After using Eclipse (I leave it because the RED plugin isn’t compatible with RF 4.x), I’m trying the RIDE IDE.
It’s a little bit confusing but I have a question : on Eclipse, the autocomplete suggests the keywords which beginning with the word AND the keyword which contains the word.
Example : On Eclipse, I wrote “Value” and the proposals were :
Get Value
Element Attribute Value Should Be
…
On RIDE, I see that the autocomplete suggests only the keyword which beginning with the word I search.
Example : On RIDE, I wrote “Value” and there aren’t any proposals (because no keywords beginning with the “Value” word):
Is it a specific configuration or RIDE doesn’t have this (usefull) functionality ?
Why use RIDE? What are the advantages? I tried RIDE but quickly reverted back to Visual Studio Code; I have also used PyCharm and IntelliJ for Robot Framework development. The VS Code plug-in only suggests based upon “Beginning with” - so no improvement, no difference there.
This is the Extension I used on VS Code:
Name: Robot Framework Intellisense
Id: tomiturtiainen.rf-intellisense
Description: Robot Framework Intellisense
Version: 2.8.0
Publisher: Tomi Turtiainen
VS Marketplace Link: Robot Framework Intellisense - Visual Studio Marketplace
RIDE was the first and only dedicated IDE for Robot Framework. It was created in 2008 (if I am not in error) and sponsored by Nokia Networks up to 2016. There have been a lot of improvements, but development has been slowed down, due to several factors (including a major change in Robot Framework 3.2.1).
People used to newer IDE may not like RIDE, but they probably don’t know some of the good features it has.
One feature I like the most is to have the keyword’s documentation at hand.
This request for autocomplete would be a nice improvement to consider after releasing RIDE 2.0.