If I had three wishes for new features in Ruby in Steel that aren't currently on its road map, they would be refactoring support, better test integration than the current simple front end for "rake," and support for TextMate-compatible bundles.
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Aptana RadRails 1.0
When I reviewed RadRails 0.7 in 2006, I said that "all serious Rails developers should consider it for their toolkits." At the time, RadRails lacked debugging and refactoring capabilities. I'm happy to say that its refactoring is now excellent. In addition, its debugging is now sufficient for the purpose, thanks to the ruby-debug-ide gem.
My biggest gripe about RadRails in 2006 was the lack of documentation, which has since been remedied. In addition to a combined help file for RadRails and Aptana Studio, Aptana offers a number of videos, and a book by an independent author has just been published about using RadRails, titled AptanaRadRails: An IDE for Rails Development.
A full table of Aptana RadRails features is available. I would take the comparison columns that list NetBeans and 3rdRail features in this table with a grain of salt; a quick check found several features incorrectly listed as missing in NetBeans and 3rdRail. I don't think the table was current when I viewed it.
The two major RadRails features that are turned on in the Professional edition are profiling and JSON editing. Other features of the Professional edition include FTPS and SFTP access to remote sites, Internet Explorer JavaScript debugging, early access to new builds, and priority support.
I encountered two minor problems with Aptana RadRails 1.0. First, it still doesn't have a visible soft word-wrap display option, which is a general Eclipse issue. Second, it generates .RHTML files for new views on Rails 2 projects that should have .HTML.ERB files.
The second problem will be addressed in a future update to RadRails, according to Aptana. The word-wrap problem has a work-around, in the form of an Eclipse Monkey script.
I was initially concerned when the free open source RadRails project became part of Aptana. In fact, Aptana RadRails is a stronger product than RadRails could have become by itself. The combination of RadRails' Ruby and Rails support and Aptana's JavaScript support into two compatible Eclipse views makes Aptana RadRails a strong choice for people developing AJAX applications on Rails.
On the other hand, if you need any of the Professional features of Aptana RadRails and find the modest license cost a problem, you might want to look at NetBeans as a completely free alternative.
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