Ruby dev environment

a4chitect

my current workflow is:
1.writing scripts in notepad++ (pretty good syntax highlighting, but haven't found any autocomplete functionality)
2.each change of a script has to be saved
3.after each change I have to load the script in sketchup with the script_loader.rb
4.run the script with open ruby console to debug

I have come across sketchup bridge by tbd, but I would like to here from you about your workflow and possible enhancements to mine.

Didier Bur

Hi,
I use RDE (good and custom highlighting) along with the Ruby toolbar by J.Foltz.
Clicking on an icon to load a rb is much faster than using the Plugins/Load script menu.
I also made myself an icon to test each new function.

a4chitect

nice tip didier, thanks. btw is it possible to have the ruby console accept entire paragraphs of script instead of only a line?

tbd

I use RDE/Bridge combo with ALT+F1 to send what I wrote in RDE to SU.

Didier Bur

@unknownuser said:

btw is it possible to have the ruby console accept entire paragraphs of script instead of only a line?

Unfortunately no.

GreyHead

I guess the Aptana Eclipse PlugIn for RadRails would also work well. It includes what appears to be a good ruby editor and debugger (you can ignore the RadRails bits after installation). The community version is still free and more than adequate as a code editor.

I use the Zend Studio Neon which is a PHP equivalent and, despite some shortcomings, prefer it to the full Zend studio.

Bob

Jim

@a4chitect said:

nice tip didier, thanks. btw is it possible to have the ruby console accept entire paragraphs of script instead of only a line?

Maybe WebConsole. I use it sometimes for testing longer snippets.

http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2007/08/plugin-webconsolerb.html

Jim

@didier bur said:

Hi,
I use RDE (good and custom highlighting) along with the Ruby toolbar by J.Foltz.
Clicking on an icon to load a rb is much faster than using the Plugins/Load script menu.
I also made myself an icon to test each new function.

Didier, Thanks for the recommendation. The latest version can always be had here

a4chitect

yeah thanks! how comes I forgot I had this downloaded thanks jim

@jim said:

@a4chitect said:

nice tip didier, thanks. btw is it possible to have the ruby console accept entire paragraphs of script instead of only a line?

Maybe WebConsole. I use it sometimes for testing longer snippets.

http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2007/08/plugin-webconsolerb.html

radhikari

I find Notepad++ easy and nice. Here please find some files which makes ruby editing in Notepad++ easier. The ruby.xml goes to plugins/API folder and the stylers.xml goes into C:\Documents And Settings(users)\application support\notepad++ (or something like that... I wish I had windows right now). Further instructions in the notepad++ website. ruby.xml makes the autocompletion easy.

Happy scripting!!!

Notepad++ autoCompletion for ruby and Sketchup