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7/10/2006 3:26:00 PM

Huw Collingbourne wrote:
> We've just put online the latest beta of the Steel IDE for programmming Ruby
> in Visual Studio 2005.
> The principal new features are:
>
> Rails New Project Wizard
> Automated database setup
> Rails Solution Explorer
> Synchronize Solution Explorer
> Open Command Prompt in selected directory
> Import/upgrade Rails and Ruby projects
> Build to check syntax errors
> Rails Toolbar and Menu
> Start Server Dialog
> Generate Controller/Model/Scaffold/Other
> Run Gems dialog
> Integrated SQL Server development
> Configure Ruby and database path options
> Extra Ruby and Rails colour coding options
> File properties / flags
> Project properties (select from Project/Properties menu)
> Pre-Build and Post-Build Events
>
> These features are in addition to the editing (syntax colouring, code
> collapsing etc.) and Ruby debugging (breakpoints, watches, locals, autos,
> call stack, step into/step over) which we released in earlier versions.
>
> Steel can be downloaded from the Sapphire In Steel site:
>
> http://www.sapphire...
>
> I hope you enjoy it!
>
> best wishes
> Huw Collingbourne

Impressive. Visual Studio is a nice IDE. Too bad I sold my copy of VS
just a few weeks ago. Ah, but only use Linux now anyway.

Just the same, nice work.

T.