![]() Notepad++ is a nice free editor for Windows based on the Scintilla libraries also used by SciTE. If this isn’t a consideration then you might want to check out the large number of bundles (plugins) available for TextMate that can assist you with Ruby and Watir friendly features such as: I find that I work on many different platforms so didn’t want to be bound to a single platform as is the case for TextMate. This is the main reason (single platform) I stopped using this editor despite some of its awesome features and great support for Ruby. ![]() TextMate was “ Created by a closet UNIX geek who was lured to the Mac platform by its ease of use and elegance, TextMate has been referred to as the culmination of Emacs and OS X and has resulted in countless requests for both a Windows and Linux port, but TextMate remains exclusive for the Mac, and that is how we like it”. I used it for a long time on Windows, even going so far as customising settings but lost some of its shine when I started to use platforms other than Windows … This editor is also free. It’s a simple text editor which supports Windows and Linux. SciTE binaries (with Ruby specific syntax support) come packaged with older versions of the Ruby installer, particularly 1.8.6 variants favoured by Watir. Pros and Cons for each (subject to personal opinion) are as follows. My personal experience has led me to try a lot of different editors and development environments in the past including: EditorsĮmacs (actually I haven’t used this one) IDEs It really depends on what features appeal to you. Originally posted at by Tim Koopmans.Ī quick poll on wtr-development indicated a number of different applications to achieve such a task, each having their own pros and cons.
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