Chapter 21. Ruby Development Tools
Man is a tool-making animal.
—Benjamin Franklin
A development environment consists of more than just an interpreter. Every good developer is surrounded by a selection of tools that make life easier. Some of these may be language specific, and others may not.
The most important of these is the editor. Because much of what programmers do day-to-day is manipulate text, the choice of editor (or your proficiency with it) has a significant impact on productivity. The language-specific features or the customization capabilities also have an impact. We’ll look very briefly at the most common editors here.
Other tools may assist in documentation, library installation, debugging, and similar tasks. We’ve already looked ...
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