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NetBeans Ruby Support FAQ
This FAQ provides answers to frequently asked questions relating to the use of the Ruby support in the NetBeans IDE. For questions related to other parts of NetBeans, see the general NetBeans FAQ.
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Table of Contents
| Installation | Configuration |
| Editing | Navigation |
| Projects | Rails |
| HTTP Servers | Troubleshooting |
| IRB | Database Access |
Installation
- How do I install Ruby support in the NetBeans IDE?
- Do I need to install the JDK to install and use the Ruby-Only version of the IDE?
Configuration
- How can I use UTF-8 encoding?
- How can I call Java From Ruby?
- How can I easily set (back) bundled JRuby interpreter?
- How to turn on detailed logging to see what NetBeans does behind the scene?
Editing
- Should I use parentheses or spaces around Ruby method arguments?
- How do I continue a comment on the next line?
Navigation
Projects
- How do I run the Depot sample application?
- Are there limitations on the use of multibyte or extended ASCII in Netbeans Ruby and Rails?
- How do I add custom tasks to the project?
- How do you run/debug ruby script with options?
Rails
- How do I install a Rails plugin
- Is there automated support for creating the self.down method of a migration?
- Can the IDE's generate dialog also run the "delete" operations?
- Is there a way to turn off the "logical" Project view?
- Is there a default keyboard shortcut for the generate dialog?
IRB
- How do I use the NetBeans IRB console in NetBeans 6.1
- How can I run IRB with native Ruby in NetBeans 6.0?
- How can I run colored IRB with code-completion in NetBeans 6.1?
- How can I access Java from the JRuby IRB?
- Why do I get LoadError: no such file to load
HTTP Servers
Database Access
- Do I need a database server, or can I put db files on my personal computer?
- How do I set up my Rails project to access my database?
- How do I access databases from my JRuby Rails project?