From: Michael Brooks <michael.brooks@...>
Date: 2010-09-17T11:30:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby IDE for Windows


"Tom Wardrop" <tom@tomwardrop.com> wrote in message 
news:ff6cd354b5a3dc2a69444dca102bd4ef@ruby-forum.com...
> I've looked at quite a few IDE's (or editors) for Ruby on Windows, but
> seem quite unimpressed by them. I've tried Netbeans, RadRails, IntelliJ,
> Redcar and others. I'm yet to find an editor that does basic code
> completion. For example, if I type a new line with the keyword "File." I
> would expect to be prompted with all the methods provided by the File
> class. It's this functionality which you expect from an IDE. Thus far,
> all the IDE's I've tried have been little more than glorified syntax
> highlighters; I may as well just use notepad++.
>
> Can I ask what others are using to edit Ruby code on Windows?

Hello Tom:

Try JetBrains RubyMine.  It just replaced my previous favorite, Embarcadero 
TurboRuby (which also has a Rails version called 3rdRail), because the 
Embarcadero products don't seem to be actively maintained anymore.

Michael