# Suggested Ruby / Rails Development Environment on OS X?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/suggested-ruby-rails-development-environment-on-os-x/79065>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 11, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/suggested-ruby-rails-development-environment-on-os-x/79065 "2006-12-11T23:50:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Charles\_McKnight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Charles\_McKnight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Charles_McKnight)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/suggested-ruby-rails-development-environment-on-os-x/79065/1 "2006-12-11T23:50:25Z")

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Hi All,

I’ve just purchased a MacBook Pro and want to ping the list for  
suggested development tools for Ruby and Rails in the OS X environment  
(I already know about TextMate ). What tools are other folks using  
that make life easier when developing Ruby and Rails apps (note that I’m  
working on both types).

Thanks in advance!

Charles McKnight  
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**Author:** ![Charles\_McKnight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Charles\_McKnight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Charles_McKnight)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/suggested-ruby-rails-development-environment-on-os-x/79065/2 "2006-12-12T00:10:30Z")

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I dig Textmate with updated bundles for editing. vi is my second  
choice (_ducks_), but the file management with Textmate and snippets  
make it the best choice IMO.

I use Locomotive ([http://locomotive.raaum.org/](http://locomotive.raaum.org/)) to develop my Rails  
applications; this is like InstantRails for Windows. It’s great for  
development and testing. Whenever I get ready to deploy my projects  
to something more heavy duty (e.g., a Mongrel cluster, Apache, etc.),  
I’ll use Capistrano.

I use YourSQL for mySQL administration.

Just my personal preferences…there are a lot of options! 🙂

–Jeremy