Sorry but the advice to "don't use an IDE because Rails doesn't need one" is as dated as this book.
Today's IDEs give you significant advantages over a text editor, to name but a few: Visual debugging. No Rails configuration required, already understands the Rails structure for easy navigation. Integration with Rspec et al; run tests with a click, visual debug again, etc. Integration with Git; browse your changes, 1-click to diff, etc. Netbeans is good I agree (plus has an awesome flawless Vim plugin), but I now use RubyMine which is better (although the Vim plugin blows), but it's not free though. On Jul 6, 7:16 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Bb Serviss wrote: > > I really liked "Simply Rails 2" by Patrick Lenz. It's the only rails > > book where I went through all the code examples. > > I haven't read that book, but based on all the technical errors in > another one of Patrick's Rails books (Building Your Own RoR Web > Applications), I'd tend to steer well clear of any of his Rails writing. > > > > > As far as an IDE goes - I like Netbeans. You can code with a simple > > editor but nothing beats the view Netbeans gives you. > > NetBeans is a great IDE, but I do not believe it offers any advantage at > all for Rails development (I use it for other stuff). What do you mean > by "the view NetBeans gives you"? > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > mar...@marnen.org > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
