Which rails server for development?

Question

Is there a "best" rails server to use for development (mongral, webrick, etc..)? Or does it not really matter?

Answer 1

Short answer: develop on what you will deploy on.

Long answer: good Rails containers, like Unicorn, Thin, etc, really don't impact your development much but will impact production. And, each has just enough configuration related quirks that interact with your code and choice of gems that just diving in and working in that environment can save a lot of time, even if using continuous integration, but especially if not.