How to use Eclipse for Ruby on Rails (RoR)

Question

I am new in Ruby. I have installed Ruby on Rails on Windows 7. I visited the following to choose a suitable IDE/Editor for writing Ruby code:

http://rubyonrails.org/download

I found the following Editors for Ruby:

VIM for Rails, RadRails, RubyMine, 3rd Rail, Netbeans for Ruby

I am familiar with Eclipse as I am using Eclipse for java. Can I use Eclipse for Ruby? If so, what configuration is necessary in Eclipse for Ruby project?

Answer 1

To save you some legwork, in Eclipse:

1. Go to Help -> Install New Software...
2. Click add (top right of popup)
3. Enter a Name like "RadRails2"
4. Enter the location as http://download.aptana.com/tools/radrails/plugin/install/radrails-bundle (for the full Aptana studio Studio 3, instead enter http://download.aptana.com/studio3/plugin/install)
5. Click ok
6. Restart Eclipse
7. Go to Window -> Preferences. You will see Ruby is enlisted at left panel

You are done...

Now when you use the "New" menu, you'll have the option to make a Ruby project (among other things).

Answer 2

You need to install aptana sudio eclipse plugin and radrails will be included.

refer to this Cannot Install Aptana plugin on Eclipse 4.2

Answer 3

I am using Eclipse Luna and installed Ruby(DLTK) 5.0 kepler from Eclipse Marketplace. I just imported my existing Rails project and seeing it working well with this. I am still exploring it. Hope that helps.

Answer 4

Aptana is largely dysfunctional on Luna and there is no wholesale alternative. However, combining the following plug-ins one gets a good degree of support:

• TM Terminal - provides local and remote command line sessions within Eclipse.

• Ruby Development Tools - the reference Ruby editor.

• JavaScript Development Tools - the base JavaScript editor.

• EGit - the Git integration plug-in.

I run rails and rake in the command line; I also debug through the command line (e.g. using binding.pry). Editing .erb files is the trickiest bit, the Ruby editor is ok, but in legacy code I have a great deal of JS in these files; in such cases I use the JavaScript Development tools.

With this setup Eclipse runs considerably lighter than with Aptana.