RDT seems to be the preferred ruby plugin for adding ruby language support to Eclipse. However, I see that the main developer on that project has joined Aptana RadRails. Does this mean that project is no longer up-to-date for Ruby in Eclipse.
If so, which plugin is the preferred choice these days?
I have used aptana/radrails in the past and thouroghly enjoyed it. I suggest giving it a try. There is a standalone eclipse plugin available. It supports non-rails projects decently as well if that's what you're going for.
My only experience with Eclipse was through Aptana, however, so there may be other considerations.
Good question. I've used Aptana/radrails, and that's definitely one to steer clear of. It writes a database in whatever directory you happen to start eclipse from, and generally takes over eclipse, changing a lot of useful key bindings. One of the most irritating things is that ctrl-1 stops working in java files, and that's a hotkey I use all the time. I'm looking forward to hearing people's answers on this one, because I'd like to know of a good one.
Try the Ganymede Dynamic Languages Toolkit for Ruby. It's available from Eclipse's Software Updates panel.
I have to agree with Don Branson on steering clear of Aptana. I just tried to install it into my installation of 3.5 and Eclipse would not start afterwards. I had to unpack a whole new copy of 3.5 and install all my favorite plugins again to get back to work.
How do I install Dynamic Languages Toolkit plugun in an existing eclipse if I don't want to download a new eclipse?
I tried at places but couldn't find the eclipse update url for dynamic language toolkit.