# Ruby IDE for MacOS-X

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ide-for-macos-x/181852>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 19, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ide-for-macos-x/181852 "2010-01-19T08:10:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jean\_Guillaume\_Pyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Jean\_Guillaume\_Pyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jean_Guillaume_Pyra)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ide-for-macos-x/181852/1 "2010-01-19T08:10:33Z")

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What’s the best one to use with beginners ?  
Something with integrated syntax editor, browser of doc…  
Thanks,

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JG
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**Author:** ![Jean\_Guillaume\_Pyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Jean\_Guillaume\_Pyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jean_Guillaume_Pyra)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 9:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ide-for-macos-x/181852/2 "2010-01-19T09:02:47Z")

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Jean Guillaume Pyraksos wrote:

> What’s the best one to use with beginners ?  
> Something with integrated syntax editor, browser of doc…

In most cases, I’d say that Ruby doesn’t really benefit from an IDE.  
Use a good editor such as KomodoEdit.

> Thanks,
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> JG
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Best,  
–Â  
Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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**Author:** ![Jean\_Guillaume\_Pyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Jean\_Guillaume\_Pyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jean_Guillaume_Pyra)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 10:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ide-for-macos-x/181852/3 "2010-01-19T10:55:36Z")

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Jean Guillaume Pyraksos schrieb:

> What’s the best one to use with beginners ?  
> Something with integrated syntax editor, browser of doc…  
> Thanks,
> 
> JG

XCode (include in OSX Developer Tools) features a Ruby mode;  
I did not check whether Apple activated the class diagram editor and  
ERP feature for Ruby --would be nice to learn if it works.

-roger

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**Author:** ![Jean\_Guillaume\_Pyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Jean\_Guillaume\_Pyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jean_Guillaume_Pyra)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ide-for-macos-x/181852/4 "2010-01-19T19:11:01Z")

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Jean Guillaume Pyraksos wrote:

> What’s the best one to use with beginners ?  
> Something with integrated syntax editor, browser of doc…

This might help:

[http://wiki.github.com/rdp/ruby\_talk\_faq/#best\_editor](http://wiki.github.com/rdp/ruby_talk_faq/#best_editor)

-r