Emacs setup for rails development in Ubuntu?

Question

Hi all,
I am a seasoned .net developer and using VS.net all the time. Now, I would like to learn Ruby on Rails using Emacs. Since I'm pretty new to Linux, it would be great if someone show me step by step tutorial to setup emacs for RoR develpment.

Answer 1

Here is a 5 part series on how to set that up: http://sodonnell.wordpress.com/the-emacs-newbie-guide-for-rails/

Also, here is a screencast on how to do it: http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-and-rails-on-emacs-screencast-281.html

Good luck and enjoy! I am also a .Net dev delving into RoR

Answer 2

I use vim personally (as do most other Rails coders I know), but the Rails site points here: http://dima-exe.ru/rails-on-emacs.

That seems to be dead, though. Here it is on archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20071014011209/http://dima-exe.ru/rails-on-emacs. You can also try http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/RubyOnRails and the forks of http://github.com/tomtt/emacs-rails on GitHub.

I hope this helps. Happy coding!

Answer 3

Here's a small blog post on the subject I wrote some time ago.