Rails Framework Support

Prerequisite

Rails framework should be downloaded and installed on your computer.

Important notes

• IntelliJ IDEA supports Rails framework versions from 1.2 to 5
• Rails 3.x requires Ruby 1.8.6 or higher.
• Rails 4 requires Ruby 1.9.x or higher.
• Rails 5 requires Ruby 2.2.2 or higher.

Rails support

Rails support in IntelliJ IDEA includes:

• Dedicated project types, where the desired Rails version is defined.
• Special Rails view to represent the logical structure of a Rails application.
• Rails generators.
• Means of navigation between Rails components.
• Possibility to run Rake tasks.
• Possibility to define object-relational mappings.
• Analysis of the models and their relationships with Model Dependency diagram.
• Complete editing assistance (syntax and error highlighting, code completion for Rails application elements and Rake tasks)
• Rails-aware refactorings (Rename Refactorings, Extract Partial, etc.).
• Rails console, where you can execute Rails commands without leaving the IDE.
• Sprockets are supported.

Rails-specific procedures

• Creating Rails-Based Projects
• Creating Rails Application Elements
• Creating Controllers and Actions
• Creating Views from Actions
• Injecting Ruby Code in View
• Generating Archives
• Generating Tests for Rails Applications
• Running Rails Scripts
• Running Rails Server
• Rails-Specific Navigation
• Running Rails Console
• Working with Models in Rails Applications
• Zeus
• Rails/Spring Support in IntelliJ IDEA