# Where to write code for ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-write-code-for-ruby/115978>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 1, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-write-code-for-ruby/115978 "2007-10-01T08:57:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![tehseen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@tehseen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tehseen)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-write-code-for-ruby/115978/1 "2007-10-01T08:57:07Z")

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Hi,

I am very new to Ruby. I’ve download ‘Instant Ruby’ from the site. I’ve  
a question that “where to write of Ruby?”.  
Is there any IDE or editor to write its code , please guide me.

Thanks,  
Tehseen

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**Author:** ![tehseen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@tehseen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tehseen)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-write-code-for-ruby/115978/2 "2007-10-01T09:05:52Z")

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On 1 Pa¼, 08:57, Tehseen A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am very new to Ruby. I’ve download ‘Instant Ruby’ from the site. I’ve  
> a question that “where to write of Ruby?”.  
> Is there any IDE or editor to write its code , please guide me.
> 
> ## Thanks, Tehseen
> 
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi there

Try NetBeans 6.0. There is a special branch developed especially for  
Ruby and Rails.  
You can download it at [http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/](http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/ruby/)  
It has great code autocompletion and greatly supports Rails. Enjoy.

Best regards

Adrian

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**Author:** ![tehseen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@tehseen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tehseen)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 9:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-write-code-for-ruby/115978/3 "2007-10-01T09:21:38Z")

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Hi Tehseen

nbRubyIDE iscool but you should take a look at a faster IDE, ie  
download Aptana RadRails 🙂

On Oct 1, 2:57 pm, Tehseen A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![tehseen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@tehseen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tehseen)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-write-code-for-ruby/115978/4 "2007-10-01T10:28:03Z")

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Tehseen A. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am very new to Ruby. I’ve download ‘Instant Ruby’ from the site. I’ve  
> a question that “where to write of Ruby?”.  
> Is there any IDE or editor to write its code , please guide me.

hey Tehseen,

it would greatly depend on your needs, if all u need is a place to write  
some code and get the color + syntax checks for ruby, you can download  
relatively simple low-costing-memory editors (such as jedit)

[http://rubyjedit.org/](http://rubyjedit.org/)

i happened to use aptana’s radrails for a very short while, it kind of  
clogged up my machine, and everything went a bit slower, but on the  
other hand it has a lot of rails shortcuts and rails features.  
i suppose choosing u’r editor depends on your needs; if ruby syntax /  
coloring is a good enough start, i would recommend jedit.