Comments on: Hand cart on the (Ruby on) Rails http://blog.craiglpatterson.com/2008/01/13/hand-cart-on-the-ruby-on-rails/ This is what is distracting me right now. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: craiglp http://blog.craiglpatterson.com/2008/01/13/hand-cart-on-the-ruby-on-rails/#comment-19 craiglp Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:47:06 +0000 http://craiglp.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/hand-cart-on-the-ruby-on-rails/#comment-19 In an earlier post, I explained my preference for using the 'native' Ruby installation on my MacBook Pro. The Windows version of NetBeans does a better job of letting the user select the Ruby installation to use. On OS X 10.5 it requires a lot more user involvement to use an alternative installation. Now, that being said, I still think NetBeans 6.0 is the best Ruby IDE available right now. Although, I haven't seen or used 3rdRail. And as a former Delphi programmer and JBuilder user, I would expect it to be a good product. In an earlier post, I explained my preference for using the ‘native’ Ruby installation on my MacBook Pro. The Windows version of NetBeans does a better job of letting the user select the Ruby installation to use. On OS X 10.5 it requires a lot more user involvement to use an alternative installation. Now, that being said, I still think NetBeans 6.0 is the best Ruby IDE available right now. Although, I haven’t seen or used 3rdRail. And as a former Delphi programmer and JBuilder user, I would expect it to be a good product.

]]> By: Tor Norbye http://blog.craiglpatterson.com/2008/01/13/hand-cart-on-the-ruby-on-rails/#comment-18 Tor Norbye Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:47:01 +0000 http://craiglp.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/hand-cart-on-the-ruby-on-rails/#comment-18 NetBeans includes its own version of JRuby and Rails, such that you can install NetBeans and write Ruby and Rails applications right out of the box without any other configuration necessary. But this can be confusing for users who already have existing Ruby installations on their system. Usually, all you have to do is go to Tools | Options | Ruby | Platform and point to your own Ruby interpreter and it will then use not only your own Ruby but the gem installation attached to that Ruby interpreter as well. In NetBeans 6.1 we're making the Ruby platform selection much more intuitive - along with a simple GUI way to point to your gem path etc. -- Tor NetBeans includes its own version of JRuby and Rails, such that you can install NetBeans and write Ruby and Rails applications right out of the box without any other configuration necessary. But this can be confusing for users who already have existing Ruby installations on their system. Usually, all you have to do is go to Tools | Options | Ruby | Platform and point to your own Ruby interpreter and it will then use not only your own Ruby but the gem installation attached to that Ruby interpreter as well.

In NetBeans 6.1 we’re making the Ruby platform selection much more intuitive – along with a simple GUI way to point to your gem path etc.

– Tor

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