What's New

What's New in Version 5.4.3

Testing Support

• For minitest >= 5.0.0, minitest-reporters is not required

What's New in Version 5.4

IDE

• New default Mac keymap

  Mac OS X 10.5+ keymap is the default for Mac

• Line endings control in the Status Bar

Rails Support

• Rails 4 support

Code Editing

• Ability to view and change line separators for the existing files
• Action 'Fix Doc Comment'

Languages, Frameworks and Technologies

• RubyMotion on-device debugger support
• Unicorn can be selected as a server for rails applications
• Emmet support

Configuring Project and IDE

• Configuring Closure Linter quality checker
• Option to change font size on the editor tabs
• Fall-back fonts
• ability to configure Emmet for HTML, XML, CSS
• Locations of the TextMate bundles are shown
• Possibility to define fall-back fonts

Tool Windows

• Possibility to add external files to Favorites by drag'n'drop
• Consolidating bookmarks, breakpoints, and favorites in a single tool window
• REST Client tool window

Navigation and Search

• Possibility to navigate through the bookmarks using the Favorites tool window
• Possibility to navigate through the project favorites, bookmarks, and breakpoints using the Favorites tool window

Running

• Ability to launch run/debug configuration on the Nailgun server

Debugging

• List of breakpoints is shown in the Favorites tool window
• Breakpoints are configurable from the Favorites tool window

Markup languages and style sheets

• File Watchers for transpiling SASS, LESS, and SCSS into CSS and for compressing CSS

JavaScript Support

• File Watchers for transpiling CoffeeScript, TypeScript, and Dart into JavaScript and for compressing JavaScript
• Closure Linter quality checker

Testing Support

• Testing RESTful Web services from a dedicated REST Client tool window
• In order to set RAILS_ENV variable, edit the default run/debug configuration file

What's New in Version 5.0

IDE

• Editor tabs can be sorted in alphabetical order
• Darcula theme is available

Ruby Support

• New Ruby inspections according to the Ruby Style Guide:

  Expression in single-quoted strings: Prefer single-quoted strings when you don't need string interpolation or special symbols, such as \t, \n, ', etc. Parentheses around arguments: This inspection highlights methods with arguments without parentheses around or methods with parentheses when the it doesn't accept any arguments.

• RubyMotion project type is supported
• Gem Application project type is supported
• Type Hierarchy command becomes available, when the caret is anywhere inside the class, or on the class name
• Testing is available for remote interpreters
• Ruby 2.0 support
• Marking directories as load path is available on the context menu of the Project tool window
• Remote Ruby interpreters are supported
• Remote Ruby interpreters can be created based on Vagrant configuration
• Remote Ruby interpreters can be created via SSH
• Gem Dependency diagram
• RVM support: rvm gem sets installed in /usr/local/rvm are now recognized
• Action 'Fill Paragraph' for comments
• Highlighting exit points
• IRB console can be launched using remote SDK
• Run/debug configuration for a gem command
• Restart console action added to the IRB console

Rails Support

• Rename refactoring for Named scopes
• Ability to specify environment for rails generators
• IRB console can be launched using remote SDK
• Rails console can be launched using remote SDK
• Torquebox can be selected as a server for Rails applications
• Debugging Rails applications using Trinidad server is now available

Code Editing

• Action to restore default font size
• Since code completion works after typing any number of characters in the middle of a word, using asterisk wildcard is not required
• Hyperlinks to the symbols in the Quick Definition tooltip
• Pinning the Quick Definition tooltip results in showing Documentation tool window
• Pinning the Quick Documentation Lookup results in showing Documentation tool window
• Action 'Move Caret to Matched Brace' has been added
• Action 'Fill Paragraph' for comments

Languages, Frameworks and Technologies

• Capistrano support: tasks are shown in the Structure tool window
• Puppet support
• RubyMotion support
• Cucumber: using test runner is simplified
• TextMate/SublimeText 2 support
• CoffeeScript: formatting options are available
• Code style for Puppet files
• Support for FogBugz issue tracking system
• Support for Mantis issue tracking system
• Support for Assembla issue tracking system

