4) jEdit: jEdit is a mature programmer’s text editor built in Java language. JEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use, it is released as free software with full source code, provided under the terms of the GPL 2.0. 5) TextWrangler: TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool. TextWrangler is a popular text editor for Mac OS X from Bare Bones Software. Best Text Editors for macOS. Note: In this article, we are focusing on the best text editors for coding but if you are looking for a text editor for your writing purposes, you can check out our article on the best writing apps for Mac. What is a good text editor for Ruby? Update Cancel. Ad by Toptal. Sublime Text 2 - all around Best Text Editor (cross platform USD $59) Learning Curve Intermediate - preferred OS: OSX, Ubuntu. Textmate on the mac - if the combination works for you - it is an experience by itself.
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My text editor of choice for PHP work is Panic's Coda. But for Ruby on Rails, its autocomplete feature is continuously in my way and ROR's standardization on 2 space tabs does not play well with Coda's settings. I've been going back to TextMate for ROR work, but was wondering if there were better options.
You could try Aptana RadRails, which is free and based on Eclipse (although it seems slightly more stable for pure RoR than Eclipse-with-RadRails-plugin. I've only used it on Windows, but it does seem to have a Mac download available.
I use textmate and I love it.I recommend installing ProjectPlus plugin that adds svn and git support to textmate drawer ( http://ciaranwal.sh/2008/08/05/textmate-plug-in-projectplus ).
If you are searching for full IDE NetBeans looks very good:(http://netbeans.org/features/ruby/index.html)
Matej PuntarMatej Puntar
+1 for Textmate and Command Line
I used Eclipse/Radrails for a year and it totally sucks.
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