# Question (no flame) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 26, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-no-flame/115608 "2007-09-26T20:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miquel_O)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-no-flame/115608/1 "2007-09-26T20:19:22Z")
Hi there I’ve been a long long time searching a Ruby IDE for my Ruby coding and finally I have found two of them…and this is the problem. The first one I have found is Netbeans (Java IDE by Sun) and the second one is Eclipse with the Ruby Plugin. Both of them are free software. Could somebody tell me which one is the best one to code in Ruby (both can be executed in Linux and Windows platforms, which are the two platforms I use everyday) Thanks in advance Best regards – Miquel (a.k.a. Ktalà a.k.a. Ton) Linux User #286784 GPG Key : 4D91EF7F Debian GNU/Linux (Linux wolverine 2.6.22.5) Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games Guns n’ Roses ---
**Author:** ![Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miquel_O)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-no-flame/115608/2 "2007-09-26T20:28:09Z")
Miquel O. wrote: > platforms I use everyday) > I think you’re going to have to answer that yourself - IDE choice is a > personal thing. They both have their fans. I suggest trying them each > for a week and see how you go. ---
**Author:** ![Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miquel_O)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-no-flame/115608/3 "2007-09-26T20:53:56Z")
See one person’s take on your question here: [http://lifeonrails.org/2007/8/30/netbeans-the-best-ruby-on-rails-ide](http://lifeonrails.org/2007/8/30/netbeans-the-best-ruby-on-rails-ide) – joe ---
**Author:** ![Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miquel_O)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-no-flame/115608/4 "2007-09-26T23:54:24Z")
Alex Y. wrote: > > can be executed in Linux and Windows platforms, which are the two > > platforms I use everyday) > > I think you’re going to have to answer that yourself - IDE choice is a > > personal thing. They both have their fans. I suggest trying them each > > for a week and see how you go. > > – > Alex That would be the best way, unless you just like to use both 🙂 I’ve found using Vim more effective then using both Vim and XEmacs in the past, to the point I’ve forgotten most of the keybindings for every other editor and IDE I’ve used +S but hey, it’s made the one I use most even more useful 😉 TerryP. ---
**Author:** ![Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miquel_O)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-no-flame/115608/5 "2007-09-26T21:54:19Z")
I’ve responded a ton of times to questions like this. NetBeans feels more complete than Eclipse, but Eclipse still seems more responsive, if not more stable. But it’s really a matter of choice. My suggestion would be to write a project in each one. Two whole projects, from start to finish: one in eclipse, one in net beans. Otherwise you’ll never really know. –Kyle ---
**Author:** ![Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miquel_O)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-no-flame/115608/6 "2007-09-27T02:34:06Z")
On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 03:18 +0900, Miquel O. wrote: > platforms I use everyday) > > Thanks in advance > > Best regards We recently had a big thread on here about preferred IDEs; you could try searching the mail archives going back a little bit for it. (“Best IDE for ruby and rails development” - not 100% right, but quite relevant) Cheers Arlen ---
**Author:** ![Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miquel_O)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-no-flame/115608/7 "2007-09-27T04:23:24Z")
Arlen Christian Mart C. wrote: > > can be executed in Linux and Windows platforms, which are the two > > Cheers > > Arlen Well … I don’t use either of them, but I think NetBeans is _much_ lighter weight than Eclipse, so it would get my nod, had I not purchased Komodo. 🙂 There’s another free one you might want to look at, although it’s Linux-only – KDevelop. ---
**Author:** ![Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miquel_O)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-no-flame/115608/8 "2007-09-27T05:32:58Z")
For pure editing, Komodo Edit is pretty nice. It’s free and runs on Windws, Linux, and Mac. ---
**Author:** ![Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miquel_O)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-no-flame/115608/9 "2007-09-27T01:26:20Z")
My team just released our Ruby IDE called 3rdRail. It’s got solid code completion, a cool dependency view, Mozilla perspective with DOM browser and other stuff. We showed it at RailsConf Europe and it had a great reception. Granted I’m totally biased, but I think it is the best tool available. As someone already said, the choice of tool is a personal thing. Take a look at this video to get a feel for what it’s all about: [http://dn.codegear.com/article/36985](http://dn.codegear.com/article/36985) More videos here: [http://dn.codegear.com/tv/ruby](http://dn.codegear.com/tv/ruby) 30 day trial here: [http://cc.codegear.com/free/3rdrail](http://cc.codegear.com/free/3rdrail)