A few weeks ago I mentioned Aptana RadRails and noted that, although I was able to download and install Aptana, I was unable to install the RadRails plugin on Windows XP SP2. I reported this directly to Aptana support, and they initially didn't know what could be wrong: the Aptana error log was not helpful.
About once a week, I updated Aptana and tried to install RadRails. Last week, finally, it worked.
My initial impression is that Aptana RadRails retains all the strengths that RadRails had in its previous incarnation, and is stronger still because of the JavaScript support provided by Aptana. I have to admit, however, that I'm not actively working on a Rails site right now: the Rails site I worked on last summer is in production with growing content, but it's stable and we're not adding features or changing the code.
I'd be interested in what other Rails developers think of Aptana RadRails. Leave a comment here, or email me at martin_heller@infoworld.com.
Posted by Martin Heller on July 30, 2007 08:25 AM
