Ever since I started writing Ruby code I've used Textmate as my editor. Recently, however, I've found myself using Netbeans more and more, to the point where I usually have Netbeans and Textmate open next to one another. Netbeans' refactoring support, ability to jump to method definitions, and ability to autocomplete code is just too good to ignore.
However, a couple of features have kept me from switching to Netbeans full time, namely its lack of Haml support and the fact that it couldn't run a focused Rspec example.
Well lo and behold, I just checked the Netbeans Ruby Recent Changes page and found the following:
- October 12
- Lots of bug fixes
- RSpec module (not part of 6.0 but available in the continuous builds on deadlock)
- TextMate RSpec snippets
- "Run Focused Test" action which runs test under the caret. Locate the action in the Keybinding options (see the "Other" category) and bind to something convenient.
- "Debug Focused Test", which starts the debugger on the test under the caret.
- Preliminary support for HAML and SASS - see announcement
They solved both of my issues on the same day!
I did have to install the Haml plugin from here, but it looks like I no longer have a compelling reason not to switch to NetBeans fulltime.
And the obligatory screenshot:
Awesome!