# InstantRails and NetBeans **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 31, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-netbeans/110900 "2007-07-31T22:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-netbeans/110900/1 "2007-07-31T22:09:39Z")
Anybody got any experience using NetBeans with Instant Rails? I’m getting an error on migrations saying it can’t find RubyGem soap4r. It’s installed, of course. Any experience / thoughts? TIA, Bill ---
**Author:** ![wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-netbeans/110900/2 "2007-07-31T22:45:42Z")
I don’t have direct experience with NetBeans AND InstantRails together. However I can tell you from my experience using NetBeans that it installs jRuby and uses the gems from that installation, not your already existing Ruby installation. At least for me on my Mac I’m not able to tell NetBeans to use my already existing gems installation due to permissions; I’m sure I’m not doing something correct. Don’t know if that will help you or not. Cheers, Mel ---
**Author:** ![wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-netbeans/110900/3 "2007-08-01T00:26:51Z")
On 7/31/07, Mel R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I don’t have direct experience with NetBeans AND InstantRails together. > However I can tell you from my experience using NetBeans that it installs > jRuby and uses the gems from that installation, not your already existing > Ruby installation. Just tell NetBeans which Ruby to use via Tools \> Options \> Misc \> Ruby. NetBeans does have a mechanism to attempt to detect which Ruby you use, but I’ve had it installed for a while and don’t know when/how it gets invoked. NetBeans works just fine with InstantRails. It’s been by normal dev environment for several weeks now. You definitely want the daily builds - NetBeans lives on internet time. [http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/](http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/) You want the current version that looks like: # netbeans-rubyide-hudson-3159.zip [fingerprint] - James M. ---
**Author:** ![wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-netbeans/110900/4 "2007-08-01T20:12:41Z")
James M. wrote: > You definitely want the daily builds - NetBeans lives on internet time. > > [http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/](http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/) > > - James M. How do we submit feedback for these builds? I’ve noticed that they work better than the nightly full NetBeans builds in some ways, but are missing basic functionality in others. Thanks! Butch A. ---
**Author:** ![wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-netbeans/110900/5 "2007-08-07T06:24:58Z")
On 7/31/07, James M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > it gets invoked. In relatively recent builds (NetBeans 6.0 Milestone 10 and later), the IDE asks you which Ruby implementation you want to use, the first time you start creating a Ruby or Rails project. After that, the menu option you cite above is the right way to change things. Craig McClanahan ---
**Author:** ![wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 6:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-netbeans/110900/6 "2007-08-07T06:29:58Z")
On 8/1/07, Butch A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > There’s a couple of avenues for giving feedback on these builds: - If you want to file a bug report or RFE in the issue tracking system, start at [http://www.netbeans.org/community/issues.html](http://www.netbeans.org/community/issues.html). File issues under component “Ruby”. - There is a low-volume mailing list “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” that gets immediate attention from the developers. To subscribe, see the information at “[http://ruby.netbeans.org](http://ruby.netbeans.org)”. - For more general NetBeans questions (not Ruby or Rails specific), the best place is the general NetBeans user mailing list. To subscribe, see the information at “[Apache NetBeans Community](http://www.netbeans.org/community/)”. Craig McClanahan ---
**Author:** ![wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-netbeans/110900/7 "2007-08-08T19:01:19Z")
On 8/6/07, Craig McClanahan [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > - If you want to file a bug report or RFE in the issue tracking system, > start at [http://www.netbeans.org/community/issues.html](http://www.netbeans.org/community/issues.html). File > issues under component “Ruby”. I’ve got this bookmarked: [http://scripting.netbeans.org/issues/enter\_bug.cgi?component=ruby](http://scripting.netbeans.org/issues/enter_bug.cgi?component=ruby) One of the things the NetBeans team does well is reacting to bug reports. If you report a problem, it gets dealt with. I find myself submitting problem reports more often to NetBeans than other projects I’ve used lately (aside from paid professional work) simply because there’s a fast positive feedback mechanism - really makes you feel like you’re contributing, even if you’re not writing code. - James