I am tired of having multiple DOS windows and wordpad editors open all at the same time to work on my ruby on rails project. So I decided to download the Eclipse SDK, and the RDT (RubyEclipse Development) and RadRails plug-ins.
Installation:
1. Download Eclipse SDK and unzip into a directory.
2. Run Eclipse and use the update manager to install the plug-ins.
a. Go to Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install …
b. Add the sites for the RDT and RadRails plug-ins (as listed in RadRails Update Sites)
i. RDT: http://updatesite.rubypeople.org/release
ii. RadRails: http://radrails.sourceforge.net/update
To use (with existing project):
1. Run Eclipse
2. Set the workspace to the parent directory of the Ruby on Rails project
3. Create a project file
a. File -> New -> Project -> Rails Project
b. Set the project name to the Ruby on Rails project directory
Links:
Eclipse SDK, http://www.eclipse.org/downloads
RDT – Ruby Eclipse Development, http://rubyeclipse.mktec.com/cgi-bin/trac.py/wiki
RadRails, http://www.radrails.org
