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IntelliJ for Ruby

Published: Tuesday, 3 January 2006
Sixth & Red River is thinking about developing a Ruby Plugin for IntelliJ but they want to know if anyone will buy it before they commit.  I can honestly say that I would buy it and more importantly, I think lots of other people would too.

I have been working with Ruby for a couple of months now, but the one thing that truly frustrates me is the lack of a great IDE for Ruby.  As a long time user of IntelliJ, I always catch myself trying to execute a 'complete code' command (CTRL-Space) when I'm developing in Ruby.

I really believe there is a huge market potential for the guys at Sixth & Red River but we need to convince them.  So if there are any other Ruby developers out there longing for an IntelliJ plugin please go over to Sixth & Red River's River of Code Blog posting and let them know your feelings!

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2 Comments · Add a comment

Jake · Wednesday, 22 February 2006 3:20 AM

I keep praying that a decent IDE will come along for Ruby. Radrails is just not cutting it for me and I really miss using Intellij

Huze · Wednesday, 4 January 2006 7:18 AM

While I would fully support a Ruby plugin for Intellij, Komodo is an excellent editor for Ruby. Its not perfect, but its the best available option, IMO.