Ruby Gems

• Capability to create a gem application project
• Gem Dependency diagram

Configuring Project and IDE

• CoffeeScript: formatting options are available
• Possibility to configure scopes
• Darcula theme is available
• Enabling notification in console on stderror/stdout for external tools
• Possibility to enable parsing PAC file
• Simplified installation of JetBrains-provided plugins

Refactoring

• Rename refactoring for Named scopes

Tool Windows

• Icon 'Export Inspection Results' is added to the toolbar of the Inspection tool window

Plugins

• Separate button for installing JetBrains-provided plugins
• 'TextMate Bundles support' plugin comes bundled with product

Navigation and Search

• Speed search in Live Templates allows searching for any text in the template abbreviation, body, or description
• Navigating between custom regions
• It is now possible to switch between the find in path and replace in path dialogs
• It is now possible to switch between the find in path and replace in path dialogs

Running

• Run/debug configuration for a gem command
• Ability to run an external tool before launch
• Ability to run JRuby compiler before launch

Debugging

• ObjectiveC debugger

Markup languages and style sheets

• Rename refactoring is available for SASS
• Resolve and completion SASS files
• Code completion for LESS mixins

Version Control

• Advanced handling of platform-specific line endings (LF-CRLF).

  The Difference Viewer points at discrepancies in line endings (LF-CRLF). For Git repositories, %product% displays a warning when you are about to commit CRLFs and offers to set the core.autocrlf setting for you.

• Possibility to color-mark directories with the changed descendants

Inspections

• New Ruby inspections according to the Ruby Style Guide:

  Expression in single-quoted strings' warns about using single-quoted strings Parentheses around arguments

JavaScript Support

• Node.js core module sources can be configured both as a global or as a project library

Testing Support

• Testing is available for remote interpreters
• New minitest (>= 3.1.0) support
• New RSpec-rails (> 2.12.0) support
• Using test runner for Cucumber is simplified

Miscellaneous Improvements

• ability to manage case of unicode literals
• Managing tasks and context: integration with PivotalTracker, Redmine, Trac, FogBugz, Mantis, Assembla, and Generic Server issue tracking systems is supported
• Multiselection is available in the list of tasks. Several tasks can be deleted at once
• Use soft wraps option
• Possibility to switch between the panes of the Differences viewer

What's New in Version 4.5

IDE

• Possibility to view all editor tabs and choose the active tab

Ruby Support

• Rbenv support
• PIK support

Rails Support

• Rails mountable engine project type is supported
• Rename refactoring for Rails models
• Possibility to create new models in the Model Dependency diagrams
• Editing Model Dependency diagrams
• Working with Rails mountable engine project
• Field for the path to the dummy directory in the Rails run/debug configuration
• Settings for Rails Model Dependency diagrams

Code Editing

• Hungry Backspace action has been added to the platform

Languages, Frameworks and Technologies

• Project types for developing client-side applications
• Capistrano support

Ruby Gems

• Gems sinatra and rack are supported

  With the 'sinatra' and 'rack' gems installed, it is possible to create and run sinatra applications. Code completion, error and syntax highlighting are available.

• Gem mongoid is supported

  With the 'mongoid' gem installed, it is possible to create and edit Mongoid documents. Code completion, error and syntax highlighting are available.

Configuring Project and IDE

• Option to automatically collapse i18n strings (enabled by default)

Refactoring

• Extract Partial refactoring is available for HAML
• Rename refactoring for Rails models
• Extract Variable refactoring is available for SASS

Tool Windows

• New design of the Database tool window

Navigation and Search

• Hungry Backspace can be invoked via Go to Action

Running

• Rack apps run/debug configuration

Debugging

• Multiprocess debugging is supported

  A subprocess can be entered in course of debugging.

