Comments on: Ruby on Rails Coding in Notepad++ for Windows http://www.sydneyfx.com.au/wordpress/ruby-on-rails-coding-in-notepad/77 Ramblings of a Freelance Web Designer & Developer Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:46:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: webdr http://www.sydneyfx.com.au/wordpress/ruby-on-rails-coding-in-notepad/77/comment-page-1#comment-46344 webdr Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:37:21 +0000 http://www.sydneyfx.com.au/wordpress/?p=77#comment-46344 "The only thing I didn’t see was a project window which you could import your Rails project framework into for easy access." There is a button called "Light Explorer" at toolbar, third one at the end. You can use that button to see your framework or folders. When i first begin to the rails, simply i searched at ruby forums for a text editor and may be an IDE, i have found several IDEs, text editors etc... I downloaded every single of them. And i choosed to use Notepad++. I have to say that, beginners must not use an IDE, firstly it is confusing, there are a lot of buttons with unknown meanings-features. If a beginner use an IDE, he/she can give a lot of time to understand that IDE, may be after 1-2 months of rails training, IDEs can be used but not for beginning, i seriously not recommend to use an IDE for rails first. You already listed some features of notepad++. I can't add more. :) In textmate even a simple .yml file can be highlighted but in notepad++ it cant be, anyway if you know where to look at, this wouldnt be a problem. If i dont use notepad++ for rails, i may use e-texteditor on windows. It is so close to textmate but it is shareware and price is not for one time. Conclusion : Notepad++ is the an excellent choice for rails on windows. “The only thing I didn’t see was a project window which you could import your Rails project framework into for easy access.”

There is a button called “Light Explorer” at toolbar, third one at the end. You can use that button to see your framework or folders.

When i first begin to the rails, simply i searched at ruby forums for a text editor and may be an IDE, i have found several IDEs, text editors etc… I downloaded every single of them.

And i choosed to use Notepad++. I have to say that, beginners must not use an IDE, firstly it is confusing, there are a lot of buttons with unknown meanings-features. If a beginner use an IDE, he/she can give a lot of time to understand that IDE, may be after 1-2 months of rails training, IDEs can be used but not for beginning, i seriously not recommend to use an IDE for rails first.

You already listed some features of notepad++. I can’t add more. :)

In textmate even a simple .yml file can be highlighted but in notepad++ it cant be, anyway if you know where to look at, this wouldnt be a problem. If i dont use notepad++ for rails, i may use e-texteditor on windows. It is so close to textmate but it is shareware and price is not for one time.

Conclusion : Notepad++ is the an excellent choice for rails on windows.

]]> By: adwin http://www.sydneyfx.com.au/wordpress/ruby-on-rails-coding-in-notepad/77/comment-page-1#comment-36344 adwin Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:54:52 +0000 http://www.sydneyfx.com.au/wordpress/?p=77#comment-36344 notepad++ is nice ... I love it ... if you want to compile ruby you must use Run function (F5). You could also try jedit if you want a little bit easy ... especially for directory browse. notepad++ is nice … I love it … if you want to compile ruby you must use Run function (F5).

You could also try jedit if you want a little bit easy … especially for directory browse.

]]> By: rishav http://www.sydneyfx.com.au/wordpress/ruby-on-rails-coding-in-notepad/77/comment-page-1#comment-23896 rishav Fri, 25 May 2007 10:05:21 +0000 http://www.sydneyfx.com.au/wordpress/?p=77#comment-23896 One of the major drawbacks I faced while using Notepad++ was that it wasnt capable of integrating with the ruby compiler. If u have found out a way do let me know ! ~rd One of the major drawbacks I faced while using Notepad++ was that it wasnt capable of integrating with the ruby compiler.

If u have found out a way do let me know !

~rd

]]> By: joe http://www.sydneyfx.com.au/wordpress/ruby-on-rails-coding-in-notepad/77/comment-page-1#comment-16123 joe Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:36:22 +0000 http://www.sydneyfx.com.au/wordpress/?p=77#comment-16123 I use Notepad++ all the time for rails dev on windows. One problem, there is no rhtml syntax highlighting. You can create your own custom language syntax highlighting. Pretty handy, also time consuming. I use Notepad++ all the time for rails dev on windows.
One problem, there is no rhtml syntax highlighting. You can create your own custom language syntax highlighting. Pretty handy, also time consuming.

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