Ruby Plugin

Prerequisites

Before you start working with Ruby, make sure that Ruby plugin is installed and enabled.

Also make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• Ruby SDK is downloaded and installed on your machine.

• The required framework SDKs are downloaded and installed on your machine.

Refer to their respective download and installation pages for details:

• Ruby

• Ruby on Rails

Changes to the UI

Being installed, the Ruby Plugin introduces the following changes to the IntelliJ IDEA UI:

• Ruby module type is added to the New Project and New Module wizards.

  

• Ruby SDK can be specified in the Add new SDK popup under the SDKs node of the Project Structure dialog.

  

• Rails is implemented as the facet, which can be attached to a Ruby module, either in the New Project dialog, or in the Modules or facets pages of the Project Structure dialog:

  

• Ruby-related commands are added to the Tools menu:

  

• Ruby and framework-specific run/debug configurations, inspections, intention actions, and refactorings.

Besides that, the following changes are made to the Settings/Preferences dialog:

• Ruby code style, colors and fonts, live templates.

• Ruby-related options add to the editor settings (pages Appearance, Code Folding and Smart Keys).

• Ruby-related options add to the Stepping page.

• Syntax and error highlighting