Netbeans for other languages

Hi all.=20
I'd like to echo Rick Henderson's sentiments about using Netbeans for =
languages other than Java (in his case Javascript).  Netbeans has been our =
IDE of choice for Java students for years.  Last year I embarked on a Ruby =
on Rails project, and  Netbeans has been gobsmackingly good as the =
development environment even though it is relatively early days for =
Netbeans Ruby support.  One of the most impressive features is that =
support for JRuby is transparent, and combining JRuby with Java is a =
cinch.  If you want to introduce a scripting language and/or a programming =
framework (Rails) to your students which can be integrated with their Java =
work this has to be one of the best ways.  Of course for the Rails project =
I use the Netbeans HTML editor, the XML editor, the version control =
client, the database client, the template generators, the jar/library =
manager, the debugger, the integrated Webrick server etc.  Our students =
already use most of these for their projects. =20

Some of our students concentrate on PHP - we will be looking very closely =
at Netbeans new PHP support!







Richard Forster
Flexible Learning Unit
TAFE Division
Swinburne University
9726 1433=20


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