Scheme IDE for Windows

Question

DrScheme is the best Scheme IDE I have found. It has a JIT compiler, can build stand-alone executables or run in the traditional Scheme REPL, has smart syntax editing , as well as other traditional IDE features like Menu bars to change features. Running/stopping your program is as easy as clicking 'Run'/'Stop'. It also includes a macro-expander (if you're writing macros) as well as a debugger. It's Help menu includes both DrScheme-specific documentation, as well as various Scheme specifications (e.g., R5RS and R6RS).

If there is something you want in a Scheme IDE that is not in DrScheme already, I'm sure the developers would be interested in hearing from you.

I think you are done already. DrScheme is the most popular Scheme IDE.

Scheme is a bit of niche language, so do not be surprised not to find the kind of super-slick IDE support that is expected by Java/VisualBasic WIMP addicts.

Patronizing? Well, yes.

PLT Scheme is an excellenet product well worth taking a look at. It's got all the features you're asking for

I think what you want actually is Emacs. Let's see:

• I want a graphic IDE, the latest versions of Emacs are built on top of gtk.
• with colorization, it's M-x font-lock-mode
• a REPL, lookup Quack mode for Emacs,
• and usable, in-line help for a specific, well-documented dialect of Scheme, that too, it's built into Quack.

I've been playing with Xacc.Ide and Iron Scheme and found they were pretty good although they felt not finished in some places. They're good enough for trying out scheme, I'm not sure if I'd use them for writing commercial software though. I've seen the author of both of them hang around here so maybe he can tell more..