Ruby on Rails Editor for Windows

Question

I love to use Textmate on my Mac at home but have a hard finding somehing to use at work (windows).

What is the best editor to use for Ruby on Rails on windows that get you the closest look and feel to Textmate?

Answer 1

E-Text Editor. Even compatible with TextMate's bundles.

http://www.e-texteditor.com/

Answer 2

You should try Intype. It is on alpha stage, and currently does not have all the functions of TextMate, but it looks very promising. Take a look at the blog, the forums, and download the "unstable releases".

I currently use it every day on Windows for Ruby ob Rails development and I am eager to test the next alpha release.

Answer 3

Netbeans (the java editor) is pretty good as well.

Answer 4

It very much depends on what you need. If you want a lightweight editor then InType is probably one of the best choices. Wait a little bit longer for the next version and you wont be disappointed, or so the authors say. It is a comercial application though.

If you like the comforts of an IDE then from what I have seen NetBean's with Ruby & Rails bundles is the best option. The debugger is quite fast and stable and the editor and IDE overhead is the best considering the choices. I am an Eclipse fan for Java work but on RoR field NetBeans won me over. And of course there is IDEA, but that one just costs too much.

Answer 5

I am using Aptana Studio for Rails.

Answer 6

I second the NetBeans suggestion, I tried several , including Eclipse and Aptana, and Netbeans is faster and it is easily configurable. Versions before 6.1 were not as stable as they are now, at least for windows.

Answer 7

Update: I took a look at Intype and I must say I am VERY IMPRESSED. Better than RoRED or whatever, finally a TextMate look alike on Windows for FREE

---

Old:

I was googling for a good rails editor on Windows (of course TextMate for Mac wins) and along with this stackoverflow post I saw RoRED - it looks great. It seems PERFECT for RoR development on Windows

http://plasmacode.com/screen-shots

Hope this helps!

Answer 8

I would have to say UltraEdit.

Answer 9

RubyMine is bar far the best out there: http://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/

Answer 10

emacs，it's best editor for any OS。 See this video，you will love emacs. Install some plugin for emacs,it will be best dev tool for ruby on rails.

Answer 11

Aptana RadRails is a cross-platform IDE that will run on Windows

http://www.radrails.org/

Answer 12

I don´t have credit to comment but I would like to add to the most popular answer about Intype that you don´t get by default syntax highlighting for .erb files in rails. The way to fix that is to press Shift+Ctrl+G to get the language dialog and select HTML (Rails).

Answer 13

For Windows, I stick with SciTE. If you prefer more IDE-type features, then FreeRIDE is a good choice, as is NetBeans (although a bit heavier). I have heard good things about Aptana, Redcar, and ScriptDev, but I have never used any of those myself.

Answer 14

I absolutely love using emacs for ruby on rails. On both linux and windows. Combine emacs with these extensions and you will have one supercharged development environment ready.

Answer 15

E Text Editor is a very good for programmers... =)

Answer 16

RubyMine seems to have the best of all words so far - a good balance of speed, text-mate like features, easy customizability (colors etc.), and an easy to use but powerful template system.

Try the trial :)

Answer 17

I would recommend Jetbrains also you can try Netbeans

Answer 18

NetBeans is the most full featured and easy to use IDE for Windows. And it's completely FREE. I've previously tried intype, Eclipse with Aptana RadRails plugin, gvim, and FreeRIDE. I didn't like any of them. Either it was too complicated to setup or was way too limited for developings Rails.

Definitely give NetBeans a try if you're still looking for a Ruby editor. Unlike other IDEs (ahem Eclipse/RadRails), the installation was really simple. I still use Eclipse for Java development though, so I'm not a complete hater.