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Also, DrRacket. While I generally prefer my emacs, "first learn emacs" is a pretty bitter pill to swallow for newcomers. Fortunately DrRacket solves that for bo

Also, DrRacket. While I generally prefer my emacs, "first learn emacs" is a pretty bitter pill to swallow for newcomers. Fortunately DrRacket solves that for both newcomers as well as experienced folk who just don't want to use emacs. Introducing folks to Racket seems to have a lower impedance threshold as a result. DrRacket looks a little dated in its vanilla configuration, but the layout of the editor / REPL parts can be changed around a bit, the color schemes swapped out. There's even a paredit mode for DrRacket. Overall, if I were somehow coding more exclusively in Racket, I could easily see using and extending DrRacket rather than my current emacs.

peatmoss 9y ago
Oh, DrRacket also dogfoods its own GUI library. Write high level Racket; get fully native UI on Mac/Windows/Linux(gtk).
- lispm 9y ago
  The IDE is not very mature. For example if you use the dialog to search through files, the UI locks up while searching. Usability generally is low...
  - xfer 9y ago
    I agree, it also needs a lot of memory. Unless i use some debugging facility of drracket, i just use emacs with racket-mode.
  - peatmoss 9y ago
    I haven't used it very deeply (again, emacs), but I guess the deficiencies haven't been obvious to me upon casual use.