What IDE / Editor do you use for Ruby on Windows?

Question

The SciTE editor comes with the Ruby installer, and it's just a generic code editor. I installed FreeRIDE but it seems a little buggy; it actually just crashed on me for no reason. :(

So my question is...

What IDE / Editor do you use for Ruby on Windows? What are the best editors out there?

Answer 1

Eclipse with RDT plugin.

Answer 2

You can use either Eclipse with the Aptana Plugin and then install the Aptana RadRails plugin or you can use Aptana as a stand-alone application.

I like to use Eclipse with the Aptana plugins because Aptana seems to provide the best support for HTML, Javascript, and CSS that I've seen in an Eclipse plugin, and you still get the full benefit of using the core Eclipse application.

Answer 3

Check this question: Best Editor for Ruby?

Answer 4

I've been using Aptana Studio, it's quite good, with lots of features (even in the free version, you probably don't need Pro).

If you want something more minimalistic, there is E Text Editor, which supports TextMate bundles (not free, though).

Answer 5

Netbeans IDE is quite good.

Answer 6

Go for Eclipse for everything. I tried Netbeans but it sucks! It doesn't even have a word-wrap feature! Can you believe that?

Answer 7

E-Texteditor is great.

Answer 8

Vim, what else?

Answer 9

Ruby in Steel, is integrated in visual studio, but not free of charge ($199)

Answer 10

Textmate from Macromates has a clone call e-texteditor

I totally recommend it, it is actually made by a friend of the textmate author

Answer 11

Your individual needs should dictate whether/when you use a full-featured IDE or a lighter weight code editor.

For lightweight tasks, I still prefer SciTE, tweaking the settings and functions to meet my own needs.

For larger projects I use the NetBeans Ruby IDE. I tried NetBeans a couple years ago and wasn't impressed. But they've come a long way since, especially with regards to Ruby and Rails. Nothing against Eclipse/Aptana; NetBeans just seems to fit me better.

Textmate is very popular on Mac OS, and E (not free, but inexpensive) is the closest thing to it on Windows, and supports TextMate bundles. It seems to have gained many fans.

Answer 12

After seeing alot of screenshots from Mac-guys writing ruby-code in TextMate I went for the E-TextEditor and I'm very pleased with it.

At first I didn't find any option in the GUI for changing the default tab-size from 4 to 2 but today I found it down on the statusbar :)

Answer 13

Another vote for E from http://www.e-texteditor.com

Answer 14

Vim with the help of a few plugins (Rails.vim, Project and Fuzzy File Finder Textmate) Really makes for a good--and cross platform--editor.

If you like the plugins but can't take the keybindings there is always Cream.

Answer 15

rored is really nice for rails apps on windows

Answer 16

I use NetBeans most of time, but occasionally Intype fit my needs for some quick code editing.

Intype has a simple project manager, also support bundles and snippets.

Answer 17

RubyMine is really great, even though it's $99 for commercial purposes (there are free flavors available) I think it's well worth the money.

It has great support for HAML/SASS, the most common revision control systems, console tools, templates, keyboard shortcuts, etc...