JetBrains readies Rails IDE

JetBrains, maker of the IntelliJ Idea Java IDE, now is shipping an IDE for Ruby and Ruby on Rails application development featuring familiarity with Rails conventions, the company said.

The JetBrains RubyMine 1.0 IDE, which is set to be announced on Tuesday, analyzes project code and offers code insight and code completion, JetBrains said. Rails-aware refactorings in the product simplify code changes.

[ Related: Ruby on Rails on track for major upgrades. ]

"A lot of Rails code is based on conventions and we have a lot of built-in knowledge about these conventions, and we use it to drive refactoring and navigation and code completion," said Dmitry Jemerov, development lead at JetBrains. The company views its knowledge about Rails conventions as an advantage over alternatives, such as text editors and other IDEs, he said.

Available in a beta release for several months, RubyMine builds on capabilities of the IntelliJ Idea Java IDE in such areas as Web development, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript editing. Web authoring in RubyMine offers more productive Web development as well as inspections, project views, and quick navigation, the company said.

A graphical Ruby and Rails debugger includes breakpoints in both Ruby code and Rails RHTML view files. An API enables development of plug-ins for Ruby and Java. Version control systems integration is offered with features like advanced change lists and shelved changes for supported systems. With change lists, developers working on several items in parallel can divide work into separate lists. Shelves lists are code changes that can be set aside.

Integration is offered with the Subversion, Git, Perforce, and CVS version control systems. A single-developer commercial license for RubyMine costs $99 and includes updates for one year. RubyMine will be updated frequently, JetBrains said.

The company plans to support the upcoming Rails 3 release as soon as it gets details, Jemerov said.

JetBrains previously has accommodated Ruby development in IntelliJ Idea.

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