Working IDE for Rails3 on Windows

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I´m having a hard time configuring NetBeans for Rails3 in Windows. I got a lot of problems, many o then reported even here.

So my question is: which of the following IDEs are best situated for Rails3 in a Windows Box right now:

RubyMine

Komodo IDE

RadRails

Look, i dont want to start a discussion (kinda x vs y). I just want to know from people who already are developing in Rails3 with Windows what is the better choice in the long run.

Thanks!

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Issues with NetBeans

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Note: Im using RubyMine by now and facing no problems

Lelea answered 21/1, 2011 at 13:11 Comment(5)

Could you detail some of the problems you have in netbeans? I use it all the time and have installed it on multiple machines without a problem. – Steak 21/1, 2011 at 13:31

I switched from Aptana to NetBeans and I have not had any problems. Please list the issues you have faced. – Spicate 21/1, 2011 at 17:58

Sure guys, i wrote more details above. Thanks for the help. – Lelea 21/1, 2011 at 18:30

FYI netbeans has dropped rails: netbeans.org/community/news/show/1507.html – Chalcis 2/2, 2011 at 19:53

The jruby team has picked it up again reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/fdvlc/… – Lanai 2/3, 2011 at 7:57

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I'm using RubyMine.

You can try it for free for 30 days. Before my time with RubyMine, I've used NetBeans for Rails too. But I have to say RubyMine is the money worth.

Walkyrie answered 24/1, 2011 at 10:30 Comment(1)

Yes Daniel, i see. I´m considering for serious to buy a personal developer license after the 30 days, because i´m really liking this IDE. – Lelea 24/1, 2011 at 12:25

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I like Redcar. Very beautiful IDE, similar TextMate

Bagwig answered 2/2, 2011 at 19:50 Comment(1)

I had never heard of Redcar, a quick once over shows it to be very straight forward with a nice simple UI. Good find. – Square 8/2, 2011 at 0:59

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When I develop Rails on Windows, I use Aptana RadRails or Aptana Studio (pretty much the same thing). They are a little bit heavyweight, but I like the Eclipse interface in general. It often does better at syntax highlighting and autocorrecting than TextMate and has vastly better keyboard shortcuts. The TextMate/Mac fanboys are probably going to come after me for saying that. If you have plenty of memory to spare, Aptana is the way to go.

Rescission answered 9/2, 2011 at 23:41 Comment(0)

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I use RubyMine, but their Java IDE has a free community edition with a Ruby plugin, which does have of what RubyMine does, FWIW.

Though to be honest, you will probably get a lot of responses saying no IDE... VIM, Emacs etc...

Progressive answered 21/1, 2011 at 13:27 Comment(1)

Hi Chris and thanks for the answer. Right now i´m using RubyMine and i´m liking it. Problem with no IDE is the production time for "noobs" like me. I dont know how to configure tons of stuff to use the editors alone, like plugins and gems necessaries to get stuff done, so maybe it´s not a good idea right now. – Lelea 21/1, 2011 at 14:12

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Aptana looks good. But I think RadRails supports only Rails 2. Aptana studio 3 Beta has a full fledged Rails 3 interface.

Also Aptana solves many RoR installation issues in Windows (which can get very messy) . So I think aptana is the way to go

Longheaded answered 21/1, 2011 at 17:26 Comment(1)

I´m trying RubyMine by now and will take a close look at aptana soon. But like you, I got all my RoR issues solved switching from a more generic IDE (NetBeans) to a more Rails focused like, RubyMine on my case. – Lelea 21/1, 2011 at 18:33

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I like RubyMine, as it's pretty fast and does a great job.

Cullen answered 24/1, 2011 at 12:19 Comment(2)

That´s it. I´m using it and loving it. Do you know how to open the DOS CONSOLE (not the Rails console) directly from RubyMine? – Lelea 24/1, 2011 at 12:26

The only thing that I can think of is to type in the following in the console: exit – Cullen 24/1, 2011 at 12:28

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I wrote up a brief description of some popular editors as a part of my P2PU course. Scroll to "Choosing a Programmer's Editor" on the week 1 curriculum.

Bisitun answered 21/1, 2011 at 15:17 Comment(1)

Good work mate, but do you have any experience to share about which is the most situed for Rails3 (on windows) right now? Late i will take a close look at Vim and Emcas, because i´m planning to migrate my development ambient to unix (probably Debian or FreeBSD). – Lelea 21/1, 2011 at 18:37

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Starting with an IDE can definitely get you started, especially one like RubyMine since it's mostly cross platform.

However, learning an editor like Vim or Emacs has other benefits like being able to be completely cross-platform. More importantly, they're lightweight both in disk space and in memory usage. While using an IDE might assist in you learning a language (because you get syntax completion, documentation, etc), learning an editor can lead to the kind of power usage that one using an IDE can only dream of (but it will take a while to get to that point on something like Vim or Emacs).

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