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Asked: 2026-05-11T20:58:20+00:00

I’m new to Ruby on Rails and so far, I’m having a lot of

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I’m new to Ruby on Rails and so far, I’m having a lot of fun learning it. Coming from the .NET world, it’s been quite a switch as my IDE (Visual Studio 2008) sort of handles everything for me, while in Rails everything has been done via multiple applications (Terminal, TextMate, etc).

I’ve started taking a closer look at RubyMine as an IDE for Rails development, and as a big fan of IDEA and ReSharper, I naturally like RubyMine. It has code-completion, built-in support for RSpec, SVN integration, and so on. However, since the IDE handles so much of the “Rails experience,” I wonder if should stick with the TextMate+Terminal approach.

Is a Ruby/Rails IDE like RubyMine going to hinder me?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would use the basics to start (terminal and a simple text editor) until you really get a good understanding of Ruby on Rails. Then once you have that basic underlying knowledge of the framework move to an IDE.

    In my opinion if you want to learn use the terminal and an editor, but if you want to be productive use an IDE.

    At home I use the basic setup since I am in the process of learning Ruby on Rails. However, at work, where I am a Java developer, I use an IDE. Using the IDE allows me not worry about the small tedious tasks and just worry about programming. Having tools like auto-completion, integrated svn, and integrated debugging tools increases my productivity.

    [edit] Also, I don’t think the particular IDE matters. They all have the similar functionality. Whatever your the most comfortable with is the best.

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