Re: Merb support

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> Hi folks,
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> Matt Aimonetti from the Merb core team expressed interest in helping to
> integrate Merb in NetBeans, so hopefully by working together we can
> provide support already in the next release. I'm copying here part of
> Matt's email about the things that the support should cover:
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> "Running the specs from within the IDE (the most requested feature atm)
> - run the dev application in a bundled state if needed. (ALL required
> gems are packaged in a local gems folder and you start merb by using the
> binaries in the local bin folder) TM doesn't support that and it's a key
> feature.
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> - browse documentation/code hinting specific to Merb. (we'd have to help
> you there)
> - access/reproduce some of the thor/rake methods like bundling/generate
> resources..
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> - access to merb console (merb -i)
> - support for different app layouts (I don't think NB should overwrite
> whatever the user generated like it's the case with a Rails app at the
> moment)
> - debugger support including from within the spec runner"
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> Does anyone have any particular things to add to that? I think the
> terminal emulator, which we should have in 7.0, already covers at least
> the merb console use case (we plan to migrate also the Rails and IRB
> consoles to use the terminal emulator when it's ready). Likewise, the
> new Rake runner in 6.5 should help in running /debugging specs, though
> it could probably use some enhancements to make it even more convenient.
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> One thing to consider is whether Merb should have its own project type
> in the IDE, or whether it should be something that can be added to a
> Ruby or RoR project (I hear some people are using Merb in Rails
> applications). Ideally I guess having both options would be ideal, so
> the question is rather what should come first. Any thoughts on that?
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> Any feedback is welcomed,
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> Erno
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