• Executing tests under Spork DRb server in debug mode
• Capability to launch IRB or Rails console with the attached debugger
• Run/debug configuration for consoles

Markup languages and style sheets

• Search for usages in SASS files
• Extract Variable refactoring is available for SASS
• Slim support

Version Control

• Integration with Subversion 1.7 is supported

JavaScript Support

• Code coverage for JavaScript Unit testing

Testing Support

• Executing tests under Spork DRb server in debug mode

Miscellaneous Improvements

• MONTH_NAME_SHORT and MONTH_NAME_FULL variables are available in file templates
• Intention actions to check and edit regular expressions

What's New in Version 4.0

IDE

• ALT+Click editor tab to close other tabs
• Possibility to preserve temporary files
• Pinch-to-Zoom in the editor tabs
• Possibility to reopen a project from the Welcome screen
• Possibility to drag and drop a project onto the Welcome screen

Ruby Support

• New Ruby inspections:

  Large class inspection; Hash syntax inspections (correct syntax, duplicated keys, string keys instead of symbols); Literal array; Deprecated : in if/when; etc.

• Inline Method refactoring
• Inherited members are shown in the Structure tool window

Rails Support

• Rails 3.2 support
• Phusion Passenger is supported
• Improved model dependency diagram
• Rails component to go to can be specified by a mnemonic
• Structure of the Rails views is displayed in Ruby, HTML, and ERB tabs

Code Editing

• Column selection mode
• Sticky selection
• Possibility to unwrap statements
• Highlighting level of the current file can be configured in the Code menu
• Emacs actions can be invoked via Go to Action
• RDoc syntax can be highlighted in comments
• More Emacs actions have been added to the platform (kill ring, sticky selection, adjust line); keyboard shortcuts have been added in the Emacs scheme

Languages, Frameworks and Technologies

• CoffeeScript support
• Possibility to preview compiled CoffeeScript files
• Node.js support
• Gherkin support

Configuring Project and IDE

• New way to access IDE Settings via Go to Action
• ability to copy code style from another language
• Live templates can be created and edited right in the Settings | Live Templates dialog box
• Language-specific code style settings
• Improved code style settings
• Configurable spaces around arrows
• Code Style Schemes dialog provides a better way to manage code styles
• Possibility to hide navigation pop-up frames on focus loss
• Preselect old name
• Highlighting RDoc in comments can be turned on or off
• Possibility to recognize line comments if it starts at the very first position on a line
• Safe write mode

Refactoring

• Inline Method

Tool Windows

• Tool Windows are now available on the View | Tool Windows menu
• Coverage tool window
• Event Log tool window shows all IDE notifications and allows you to take action where needed
• Dedicated tool window for managing your project favorites
• New design of the Project tool window
• In the Structure tool window, inherited members can be shown for Ruby classes
• Structure tool windows shows tabs for Rails views

Navigation and Search

• Navigation commands are available on the Navigate menu
• Possibility to find class by its full class name
• Rake task are included in the Go to Symbol suggestion list
• Search functionality is in the Edit menu
• Multiline search and replace in the current file
• Context menu command and shortcut to set value of a variable
• Context menu command and shortcut to navigate from backtrace to source

Running

• Possibility to navigate from backtrace in the Watches tab to source
• Phusion Passenger
• Specified Rake task can be executed before launch of a run/debug configurations
• Possibility to launch CoffeeScript files directly, without conversion to JavaScript

Rake Support

• Rake tasks appear in go to symbol pop-up
• Specified Rake task can be executed before launch of a run/debug configurations

Markup languages and style sheets

• Updated HTML 5 schema
• Improved HAML support: Auto-completion for tag attributes and CSS/SCSS/LESS class names
• Improved LESS support
• SCSS version 3.1 syntax support
• SCSS and LCSS formatters are supported

