Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Michael Mattingly @ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:21:08 -0000

Michael Mattingly — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:21:08 -0000

I attempted to use NetBeans 6.1 but found it too complicated. I spent a week just trying to code the sample applications in various Rails books. I decided to switch to Instant Rails with e-TextEditor & have been having a much easier time. I think the problem is documentation. The vast majority of reference material for Rails uses something other than NetBeans. So when you want to code something in NetBeans you have to spend a bit of time trying to learn how to reproduce the results in an application that at times sounds nothing like your reference material. Other than the lack of NetBeans-specific documentation, I think it will eventually be a good tool for Rails. It was great for Ruby, although a bit slow at times.

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by KenA @ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:56:03 -0000

KenA — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:56:03 -0000

Anyone using VIM or eMacs? ... I just installed VIM, but the learning curve will be very steep, plus I´m not sure if these kind of editors are the right ones for RoR development. If you ask a hardcore unix user he probably will say yes, but it looks like passion for the editor than enything else. Some links:

1. http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoUseVimWithRails
2. http://rails.vim.tpope.net/

I´m using Windows and although inType or e-texteditor are good candidates they´re still buggy imho … unfortunately there´s no real textmate for windows … i don´t consider e-texteditor finished yet …

Some may say to use IDEs, but I hate them so…

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by William T @ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:58:10 -0000

William T — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:58:10 -0000

I find E to be a lackluster product. Its regular expression handling is much inferior to TextMate (basically, my regexps work in TextMate but often not in E). Also E is very slow.

I recommend EditPad Pro. It is no IDE (and doesn’t support TextMate bundles) but it suits me and is relatively lightweight.

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Soh Dubom @ Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:34:07 -0000

Soh Dubom — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:34:07 -0000

I’ve tested many editors as well. For Windows looks like e-texteditor is well quoted, but imho inType (although in alphas stages and slow development pace) wins e-texteditor for the following reasons:

1. Small footprint > very fast and light: the developers are very keen to this detail

2. Does not rely on cygwin > the developers are into avoiding bloated software

3. Future inType versions will use Javascript API

I believe inType has a better potential than its competitors.

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Mikhail Shokhirev @ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:38:24 -0000

Mikhail Shokhirev — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:38:24 -0000

I came across a newer review, in which 9 IDEs for RoR are compared: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/07/07/28TC-ruby-ides_1.html
BTW, the only “Excellent”/9.0 mark was given to my favourite NetBeans IDE. :-)

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Wayde Gilliam @ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:26:56 -0000

Wayde Gilliam — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:26:56 -0000

Started with Textmate … switched to NetBeans 6.1, and thanks to its superb subversion integration and debugging features, I’m staying put :)

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Felipe Andrés Cerda Barra @ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:50 -0000

Felipe Andrés Cerda Barra — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:50 -0000

I always use NetBeans 6.1 for Rails. It’s really awesome and no, it’s not complicated! actually it’s really easy for begginers too.

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Mikhail Shokhirev @ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:43:07 -0000

Mikhail Shokhirev — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:43:07 -0000

There’s a good review of the Ruby/Rails IDE/editors at: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2007/11/26/Ruby-Tool-Survey
I personally prefer NetBeans-6 for my Rails projects (for I love its good SVN support and fine code completeion). But to make small changes in 1 or 2 source files, I use Kate editor under Linux. Or sometimes, gedit…

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Bill Thayer @ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:44:18 -0000

Bill Thayer — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:44:18 -0000

Netbeans 6.1 might be OK for experienced programmers but this newbie found it slow and confusing and slow.

Can’t go wrong with JEdit however I did have to edit the modes\catalog.xml file to add html.erb to the rhtml glob and add rjs to the ruby glob.

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by James West @ Sat, 24 May 2008 06:50:44 -0000

James West — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:50:44 -0000

Aptana Studio

Totally awesome with RadRails plugin plus the new cloud will have support for really simple deployment

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Sami Ahmed @ Fri, 23 May 2008 22:49:07 -0000

Sami Ahmed — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:49:07 -0000

I found netbeans 6.1 is also awesome. Pretty easy to use to too, with easy generate.

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Joshua Cooper @ Fri, 23 May 2008 03:43:45 -0000

Joshua Cooper — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:43:45 -0000

E-Text Editor Rocks… have only just been using it and heaps easy to use. highly recommend this editor.

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Joseph Cooper @ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:34:31 -0000

Joseph Cooper — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:34:31 -0000

I would like to third e-texteditor. I have tried a lot of editors for rails (jedit, radrails[not the new one however], a bunch of others i can’t remember) and e-texteditor has been by far the best.

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Devin Walters @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:04:10 -0000

Devin Walters — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:04:10 -0000

I would like to ditto e-text editor as being a fantastic clone. It costs money, though. When do we get our *nix TextMate, gentlemen?

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Sam Ruby @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:26:36 -0000

Sam Ruby — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:26:36 -0000

Thanks!

Text Editors for Rails (p38) posted by Dr Nic @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:05:58 -0000

Dr Nic — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:05:58 -0000

E Text Editor is a TextMate clone for Windows; it supports TextMate bundles, and as such, it now supports the latest Rails 2.0 Textmate bundle. It also automatically installs + uses cygwin for access unix cmds etc.

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