best Ruby IDE?" post here >>>> gets 75 >>>> answers, each one advocating a different editor or IDE. (Short >>>> answer: >>>> there is no "best.") >>>> >>> There may be no "best", but there's certainly a rather short >>> list. On a >>> Mac, the overwhelming favorite appears to be TextMate. On Linux, >>> I think >>> "vim" is more popular than "emacs", but both are often used. Other >>> likely candidates are FreeRide, SciTe, Eclipse, Komodo, Sapphire In >>> Steel, RadRails and KDevelop. The jRuby folks like NetBeans and >>> maybe >>> jEdit. >>> >>> That's a bunch but nowhere near 75, and I'll bet you that most Mac >>> Rubyists would answer TextMate, most Linux Rubyists would answer >>> "vim" >>> plus "irb", and most Windows users would answer with whatever is >>> bundled >>> in the One-Click Installer and Instant Rails these days. There are >>> probably only five serious contenders over all. >>> >>> I'm guessing Komodo 4.5 will change all that, however. :) >>> >> >> I said 75 answers, not 75 editors. >> >> >> > You said "75 answers, each one advocating a *different* editor or > IDE". > 75 answers, sure, 75 different editors?? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGM/3raZUb+jwczfoRAtJTAKCLvgfqFerU4Ip5W9KjmhFNvJ2lkgCfWVXh > ZkENK/RMrz7EkxtHCiN/kP4= > =Kijr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > oh, let's not be nitpicky like C programmers! Yes, Everyday Scripting With Ruby is an excellent book! Lots of great real world examples and exercises, in a text book/tutorial format. very practical, hands on stuff.