Version Control

• Reviewing changes to be checked in (Digest view) right in the Commit dialog box
• Viewing local changes from base revision in a dedicated pane on the Local tab of the Changes tool window
• Git Fetch is performed silently, without showing the Fetch Settings dialog box
• Initial support of git gists for sharing code snippets on GitHub
• Streamlined UI for Git branches
• Creating new Git branches
• New merging, deleting, and comparing Git branches
• For Perforce integration, two refresh modes are supported
• Local working copies can be created with Subversion 1.7
• Check box for memorizing password
• Details section allows you to preview results before commit
• Possibility to view change details for a file
• Revision graphs for Git

Inspections

• New JavaScript inspection Bitwise operation issues

Web Resources

• Synchronizing folders in the difference viewer

UML

• Adding node elements to UML class diagram
• Drag-and-drop from Project view to diagram background

Data Access Support

• Possibility to change an SQL dialect for an SQL or DDL file open in the editor

JavaScript Support

• The mark object action is available in the JavaScript debugger
• JavaScript unit testing
• Node.js: coding assistance, running, debugging, and unit testing
• Switching between JavaScript language versions to choose the one that fits the targeted browser
• JavaScript Strict mode supported

Testing Support

• Single action to run with coverage
• Unit Testing for JavaScript. JSTestDriver Assertion, QUnit, and Jasmine frameworks are supported
• Minitest support
• RSpec support up to version 2.8.0
• Possibility to sort tests in the test runner with the toolbar button

Remote Hosts

• Configuring automatic upload of changed files to the default server so only manually saved files are deployed automatically
• Synchronizing local and remote folders in the difference viewer

Miscellaneous Improvements

• Ability to print out help pages in pdf format from the web site
• Create command-line Launcher for Mac and Linux is in the Tools menu
• Macros functionality is in the Edit menu
• Possibility to compare binary files
• Hierarchies are built in the Navigate menu
• Find Action is in Help menu
• New way of creating and deleting tasks via tasks combo
• Possibility to view task description
• Possibility to show tasks combo in the main toolbar

What's New in Version 3.2

Ruby Support

• Ruby naming conventions inspections
• I18N dictionaries can be stored in the folders other than config\locales
• Code Coverage with rcov or SimpleCov is supported for Ruby 1.9
• Improved SDK adding for non-rvm users
• Improved gem handling via bundler
• Updated gem manager

Rails Support

• More Rails checklist inspections
• Rails 3.1 support
• Sprockets support
• JavaScript library can be selected for rails 3.1.x

Code Editing

• Moving lines up and down
• Folding documentation comments
• CamelHumps in code completion are detected without using the Shift key
• Viewing external documentation via rubydoc.info

Languages, Frameworks and Technologies

• Initial support for CoffeeScript
• YARD annotations

Configuring Project and IDE

• Start Ruby interpolation in a string on pressing #

Navigation and Search

• View declaration/type declaration from class names in comments
• Improved search and replace in the current file
• Regexp shows replacement preview
• Easy initiating new search

Debugging

• JavaScript debugging is available for Chrome

Data Access Support

• Comparing data sources

JavaScript Support

• JavaScript library can be selected for rails 3.1.x
• JavaScript debugging is available for Chrome

Testing Support

• Search for Usages is available for the Cucumber step definitions
• Code Coverage colors can be changed
• RSpec support up to version 2.6
• Inspection that highlights duplicated step definitions

Miscellaneous Improvements

• Quick hide/show tool window buttons
• Comparing local directories and images
• FTP and remote files synchronization

What's New in Version 3.1

Rails Support

• Capability of building .war archives

Code Editing

• Changing font size in the Quick Documentation window

Configuring Project and IDE

• Surrounding selected text with quotes or braces

Refactoring

• Extract parameter

Debugging

• Integration with JavaScript debugger
• Ruby debug options

Rake Support

• Rake-specific structure view

Version Control

• Integration with GitHub is available. Now you can register GitHub accounts, create and clone repositories from %product%
• Viewing the GitHub version of a file from %product%

HAML Support

• HAML is supplied as a separate plugin

Inspections

• Running inspections by name

Intention Actions and Quick Fixes

• You can create property key and value for numerous languages

Data Access Support

• Data sources are configured from rails configuration
• DB and DDL data sources are supported
• SQL console integration
• Download JDBC drivers automatically

