# Best editor/environment for Windows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 15, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-editor-environment-for-windows/106896 "2007-06-15T05:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-editor-environment-for-windows/106896/1 "2007-06-15T05:05:24Z")
What’s the best editor or environment for Rails development in Windows Vista? I’ve been doing Rails development personally on my Mac at home. But now that we’re going to start using it at work I need to find a good setup on our Windows desktops. – Chris S. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://www.compiledmonkey.com](http://www.compiledmonkey.com) ---
**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-editor-environment-for-windows/106896/2 "2007-06-15T05:21:23Z")
Chris S. wrote: > What’s the best editor or environment for Rails development in Windows > Vista? I’ve been doing Rails development personally on my Mac at home. > But > now that we’re going to start using it at work I need to find a good > setup > on our Windows desktops. > > – > Chris S. > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://www.compiledmonkey.com](http://www.compiledmonkey.com) Chris, ``` I use RadRails. It is now owned(?)/developed by Aptana: ``` [http://www.aptana.com](http://www.aptana.com). It is based on Eclipse. Not sure about any others. I can recommend some sites for setting up Subversion for version control if you are interested also. Mike ---
**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 11:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-editor-environment-for-windows/106896/3 "2007-06-15T11:08:27Z")
Chris S. wrote: > What’s the best editor or environment for Rails development in Windows > Vista? If you are using Visual Studio, you may want to try Ruby In Steel: editing, debugging, project management etc. Two editions - free and commercial. The commercial edition also has a very fast debugger (drag and drop watch variables, hover+drill+down debug inspectors, call stack, step into/out/over) and full analytical IntelliSense. [http://www.sapphiresteel.com](http://www.sapphiresteel.com) ## best wishes Huw SapphireSteel Software ---
**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-editor-environment-for-windows/106896/4 "2007-06-15T18:04:27Z")
Em Sexta 15 Junho 2007 00:21, Mike R. escreveu: > Chris S. wrote: > > > What’s the best editor or environment for Rails development in Windows > > Vista? > > ``` > I use RadRails. It is now owned(?)/developed by Aptana: > > ``` How can I add/generate more models/controllers? Just via console? No way to do this into Aptana interface? thanks ## – Davi V. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid "Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or “just because”… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. " ---
**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-editor-environment-for-windows/106896/5 "2007-06-15T18:13:28Z")
When I have to turn my PC on, I use the ‘e’ editor, tortoiseSVN, mysql command line ---
**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-editor-environment-for-windows/106896/6 "2007-06-15T19:35:45Z")
I maintain Eclipse for Rails, a package similar to RadRails / Aptana, but customizable. I don’t market it too much (too afraid of what that would mean in terms of supporting it) but I am astounded by how many people actually like using it. I’ve gotten mostly positive feedback [http://www.napcs.com/products/rails/Eclipse/index.htm](http://www.napcs.com/products/rails/Eclipse/index.htm) I personally use this, but I use e ([www.e-texteditor.com](http://www.e-texteditor.com)) a lot too. You have to have tortoiseSVN though, it’s one of the best ways to use and manage a repository. I wrote a shortcut for O’Reilly that will show you how to get a solid development environment running on Windows. [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/railsonwindows/](http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/railsonwindows/) Sorry for the shameless self-promotion, but I figured it would help some people. ---
**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 3:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-editor-environment-for-windows/106896/7 "2007-06-16T03:36:37Z")
Thanks for the replies. I like the concept of e-texteditor, but it sucks to pay for a beta product. I’ll have to play around with the Eclipse plug-in solutions and see what works out. On 6/15/07, Brian H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > ## removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > > – Chris S. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://www.compiledmonkey.com](http://www.compiledmonkey.com) ---
**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-editor-environment-for-windows/106896/8 "2007-06-16T17:09:52Z")
Try Netbeans dev version. It has excellent support for ruby and rails. You can get a slimmed down ruby only version of Netbeans here: > **[nbextras.org](http://deadlock.nbextras.org/hudson/job/ruby/)** > > NetBeans This page is automatically updated with the latest builds. 🙂 prabhakar ---
**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-editor-environment-for-windows/106896/9 "2007-06-16T17:07:50Z")
I’m not sure what the exact details are, but I think you can still use it after the trial expires.