Fernando Meyer

jEdit as TextMate equivalent for Windows based Ruby on Rails development

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 | Programming, Ruby, Work

jEdit can be set up to be a very productive Ruby on Rails IDE with efficiency boosting features very similar to the ones TextMate provides to

the Mac users out there. I would argue that it provides more productivity features than TextMate does as it is fully pluggable and has a strong following of plugin creators.
The following links are in some semblance of a suggested order:

1. Finding the Best Ruby on Rails IDE for Windows
   Chronicles experience in finding the best Ruby on Rails IDE. I landed on jEdit for a number of reasons.
2. jEdit Tutorial: A How-To on Abbreviations in Superabbrevs for HTML, Ruby on Rails and more
   Not sure what “abbreviations” are? Check this article out for an in depth explanation of what they are and how to set them up in jEdit.
3. jEdit for ruby/rails development
   This article includes screenshots of more plugins than any of the others I have found. I’d follow the instructions here and go over to jEdit Snippets for Ruby on Rails to get a great set of abbreviations.
4. jEdit Snippets for Ruby on Rails
   An excellent set of abbreviations with an online quick reference doc so you know what each of them does.
5. Ruby jEdit Plugin
   This is the actual plugin needed to get Ruby on Rails autocompletion, RDoc integration, etc.

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