Just wondering if anybody has heard any rumors of any commercial IDEs being developed for D now that 1.0 has been out for a while.

kmk wrote:
> Just wondering if anybody has heard any rumors of any commercial IDEs being developed for D now that 1.0 has been out for a while. 

It seems extremely unlikely that this will happen.  The closest thing you will probably get is the Eclipse plugin.  This is a decent start, but could use some help (*hint* *hint*)...

Dave

David B. Held escribió:
> kmk wrote:
>> Just wondering if anybody has heard any rumors of any commercial IDEs being developed for D now that 1.0 has been out for a while. 
> 
> It seems extremely unlikely that this will happen.  The closest thing you will probably get is the Eclipse plugin.  This is a decent start, but could use some help (*hint* *hint*)...
> 
> Dave

What do you mean by "could use some help"?

Regards,
Ary

Ary Manzana Wrote:

> David B. Held escribió:
> > kmk wrote:
> >> Just wondering if anybody has heard any rumors of any commercial IDEs being developed for D now that 1.0 has been out for a while.
> > 
> > It seems extremely unlikely that this will happen.  The closest thing you will probably get is the Eclipse plugin.  This is a decent start, but could use some help (*hint* *hint*)...
> > 
> > Dave
> 
> What do you mean by "could use some help"?
> 
> Regards,
> Ary

Ary is doing well with the descent plugin. I've found it to be the best editor among all of the available editors.

Ary Manzana wrote:
> David B. Held escribió:
>> kmk wrote:
>>> Just wondering if anybody has heard any rumors of any commercial IDEs being developed for D now that 1.0 has been out for a while. 
>>
>> It seems extremely unlikely that this will happen.  The closest thing you will probably get is the Eclipse plugin.  This is a decent start, but could use some help (*hint* *hint*)...
>>
>> Dave
> 
> What do you mean by "could use some help"?

I mean, if you compare it to the Java plugin, it doesn't do Ddoc integration from what I can tell, it doesn't integrate with the Eclipse run system (as a D application or a set of DUnit tests or the debugger), it doesn't integrate with the Eclipse notion of source folders and packages, etc. etc.  Then there's the little things like the fact that the D editor uses the Java editor icon, doesn't work with the Hierarchy viewer (though the Outline viewer works great), doesn't integrate with the D build tools, etc.

These aren't show stoppers by any means, but many of them are things that people take for granted when they say "commercial IDE", so I was just letting the OP know that the Eclipse plugin is mostly a text editor and not really a full IDE.  I think it's a great start, and I might be willing to get my hands dirty and lend a hand on some of those features, but I think we can all agree that the D plugin has a ways to go to achieve parity with the JDT.

Dave

kmk Wrote:

>> Just wondering if anybody has heard any rumors of any commercial IDEs being developed for D now that 1.0 has been out for a while.
>
> Ary is doing well with the descent plugin. I've found it to be the best editor among all of the available editors.

FWIW the Zeus for Windows IDE has support the D language:

    http://www.zeusedit.com

It does things like D syntax highlighting, code folding, integrated version control, project/workspace, class browsing etc.

It can also be configured to integrated with Ddbg to give basic debugging support:

    http://www.zeusedit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1070

Jussi Jumppanen
Author: Zeus for Windows IDE

Sorry for the late response.

kmk Wrote:

> Just wondering if anybody has heard any rumors of any commercial IDEs being developed for D now that 1.0 has been out for a while.

I know of a company that's developing a plug-in for a fairly popular commercial IDE. I've tested the product and I can tell you that you'll love it once it's finished in a couple of months.

They want to keep things under warps so I can tell you much more right now.

Reply to Nathan,

> Sorry for the late response.
> 
> kmk Wrote:
> 
>> Just wondering if anybody has heard any rumors of any commercial IDEs
>> being developed for D now that 1.0 has been out for a while.
>> 
> I know of a company that's developing a plug-in for a fairly popular
> commercial IDE. I've tested the product and I can tell you that you'll
> love it once it's finished in a couple of months.
> 
> They want to keep things under warps so I can tell you much more right
> now.
> 

AAAaaaaaaarrrrrrrggg!!!!  Then why do you tell us that much!?!?  <G>

Nathan Pettrelli Wrote:

> Sorry for the late response.
> 
> kmk Wrote:
> 
> > Just wondering if anybody has heard any rumors of any commercial IDEs being developed for D now that 1.0 has been out for a while.
> 
> I know of a company that's developing a plug-in for a fairly popular commercial IDE. I've tested the product and I can tell you that you'll love it once it's finished in a couple of months.
> 
> They want to keep things under warps so I can tell you much more right now.
> 

Nice. Be sure to post something about it when it's done.

kmk wrote:
> Just wondering if anybody has heard any rumors of any commercial IDEs being developed for D now that 1.0 has been out for a while. 

Zeus has code completion, workspace management, class/field/function navigator, debugging -- a great IDE once you take some time to learn it.