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Interesting to see no Ruby support, since Github runs on Rails. Maybe code completion is too hard with Ruby?

by deedubaya 9y ago

amorphid 9y ago
Rubymine has it, so it can be done. Although you'd have a hard time supporting elements defined at runtime. I'd guess Ruby just has a smaller user base, and IDE support was added for tech that is the most popular among IDE users & stuff Facebook was interested in making a priority. Personally, when I program in Ruby, I don't like using an IDE.
- jeffbax 9y ago
  Just started a new job at a Ruby shop and really wanted to use VS Code… but the plugins just aren't there. RubyMine is miles ahead of the free stuff right now. Maybe one day!
  - cpayne624 9y ago
    Can you elaborate? We're a Ruby via VSCode team. I fear I'm blissfully ignorant of the possibilities.
sandstrom 9y ago
There doesn't seem to be a production-ready language server protocol implementation for ruby. This is the only one I've found (not sure which state it's in): https://github.com/mtsmfm/language_server-ruby https://github.com/mtsmfm/language_server-ruby
hit8run 9y ago
Came here to express the same observation. Github is running Ruby + Rails so why not improve the own tooling with the own editor? Currently I use VSCode and RubyMine (from time to time) for Rails development but both have only mediocre code completion.
ksec 9y ago
The blog about Stackoverflow report on languages? No mention of Ruby. TIOBE? No mention of Ruby. VSCode - Ruby isn't priority. Basically any tools / sites that aims at multiple programming languages no longer mention or support Ruby by default. Ruby has become a niche, and now even Github, seems not to support Ruby at all. I am worried, all these WebPack 4, Rails 6, Ruby 3x3, TruffleRuby, are all too little too late. The ecosystem is shrinking, and they are reacting to it too late.

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Interesting to see no Ruby support, since Github runs on Rails. Maybe code completion is too hard with Ruby?

by deedubaya 9y ago

Interesting to see no Ruby support, since Github runs on Rails. Maybe code completion is too hard with Ruby?

amorphid 9y ago
Rubymine has it, so it can be done. Although you'd have a hard time supporting elements defined at runtime. I'd guess Ruby just has a smaller user base, and IDE support was added for tech that is the most popular among IDE users & stuff Facebook was interested in making a priority. Personally, when I program in Ruby, I don't like using an IDE.
- jeffbax 9y ago
  Just started a new job at a Ruby shop and really wanted to use VS Code… but the plugins just aren't there. RubyMine is miles ahead of the free stuff right now. Maybe one day!
  - cpayne624 9y ago
    Can you elaborate? We're a Ruby via VSCode team. I fear I'm blissfully ignorant of the possibilities.
sandstrom 9y ago
There doesn't seem to be a production-ready language server protocol implementation for ruby. This is the only one I've found (not sure which state it's in): https://github.com/mtsmfm/language_server-ruby https://github.com/mtsmfm/language_server-ruby
hit8run 9y ago
Came here to express the same observation. Github is running Ruby + Rails so why not improve the own tooling with the own editor? Currently I use VSCode and RubyMine (from time to time) for Rails development but both have only mediocre code completion.
ksec 9y ago
The blog about Stackoverflow report on languages? No mention of Ruby. TIOBE? No mention of Ruby. VSCode - Ruby isn't priority. Basically any tools / sites that aims at multiple programming languages no longer mention or support Ruby by default. Ruby has become a niche, and now even Github, seems not to support Ruby at all. I am worried, all these WebPack 4, Rails 6, Ruby 3x3, TruffleRuby, are all too little too late. The ecosystem is shrinking, and they are reacting to it too late.