3rdRail,
CodeGear's new integrated development environment (IDE) for Ruby on
Rails (RoR), the open-source framework written in the Ruby programming
language and popular with next-generation Web developers.
"CodeGear's 3rdRail IDE
represents an important step in tooling for Ruby on Rails,”
said David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails. “They've
gone beyond macros and generators and dealt with Rails code on a
logical rather than merely textual level. This opens up a whole
new world for things like advanced refactorings and, in general,
provides an environment that's familiar to anyone coming from IDE-heavy
environments like .NET or J2EE."
Yukihiro Matsumoto, creator of the Ruby programming
language said, "Congratulations on the release of 3rdRail.
As the author of Ruby and a developer, I am more than pleased that
CodeGear’s development tool joins the Ruby developer community.
As Borland tools helped me a lot when I just began to do programming,
it is a great honor to see that a CodeGear tool supports the language
that I designed. 3rdRail has a well designed and
very impressive interface which covers programmers at all levels
from beginners to experts. I expect 3rdRail will
contribute greatly to Ruby's future."
Though Web developers have flocked to RoR
for its speed and ease of use in creating rich Web 2.0 applications,
users can be slowed by manual processes and practices in developing
for the framework. The CodeGear 3rdRail IDE contains
several advanced productivity features aimed at making it easier
and faster for both new and experienced Rails developers to build
database-driven Web applications.
“3rdRail is an intuitive IDE built specifically
for Ruby on Rails, with an in-depth grasp of the semantics and conventions
of RoR,” said Michael Swindell, CodeGear Vice President of
Products and Strategy. “This fast, focused and uncluttered
tool – with features such as intelligent code completion,
refactoring, smart code navigation, editing, debugging and others
– understands what the developer wants to do.”