Working IDE for Rails3 on Windows

Question

I´m having a hard time configuring NetBeans for Rails3 in Windows. I got a lot of problems, many o then reported even here.

So my question is: which of the following IDEs are best situated for Rails3 in a Windows Box right now:

RubyMine

Komodo IDE

RadRails

Look, i dont want to start a discussion (kinda x vs y). I just want to know from people who already are developing in Rails3 with Windows what is the better choice in the long run.

Thanks!

EDIT

Issues with NetBeans

Issue 1

Issue 2

Note: Im using RubyMine by now and facing no problems

Answer 1

I'm using RubyMine.

You can try it for free for 30 days. Before my time with RubyMine, I've used NetBeans for Rails too. But I have to say RubyMine is the money worth.

Answer 2

I like Redcar. Very beautiful IDE, similar TextMate

Answer 3

When I develop Rails on Windows, I use Aptana RadRails or Aptana Studio (pretty much the same thing). They are a little bit heavyweight, but I like the Eclipse interface in general. It often does better at syntax highlighting and autocorrecting than TextMate and has vastly better keyboard shortcuts. The TextMate/Mac fanboys are probably going to come after me for saying that. If you have plenty of memory to spare, Aptana is the way to go.

Answer 4

I use RubyMine, but their Java IDE has a free community edition with a Ruby plugin, which does have of what RubyMine does, FWIW.

Though to be honest, you will probably get a lot of responses saying no IDE... VIM, Emacs etc...

Answer 5

Aptana looks good. But I think RadRails supports only Rails 2. Aptana studio 3 Beta has a full fledged Rails 3 interface.

Also Aptana solves many RoR installation issues in Windows (which can get very messy) . So I think aptana is the way to go

Answer 6

I like RubyMine, as it's pretty fast and does a great job.

Answer 7

I wrote up a brief description of some popular editors as a part of my P2PU course. Scroll to "Choosing a Programmer's Editor" on the week 1 curriculum.

Answer 8

Starting with an IDE can definitely get you started, especially one like RubyMine since it's mostly cross platform.

However, learning an editor like Vim or Emacs has other benefits like being able to be completely cross-platform. More importantly, they're lightweight both in disk space and in memory usage. While using an IDE might assist in you learning a language (because you get syntax completion, documentation, etc), learning an editor can lead to the kind of power usage that one using an IDE can only dream of (but it will take a while to get to that point on something like Vim or Emacs).

Answer 9

e-texteditor would be a good choice.