Integrating RadRails with Aptana

From Aptana

This page describes how to integrate RadRails into your installed version of Aptana.

Introduction

Add RadRails as a plugin to Eclipse v3.2 with Aptana to create a well-integrated IDE for JavaScript and Ruby. Make sure that you have Ruby and Rails installed before installing RadRails. See Installing Ruby on Rails for instructions.

Instructions

To add RadRails to Eclipse:

1.       From the Help menu, select Find and Install... to open the Install/Update wizard.

2.       On the Install/Update window, choose the Search for new features to install option.

3.       Add the two RadRails remote sites to Aptana.

a.       Click the New Remote Site... button to open a New Update Site pop-up window.

b.       In the New Update Site pop-up window, type "RadRails Release" in the Name field, and copy and paste the URL "http://updatesite.rubypeople.org/release" into the URL field.

c.       Click OK.

d.       Click the New Remote Site... button to add the second remote site for RadRails.

e.       In the New Update Site pop-up window, type "RadRails Update" in the Name field, and copy and paste the URL "http://radrails.sourceforge.net/update" into the URL field.

f.        Click OK.

4.       Choose the RadRails plugin(s) that you will be installing.

a.       On the Update sites to visit screen, check the boxes next to the two RadRails plugins.

b.       Click the Finish button.

Aptana displays a Search Results screen for the plugin that you selected.

5.       Install the plugin

a.       On the Search Results screen, check the boxes next to the RadRails plugins that you are installing and check the Show the latest version of a feature only box.

b.       Click the Next button to go to the Feature License screen.

c.       On the Feature License screen, choose the option for I accept the terms of the license agreement.

d.       Click the Next button to go to the Installation screen.

e.       Click the Finish button.

After a few seconds, a Verification pop-up window opens.

f.        On the Verification pop-up window, click the Install All button.

Aptana installs the plugin and prompts you to restart your workbench.

6.       On the prompt to restart your workbench prompt, click the Yes button to restart your workbench. If you click the No button, your changes will not take effect until you restart.