<p>I'm starting a new job soon where I'm going to be developing in Ruby and Rails on a Windows machine. I haven't used Windows for years, and the likes of Textmate, Git and Bash, are an integral part of the workflow using a Mac.</p> <p>So, does anybody have any suggestions or recommendations as to the best tools or work strategies to use? Or pitfalls to avoid?</p> <p>In particular, of course, I'm interested in the best text editor. (I'm seriously thinking about taking the opportunity to learn Vim or Emacs, or whatever the Windows ports are called, but any other thoughts would be welcome.)</p> <p>Additionally, any ideas of useful plugins, tools or programs would be appreciated.</p> <p>If you think that I've completely lost my mind, then feel free to tell me too ;-)</p> <p>cheers !</p>

<h3>Ruby and Rails</h3> <ul> <li>RubyInstaller for Windows</li> <li>RubyStack installer for Windows</li> <li>Rails</li> </ul> <h3>Development Environment</h3> <h3>IDEs</h3> <ul> <li>RubyMine</li> <li>NetBeans</li> <li>Aptana RadRails</li> </ul> <h3>Text Editors</h3> <ul> <li>Sublime Text 2</li> <li> <strike>e (aka TextMate for Windows)</strike> (seems to have been abandoned)</li> <li>Vim/Ruby</li> </ul> <h3>bash Environment</h3> <ul> <li>Cygwin</li> </ul> <h3>Source Control</h3> <ul> <li>Git</li> </ul> <h3>Helpful Links</h3> <ul> <li> Setting Up Rails Development Environment on Windows XP<br> </li> <li> RubyonWindows Blog<br> </li> <li>Is Windows a First Class Platform for Ruby?</li> </ul> <h3>Related Questions</h3> <ul> <li>Why is ruby so much slower on windows?</li> <li>Limitations in running Ruby/Rails on windows</li> <li>Will using an IDE with Rails hinder me?</li> <li>GUI editor for Ruby in Windows</li> <li>What IDE / Editor do you use for Ruby on Windows?</li> <li>https://stackoverflow.com/questions/826164/a-definitive-list-of-ides-for-ruby-on-rails</li> <li>Ruby On Rails with Windows Vista - Best Setup?</li> <li>https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=ruby+on+windows</li> </ul>

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I'm starting a new job soon where I'm going to be developing in Ruby and Rails on a Windows machine. I haven't used Windows for years, and the likes of Textmate, Git and Bash, are an integral part of the workflow using a Mac.

So, does anybody have any suggestions or recommendations as to the best tools or work strategies to use? Or pitfalls to avoid?

In particular, of course, I'm interested in the best text editor. (I'm seriously thinking about taking the opportunity to learn Vim or Emacs, or whatever the Windows ports are called, but any other thoughts would be welcome.)

Additionally, any ideas of useful plugins, tools or programs would be appreciated.

If you think that I've completely lost my mind, then feel free to tell me too ;-)

cheers !

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asked Jun 18 '09 15:06

netflux

1 Answers

Ruby and Rails

RubyInstaller for Windows
RubyStack installer for Windows
Rails

Development Environment

IDEs

RubyMine
NetBeans
Aptana RadRails

Text Editors

Sublime Text 2
~~e (aka TextMate for Windows)~~ (seems to have been abandoned)
Vim/Ruby

bash Environment

Cygwin

Source Control

Helpful Links

Setting Up Rails Development Environment on Windows XP
RubyonWindows Blog
Is Windows a First Class Platform for Ruby?

Related Questions

Why is ruby so much slower on windows?
Limitations in running Ruby/Rails on windows
Will using an IDE with Rails hinder me?
GUI editor for Ruby in Windows
What IDE / Editor do you use for Ruby on Windows?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/826164/a-definitive-list-of-ides-for-ruby-on-rails
Ruby On Rails with Windows Vista - Best Setup?
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=ruby+on+windows

answered Oct 11 '22 20:10

Robert S.

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