The route towards ’Yellow Fire’ (Ruby In Steel Developer 1.5)
Updated: May 2008
In May 2006, we published a development Road Map leading towards the first release of Ruby In Steel Developer (code name, ‘Red Fire’) in January 2007. We have now updated this Road Map to provide information on proposed developments leading to version 1.5 of Ruby In Steel Developer (code name, ‘Yellow Fire’). For a history of the software development to date, see the Changelog.
Purchasers of Ruby In Steel Developer 1.0 will receive a free upgrade to future versions of the software up to and including version 1.5. Ruby In Steel 1.5 will be the final version in the 1.x productline.
Note: This RoadMap outlines some of the features which we are currently planning for forthcoming editions. The RoadMap should not be regarded as definitive. Neither the actual features nor the dates shown are guaranteed. In the course of the development of the software, some of the features listed may be substantially modified or removed from the RoadMap while other features which are not currently listed may be added to the RoadMap. Moreover, it is highly likely that the release dates of specific features may be changed.
The Path to ‘Yellow Fire’ (Ruby In Steel Developer 1.5)
1.01 Vista Support
More IntelliSense...
1.1 (June 2007)
Fixes to problems reported by users and various small changes
Thread-safe debugger
Expanded documentation
Dockable Rake window
Dockable Generate window
1.2 (1st quarter 2008) Visual Rails Developer Visual Web Page Designer for Rails
Rails Navigation Explorer
Features will be added incrementally, leading towards the next major release (1.5).
1.5 (2nd half 2008)
User-selectable IntelliSense libraries for Rails
Find All References
Project Wizards
More dedicated Rails tools
Database IntelliSense
RXML, RJS support
TODO comments in Task List
Here is our original Road Map, culminating in version 1.0 of Ruby In Steel Developer
The Road To ’Red Fire’
This is an outline of the major features in each release of Steel:
0.7JulyRuby On Rails support Rails (rhtml) colouring and code collapsing
Rails project management in Solution Explorer
Rails New Project Wizard
Import existing Rails projects
Import Ruby Solutions from older versions of Steel
Open Command Prompt in selected directory
Build/Rebuild checks project-wide syntax
Rails Toolbar and Menu
Generate Controller/Model/Scaffold/Other
Integrated SQL Server development
Additional Configuration Options
Pass flags to Ruby.exe
File properties
Project Properties
Note: 0.75 is the last major public beta of the Personal Edition of Ruby In Steel. We shall continue to refine and extend the existing features leading to version 1.0 of Ruby In Steel Personal Edition early in 2007.
0.76September Selectively omit hidden files and directories when importing projects
Selectively omit files with specific extensions when importing
Selectively omit hidden files and directories when synchronizing
More checking to ensure success of synchronization and Project Importing
Ruby In Steel Developer Edition
The features in 0.8 plus...
0.8October IntelliSense member completion
IntelliSense drop down combo boxes in Editor
RDoc QuickInfo tooltips
Smart Indenting
Snippets
Ruby Explorer
0.9November Fast Debugging
Debugger: Expression expansion (‘drill down’)
IntelliSense Parameter Info
Underline errors in editor
IntelliSense Goto Definition
0.95December Extend and refine existing features
Version 1.0 – code name ‘Red Fire’ January 2007 Released in two editions:
The Personal Edition
Has all the features up to 0.75 plus various minor additions and bug fixes.
The Developer Edition
Has all the features shown to 0.95 above.
