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#1

I am running Linux Mint with virtual machine and virtual rails
installed on my laptop…I am barely learning ruby on rails and still
a novice…now that I have virtual rails installed I am assuming I use
the netbeans IDE 6.8 for building applications and embedding ruby
code. is this correct? I wasnt sure if I use the command prompt or
both.

#2

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Rich d [email protected] wrote:

I am running Linux Mint with virtual machine and virtual rails
installed on my laptop…I am barely learning ruby on rails and still
a novice…now that I have virtual rails installed I am assuming I use
the netbeans IDE 6.8 for building applications and embedding ruby
code. is this correct? I wasnt sure if I use the command prompt or
both.

Rails authors assume a lot of rails and rake commands be done on
the command line, yes. Netbeans will run lots of those commands for
you.

–
Greg D.
destiney.com | gregdonald.com

#3

Rich d wrote:

I am running Linux Mint with virtual machine and virtual rails
installed on my laptop…I am barely learning ruby on rails and still
a novice…now that I have virtual rails installed I am assuming I use
the netbeans IDE 6.8 for building applications and embedding ruby
code. is this correct? I wasnt sure if I use the command prompt or
both.

You can use either. I would generally advise forgetting about NetBeans
and using a good editor such as KokodoEdit, not an UDE. Rails really
doesn’t need or want an IDE.

Best,
–Â
Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

Sent from my iPhone

#4

Rich d wrote:

I am running Linux Mint with virtual machine and virtual rails
installed on my laptop…I am barely learning ruby on rails and still
a novice…now that I have virtual rails installed I am assuming I use
the netbeans IDE 6.8 for building applications and embedding ruby
code. is this correct? I wasnt sure if I use the command prompt or
both.

You can use either. I would generally advise forgetting about NetBeans
and using a good editor such as KokodoEdit, not an IDE. Rails really
doesn’t need or want an IDE.

Best,
–Â
Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

Sent from my iPhone

#5

Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:

Rich d wrote:

I am running Linux Mint with virtual machine and virtual rails
installed on my laptop…I am barely learning ruby on rails and still
a novice…now that I have virtual rails installed I am assuming I use
the netbeans IDE 6.8 for building applications and embedding ruby
code. is this correct? I wasnt sure if I use the command prompt or
both.

You can use either. I would generally advise forgetting about NetBeans
and using a good editor such as KokodoEdit,

Er, that would be KomodoEdit. I’ll blame my iPhone for the typo. :smiley:

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]