# Console2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 8, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console2/125305 "2008-01-08T02:49:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![agilehack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@agilehack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agilehack)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console2/125305/1 "2008-01-08T02:49:14Z")
does anyone here use console2 with there RoR development? I already use e as my editor and after reading the blog on garbage burrito… > **[GarbageBurrito.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=garbageburrito.com)** > > Since 2005, we have helped thousands of people get the perfect domain name. I would love to use console2, I am not real familiar with setting something like this up plus I use instantrails which the article does not go into. I am pretty sure I need to set the shell and maybe a thing or two else but not sure. Anyone done this that can help? ---
**Author:** ![agilehack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@agilehack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agilehack)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console2/125305/2 "2008-01-08T02:55:40Z")
I sometimes develop on my home machine running Windows XP and you don’t really have to do much. I’m using Netbeans 6.0 with Console2 and a Rails install done by installing Ruby using the One-click Installer and then doing gem install rails. Everything should be set up for you with Netbeans being able to do most of the work for you. ---
**Author:** ![agilehack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@agilehack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agilehack)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console2/125305/3 "2008-01-08T03:12:02Z")
I guess I just need to know how to configure console2 for the rails environment if I am using instantrails. I.E. I opened console2 and tried to create a project by command line using the command ‘rails testapp’ and received an error. I expected the error since I know my console2 installation was completely separate from rails and is therefor not pointed to anything it needs. ---
**Author:** ![agilehack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@agilehack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agilehack)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console2/125305/4 "2008-01-08T03:44:47Z")
You have to add c:\ruby\bin (or something like that) to the Environment Variables PATH line which you can get to by right-clicking on My Computer, going into Advanced and then Environment Variables. On Jan 8, 2008 12:41 PM, agilehack [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > really have to do much. I’m using Netbeans 6.0 with Console2 and a Rails > > install done by installing Ruby using the One-click Installer and then > > doing > > gem install rails. Everything should be set up for you with Netbeans > > being > > able to do most of the work for you. – Ryan B. > **[frozenplague.net](http://www.frozenplague.net)** > > This domain may be for sale! Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email. ---
**Author:** ![agilehack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@agilehack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agilehack)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console2/125305/5 "2008-01-08T23:40:04Z")
I’m using Console2 at home and I did not need to add anything to the path. I had “rails XXX” working on my regular cmd prompt, and it worked the same way on Console2. One tip: Using the newer version (2.0 build 136 I guess) you can set up “favorites” trough the settings menu. It its called tabs there. I created a WEBrick and a “Rails Console” tab. On the first one, I used %WINDIR%\cmd.exe ruby script/server as the shell and my app as the startup dir. Same thing for Rails Console, just change to use script/console instead of script/server. To access those “favorites”, use the first button I just go to File \> New \> WEBrick.