# Mac users: what program do you use to create your views?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-users-what-program-do-you-use-to-create-your-views/98851>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 18, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-users-what-program-do-you-use-to-create-your-views/98851 "2006-07-18T17:03:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-users-what-program-do-you-use-to-create-your-views/98851/1 "2006-07-18T17:03:51Z")

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just wondering if there is a better way to create a nice view other than  
using iweb. like, it would be nice if you can design a view, and then  
just add the ruby tags.

thanks.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-users-what-program-do-you-use-to-create-your-views/98851/2 "2006-07-18T17:12:39Z")

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just use TextMate 🙂 it’s too good not to use! Best Rails editor  
everrrrr!

-Ben L.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-users-what-program-do-you-use-to-create-your-views/98851/3 "2006-07-18T17:33:25Z")

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Ben L. wrote:

> just use TextMate 🙂 it’s too good not to use! Best Rails editor  
> everrrrr!
> 
> -Ben L.

textmate += 1

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-users-what-program-do-you-use-to-create-your-views/98851/4 "2006-07-18T17:52:45Z")

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free tools…  
TEXTWRANGLER ([http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/](http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/))  
or  
eclipse/RDT  
([http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-rubyeclipse/](http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-rubyeclipse/))

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-users-what-program-do-you-use-to-create-your-views/98851/5 "2006-07-18T18:02:55Z")

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> just wondering if there is a better way to create a nice view other than  
> using iweb. like, it would be nice if you can design a view, and then  
> just add the ruby tags.

i do it two ways…

when it’s something that will just be used internally, i use textmate…

when it’s something for a client, we have a designer make a template…

then, i just use that, and the css files that the designer makes, and  
drop them into rails…

although textmate is a text editor, i have found it to be the fastest  
way to crank out html ever.

for more info, check this out:

[http://macromates.com/screencast/insert\_html\_tags.mov](http://macromates.com/screencast/insert_html_tags.mov)

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-users-what-program-do-you-use-to-create-your-views/98851/6 "2006-07-18T17:53:07Z")

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On Tue, Jul 18, 2006, bbqTree wrote:

> just wondering if there is a better way to create a nice view other than  
> using iweb. like, it would be nice if you can design a view, and then  
> just add the ruby tags.

It seems that most people either write their HTML by hand or hire  
someone else to do it. I don’t think there are any tools that will let  
you design HTML and drop in the ERb tags, though that would be totally  
cool.

If you’re not interested in writing your own HTML, and if you’re happy  
with the output of iWeb, I’d keep using it.

Ben