Ruby and linux, preferred setup?

Question

Mac\'s have TextMate as there preferred application for ruby development, but what would be the preferred application for linux? I need something where it\'s easy to work wi

Answer 1

I use Vim on both Windows and Linux for development in Rails (we have to use Windows in work, and I only use Linux at home). The environment is almost exactly the same for both platforms. Especially important for me is easy navigation between the various Rails components - from Controllers to views, partials and models, and quick navigation to test files.

Here are the plugins I use:

• Vim Rails by Tim Pope. The :R, :A and gf commands are the ones I use mostly for navigation.
• NERDTree for a project/explorer view.
• NERDCommenter for easy multi-line commenting.
• FuzzyFinder and "FuzzyFinder - Textmate" - allows you to quickly find files based on portins of a file name.
• Ctags
• Bufexplorer
• dbext for executing SQL commands and getting the results in a Vim buffer.
• Ack and the ack plugin for a better grepping experience from within Vim.
• VividChalk colour scheme.