# NetBeans IDE 6.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 8, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-ide-6-0/88169 "2007-03-08T17:32:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arjun)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-ide-6-0/88169/1 "2007-03-08T17:32:27Z")
Hi there ! I came across the NetBeans IDE and also the screencasts. Here are the links for screencasts: [http://blogs.sun.com/roumen/entry/two\_demos\_jruby\_on\_rails](http://blogs.sun.com/roumen/entry/two_demos_jruby_on_rails) D/L Link : [http://nbi.netbeans.org/m11/download.html](http://nbi.netbeans.org/m11/download.html) I’m now on Kdevelop and not yet tried NetBeans and its ~80 Mb of D/L. If any of you had tried it out, do post your views. – Arjun. ---
**Author:** ![Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arjun)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-ide-6-0/88169/2 "2007-03-08T18:05:34Z")
I’m quite impressed after just 1 morning of using it. The code exploration features are great. You can CTRL+click on any Rails/Ruby method and it jumps to the exactly line in the base library where it’s defined. That’s something I really liked in the Zend PHP editor. It’s great for learning. The code completion and inline docs are also pretty handy. It integrates with CVS pretty well (inline diffing, commits, etc). I read this install howto which was helpful: [http://www.koontzfamily.org/david/blog/?p=361](http://www.koontzfamily.org/david/blog/?p=361) ed [http://www.koontzfamily.org/david/blog/?p=361](http://www.koontzfamily.org/david/blog/?p=361) ---
**Author:** ![Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arjun)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-ide-6-0/88169/3 "2007-03-08T18:48:39Z")
I’ve looked at netbeans as well but I have yet to figure out how you can move around your project’s files without having to use your mouse and navigate through a file dialog. To me that’s a showstopper. Also the type navigation system doesn’t work which would help alleviate some of that problem. I never used netbeans as my main java editor, only eclipse and intellij, so I’m not familiar with the shortcuts. Is anyone using netbeans as their daily editor yet for ruby/rails? -Michael [http://javathehutt.blogspot.com](http://javathehutt.blogspot.com) ---
**Author:** ![Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arjun)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-ide-6-0/88169/4 "2007-03-08T19:07:01Z")
Michael K. wrote: > I’ve looked at netbeans as well but I have yet to figure out how you > can move around your project’s files without having to use your mouse > and navigate through a file dialog. To me that’s a showstopper. Also > the type navigation system doesn’t work which would help alleviate > some of that problem. I never used netbeans as my main java editor, > only eclipse and intellij, so I’m not familiar with the shortcuts. Is > anyone using netbeans as their daily editor yet for ruby/rails? > > -Michael > [http://javathehutt.blogspot.com](http://javathehutt.blogspot.com) There is a plugin you can install by going to the Update center in the Tools menu. Its under the Editing section once you get to the screen showing what you can install. I believe the plugin is called Open in Project or Open File in Project. Anyhow once you install it CTRL+SHIFT+p opens a Go To File in Project that is similar to what Textmate offers. Hope that helps – Sid ---
**Author:** ![Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arjun)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-ide-6-0/88169/5 "2007-03-09T00:40:34Z")
Sid, Thanks that plugin is just what I was looking for. Now if only something can be done about the speed with which the files come up once you start typing the name. It takes upwards of 10 seconds for the list to populate ☹ And I’m using a macbook pro so it’s not the speed of the machine. Is there a noticeable slowdown for you when using that project file open dialog? The other thing that’s nice about the textmate file open is that it uses regex matching where you can type ‘foocont’ and foo\_controller is almost always the first file option. Anyway, enough complaining about the free software that I’m trying to use. Assuming this plugin is open source I may have a look and see if it can be improved a bit. This editor is a view navigation shortcuts from views to templates to tests and a few code snippets away from being the best ruby editor I’ve used solely based on the luxury of having code completion once again. I haven’t visited a JDK javadoc API page in years and I hope to be able to say that about ruby someday 🙂 Again thanks for the tip. -Michael [http://javathehutt.blogspot.com](http://javathehutt.blogspot.com) ---
**Author:** ![Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arjun)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-ide-6-0/88169/6 "2007-03-14T10:12:00Z")
On 3/8/07, Arjun [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > D/L Link : > > [http://nbi.netbeans.org/m11/download.html](http://nbi.netbeans.org/m11/download.html) > > I’m now on Kdevelop and not yet tried NetBeans and its ~80 Mb of D/L. > If any of you had tried it out, do post your views. > > – Arjun. Any mac users been able to set the encoding to utf-8? Not a major issue as we('re supposed to) only use english ascii on our main project anyway, but… Isak ---
**Author:** ![Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Arjun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arjun)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-ide-6-0/88169/7 "2007-03-09T13:34:55Z")
Hello Folks, The installation requirements for NetBeans and feature links for reference : [Link#1 Installation Reference] [http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~arnoldyl/NetBeansTutorials/Install-NetBeans.html](http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~arnoldyl/NetBeansTutorials/Install-NetBeans.html) [Link#2 More info about the IDE itself when compared with others] > **[Ruby / Rails IDE Comparison : Idea, Netbeans, RadRails](https://tnlessone.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/ruby-rails-ide-comparison-idea-netbeans-radrails/)** > > Welcome early-early adopters! Ruby and Rails are getting more and more popular in the community and well known editors start to get into the business for our pleasure! While my editor of choice for… – Arjun