Testing Support

• File structure view displays test test::unit closures
• File structure view displays shoulda tests

Miscellaneous Improvements

• Detaching editor tabs

What's New in Version 3.0

Ruby Support

• RubyMine supports cygwin as the Ruby interpreter platform
• Locales can be represented as hashes in the plain ruby files
• Extended bundler support: bundler menu and the ability to install and attach gems
• 'Attach and install missing gems notifier runs the bundler to satisfy dependencies
• Possibility to quickly install and attach a ruby gem with the known name
• Bundler tab is added to the Ruby-based run/debug configurations

Rails Support

• Rails 3.0 support
• Support for all, first, and last dynamic methods for the rails models
• Possibility to download missing rails
• Rails generators are packed into quick generator pop-up window
• 'Reload rails generators list command is available from the pop-up window
• Possibility to export model dependency diagram to svg
• Magnifier tool in the model dependency diagram

Refactoring

• Introduce Constant, Variable and Field refactorings became smarter. Now you can select expression to be replaced from a suggestion list
• Search for references option is available for moving files and directories

Debugging

• JavaScript breakpoints
• JavaScript run/debug configuration
• JavaScript debugger

Rake Support

• 'Reload rake tasks command is included in the run rake tasks pop-up list

Markup languages and style sheets

• LESS and scss support
• HAML: multiline ruby statements support, improved filters support
• LESS and scss: selecting color values, previewing color in the left gutter of the editor
• LESS and scss: using variables,code completion, one click go to declaration, usages search and rename refactoring
• Support for zen coding templates

Version Control

• On-the-fly spellchecking in commit messages is available
• Git integration supports show history for folder
• Mercurial support

Inspections

• New inspections that highlights unnecessary return

  If the last statement of a function is a 'return' with an expression, it can be replaced with the expression itself. If it's simply a 'return', it can be removed altogether.

• New intention actions

  Create CSS from LESS

Testing Support

• Intention action to convert scenario to a scenario outline
• Autotest-like runner is available
• RCov is available in test::unit, shoulda, Cucumber, RSpec, rails, ruby script, and rake run configurations
• RCov: coverage is color coded in left gutter; possibility to jump between uncovered blocks of code
• RCov: possibility to switch between coverage suites
• RCov: possibility to generate coverage reports
• Improved RSpec support up to version 2.0 beta
• Cucumber 0.7.3 escaped bars and backslashes support; structure view improved
• Support for Cucumber version >=0.8.4
• Cucumber: quick fix to add a missing colon in examples sections
• Support for milhouse-spork and spork
• Ability to select the desired Cucumber gem version in run/debug configuration
• Possibility to select the desired RSpec gem version in run/debug configuration
• Autotest-like runner is turned on by pressing the dedicated toolbar button

Miscellaneous Improvements

• In macos, the main toolbar is disabled by default
• If the main toolbar is hidden, the docked navigation bar shows run/debug configuration controls
• Power save mode
• .IDEA directory is not visible in the project view
• Task and context support
• Possibility to create, switch, or clear tasks and contexts
• Rdoc syntax highlighting
• Support for JIRA, YouTrack, Lighthouse, Pivotal Tracker, RedMine and GitHub issue tracking systems
• Soft wraps can be used in the editor

What's New in Version 2.0.2

Ruby Support

• Ability to switch between independent sandboxes
• RVM support
• Additional controls help select sandbox, view name of a gem set, and manage gem path

Markup languages and style sheets

• Editing sass: previewing colors, defined by constants, in the left gutter of the editor

HAML Support

• HAML contexts are recognized in live templates

Testing Support

• Improved shoulda support
• Reformatting in Cucumber features files aligns columns in examples sections

What's New in Version 2.0.1

Ruby Support

• I18N is now supported for plain ruby projects
• Capability to manage gems dependencies using the bundler

