Comments on: Moving over to NetBeans!

By: Jan Seidl

Jan Seidl — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:27:33 +0000

Well, at my linux box I combine a set of tools as my “IDE”:

- screen: to have my terminal session persistent
- vim: best editor I ever seen since you have a set of commands to help navigate and do the actions, macro support and split windows support, what lacked on gedit.
- svn: to synch my repos
- Carcass’ Swansong album: to keep the work fun!

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:55:33 +0000

I really like Aptana RadRails. As I moved into Ruby and Rails work, I tried a few sample projects in RadRails, TextMate, NetBeans 6.5, and IntelliJ . For me, the Eclipse-based RadRails was the clear winner.

I have used Eclipse extensively as my daily IDE for nearly 4 years and not having to learn another base IDE was part of the decision. Additionally, I am very fond of Aptana’s JavaScript, CSS, and HTML editors, all of which integrate perfectly with RadRails (I really like code hints for Ruby, Rails, and HTML all within an RHTML/ERB file!).

For those who are decide on RadRails, Packt Publishing has an incredibly helpful and well-written book on Aptana RadRails — proceeds of all book sales go towards the development of the community (free) edition of RadRails. I just read it last week and got some really nice tips on RadRails and Eclipse itself. Worth a look if you’re working with RadRails.

By: Sofyan

Sofyan — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:18:40 +0000

NetBeans is great, but you can also try Komodo