From: Robert Klemme Date: 2011-02-03T01:50:31+09:00 Subject: Re: Totally lost in learning Ruby On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Hilary Bailey wrote: > Is a Code editor the same as a text editor? Yes and no. Both can be used to edit source code but an editor or IDE with support for a particular language (and framework like Rails) can make the work significantly easier and faster => more productive. > Can they both be used for > Ruby as well as RubyNRails?. If this is so are: a) Notepad++, > b)Netbeans, and c)Ruby mine-code similar products that can be used for > Ruby as well as Ruby N Rails? In principle probably all of them can be used since they are all text editors. Which of these is more productive for Ruby and Rails work I cannot tell. Since you are starting and probably writing small programs initially any of them should do. Actually an IDE with all the whistles and bells can make it overly hard initially since it is more difficult to learn. Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/