What are the most suitable tools for coding plugins for SU?

derei · 15 Dec 2016, 16:11

First, please don't take my question lite... it is not meant to be like that.
What I am asking is to know if there are some tools that make it easier at the current moment. Easier to test, easier to preview, easier to debug, instead of simply using Notepad++ and switching back and forth between text editor and SketchUp.
For example, even a webdialog is very uncomfortable to test it in IE, because it won't look identical like in SU... that means the html/js code should be integrated as a webdialog from start and ran into su every time when one wants to test it...

Thank you.

thomthom · 21 Dec 2016, 12:45

I use a mixture of Visual Studio Code/Sublime Text and RubyMine. I use VSCode/Sublime etc for quick scripts and edits. But for larger projects I use RubyMine as the IDE provide better code insight. It's Ruby debugger tools is also very nice - saving you from "puts debugging".

We just uploaded some guide to setting up RubyMine: https://github.com/SketchUp/sketchup-ruby-api-tutorials/wiki/RubyMine%20Overview