What's New in Version 2.0

Ruby Support

• Ruby 1.9 support is now available
• Resolving unsatisfied dependencies
• Ability to view gem environment information
• Language level is now selectable for JRuby
• Configuring unsatisfied dependencies notification, and attach/install dialog for missing gems
• Possibility to update ruby gems

Rails Support

• Internationalization and localization support
• Creating property keys and values
• Rails 2.3.3 support
• Navigating from edge to the association declarations
• Possibility to show or hide system db fields in the model dependency diagram

Code Editing

• Toggling between camelcase and snake_case
• Intention action suggests to convert variable name from camelcase to snake_case
• Built-in spellchecker
• Several live templates can have same abbreviations
• Asterisk * wildcard can be used in code completion popup
• URLs and e-mail addresses are rendered in Quick Documentation Lookup
• In case of multiple declarations, Quick Documentation Lookup shows a list of variants

Refactoring

• Extract constant
• Extract field
• Extract module
• Extract superclass
• Inline Local Variable
• Pull members up
• Push members down

Navigation and Search

• Using switcher to navigate between open files and tool windows
• Improved UI of the Show Usages pop-up window
• Possibility to specify multiple comma-separated file masks in the Find/Replace in Path dialogs

Markup languages and style sheets

• SASS support, with syntax highlighting, indentation-based code folding, and color editor
• Editing sass: selecting color values, previewing color in the left gutter of the editor

Version Control

• Configuring protection of inactive changelists
• VCS quick list

HAML Support

• HAML parsing is available in view files, with ruby coding assistance inside injections
• Ruby strings are supported after ==

Inspections

• New inspections and quick fixes

  Unused local variable, Create from usage (method, constructor, action, views, partial view). I18n-related inspections and quick fixes (extracting string to locale, creating property value).

• Suppress inspection feature is available for ruby (classes, statements, or methods)
• Suppress inspection feature is available for Cucumber (whole features, scenarios, or steps)
• Analyzing duplicates
• Extracting hard-coded string literal to a locale

Testing Support

• Running shoulda tests

  Ability to run tests (single should examples, test classes, or all tests in a directory), using Test::Unit or Rake run configurations.

• Smart navigation between test and test subject
• Shoulda support
• Highlighting of undefined steps in Cucumber feature files
• Code completion for feature descriptions
• Intention action that allows creating Cucumber step definition of an undefined step
• Possibility to navigate from a .feature file to a step definition
• Scenario outline support, with syntax highlighting, code inspection and quick fix to create missing examples

Miscellaneous Improvements

• Possibility to open files in associated applications
• Possibility to perform clipboard operations between RubyMine and Explorer/Finder
• Possibility to run code from the editor in irb or rails console

What's New in Version 1.1.1

Ruby Support

• Rename refactoring for ruby classes renames containing file, if the names match
• Ruby class action
• Ability to set up SDK using macruby and ironruby interpreters

Rails Support

• Resolve and code completion for parameters of special migration calls
• Rails 2.3 support
• Model dependency diagram displays inheritance relationships
• Application templates for rails 2.3
• Localized views

Running

• Support for remote debugging for ruby and rails applications
• Dedicated configuration for remote debugging is added

Rake Support

• Undocumented tasks are included in the rake tasks menu
• Undocumented tasks can be shown in the run rake task pop-up window
• It is now possible to enable full back trace immediately in the run rake task dialog box
• Db:migrate:up, db:migrate:down, db:migrate:redo automatically select migration version in the current context

Version Control

• Integration with Subversion 1.6 is supported

HAML Support

• Syntax highlighting for HAML and highlighting Ruby code

Testing Support

• Line separators are now supported for RSpec tests, TestUnit and SpecTest tests
• Completing chained queries for model objects
• Enabling Cucumber support in project
• Test runner ui for Cucumber
• RSpec DRB support

Miscellaneous Improvements

• Platform-specific IDE help shows keyboard shortcuts for your particular operating system
• Making column selection with alt+drag