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Wish MS would also offer an own Ruby extension. Solargraph and the vscode-ruby extensions are pretty good though

bunderbunder 8y ago
The Python VSCode extension started out as an independent open source project. It independently reached a pretty high level of maturity - and helped VSCode get popular among Python developers - before, a bit under a year ago, Microsoft hired the maintainer. Since then it's acquired a few new goodies, but most of what makes the extension great happened before Microsoft adopted it, so I shouldn't think there's anything stopping Ruby from doing the same.
- bunderbunder 8y ago
  Following up on that - Shooting from the hip, though, if the desire is for funding, I'm guessing Microsoft wouldn't see much strategic value in putting money into a Ruby extension. The Ruby ecosystem has largely congealed around an ASP.NET competitor, some devops tools that don't really work on Windows, and not much else. Python, on the other hand, is widely used in Microsoft shops. Windows shops need data scientists, too, and it's typically the primary language for cross-platform devops infrastructure.
  - Scarbutt 8y ago
    Maybe that might change now that they bought github (heavy users of ruby) but I doubt it ;)
    - bunderbunder 8y ago
      Maybe the GitHub people would do it independently? There's also just a question of which way the winds are blowing. I know the TIOBE index needs to be taken with a dose of salt, but it is interesting to see that Python is entering the top 3 at the same time that Ruby is falling behind Object Pascal.
  - mcintyre1994 8y ago
    Ruby also isn't one of their major languages they document things in Azure for. There is a Ruby gem, but no support for Ruby Azure functions or anything like that either. I wonder what the language mix is like for Azure deployments.
zbuttram 8y ago
Solargraph is pretty good, but RubyMine is still much better at least in my experience. Hopefully Solargraph gets there eventually and I can go back to using VSCode for everything.

The Python VSCode extension started out as an independent open source project. It independently reached a pretty high level of maturity - and helped VSCode get popular among Python developers - before, a bit under a year ago, Microsoft hired the maintainer. Since then it's acquired a few new goodies, but most of what makes the extension great happened before Microsoft adopted it, so I shouldn't think there's anything stopping Ruby from doing the same.

bunderbunder 8y ago
Following up on that - Shooting from the hip, though, if the desire is for funding, I'm guessing Microsoft wouldn't see much strategic value in putting money into a Ruby extension. The Ruby ecosystem has largely congealed around an ASP.NET competitor, some devops tools that don't really work on Windows, and not much else. Python, on the other hand, is widely used in Microsoft shops. Windows shops need data scientists, too, and it's typically the primary language for cross-platform devops infrastructure.
- Scarbutt 8y ago
  Maybe that might change now that they bought github (heavy users of ruby) but I doubt it ;)
  - bunderbunder 8y ago
    Maybe the GitHub people would do it independently? There's also just a question of which way the winds are blowing. I know the TIOBE index needs to be taken with a dose of salt, but it is interesting to see that Python is entering the top 3 at the same time that Ruby is falling behind Object Pascal.
- mcintyre1994 8y ago
  Ruby also isn't one of their major languages they document things in Azure for. There is a Ruby gem, but no support for Ruby Azure functions or anything like that either. I wonder what the language mix is like for Azure deployments.

zbuttram 8y ago

Solargraph is pretty good, but RubyMine is still much better at least in my experience. Hopefully Solargraph gets there eventually and I can go back to using VSCode for everything.