Hi all, It was a great pleasure for the RubyMine team to participate in RailsConf 2017 and meet so many of you there! One of the most important things long-time participants discovered was the dominating number of first-time attendees, which signifies unfailing interest in Ruby on Rails. About a hundred attendees participated in a small survey we conducted to figure out the most popular editors and technologies used besides Ruby and Rails. Here are the results: (more…)

Hi again, RubyMine 2017.1.2 RC (build 171.4249.23) is out, featuring the ability to differentiate hash curly braces from block curly braces using special check-boxes in settings (Setting/Preferences | Code style | Ruby | Other): (more…)

Hi there, We have updated the stable version to RubyMine 2017.1.1. and we recommend updating to it as it fixes the painful RSpec regression, performance issues, and other bugs. Read more there. We are working on the next version and in this post we’d like to announce RubyMine 2017.1.2 EAP (build 171.4249.6) which brings the following improvements: Puppet improvements This EAP build should fix the issues with the resolution of Puppet modules which surfaced after updating to v2017.1 and made users downgrade: (more…)

Hey all, RubyMine 2017.1.1 RC (build 171.4073.36) is released. This update fixes the performance issues that many users reported after updating to v2017.1. Other improvements: Fixed a regression that broke running different scenarios within one RSpec file. Fixed code style issues, namely the Spaces around curly braces setting that adds or removes spaces around curly braces in code blocks, and the ability to keep line breaks which didn’t work with when… then. Fixed minor issues with RuboCop. Download this version from our EAP page on Confluence. See the release notes for the

Hi there, RubyMine 2017.1.1 EAP (build 171.4073.18) is available to fix a painful regression that prevented running RSpec tests from context in the recently launched RubyMine 2017.1. Now it works just fine. As for other fixes, the inability to "Select all" that might have affected some users has been fixed. The fonts that lost anti-aliasing in v2017.1 have also become smooth again across all JetBrains IDEs. (more…)

Hi everyone, RubyMine 2017.1 (build 171.3780.96) has been released! This is the first major update for RubyMine this year, and we encourage you to learn more about it and get the new version from the What's new page. During the Early Access Program, we've posted multiple times to describe every change being made in RubyMine, so our frequent EAP users probably already know what v2017.1 has got inside. Here's just a brief list of all new features with links to the related blog posts: (more…)

Hi there, RubyMine 2017.1 RC1 (build 171.3780.26) is now available! This build is the first release candidate for RubyMine 2017.1 which is coming by the end of March. Besides fixing a number of bugs, this update brings more stable support for Docker, allowing you to work with Rails apps correctly. We’ve already announced support for Docker, and now we’d like to show you exactly how it works in RubyMine. First of all, be sure to install the Docker plugin right from the IDE (Preferences | Plugins | Browse repositories). This probably won’t take longer than a minute: (more…)

Hi all, RubyMine 2017.1. EAP 9 (build 171.3691.15) is available. Besides fixing a number of bugs discovered in previous 2017.1 EAPs, this update provides a better design for the currently opened tab: (more…)

Hi there, RubyMine 2017.1 EAP 8 (build 171.3566.31) is now available. This early access program brings a couple of important changes: Puppet improvements and Docker support. Puppet improvements You’ve given us some constructive feedback on the previously announced Puppet project structure and improved Puppet support. Keeping it in mind, we’ve tweaked our IDE to make Puppet development with RubyMine smoother. New Project - Puppet Module First, we’ve added the ability to create a new Puppet module right from the New Project wizard (File | New Project) so that you can start developing Pupp

Hey all, RubyMine 2017.1 EAP 7 (build 171.3224.24) is out, featuring the new ability to instantly rollback freshly generated Rails entities. Now when you run rails generators (Tools | Run Rails Generator), e.g. to create a new controller, the IDE provides a quick way to roll the generation back: This update also fixes a number of bugs, including a regression in the Incorrect call argument count inspection, discovered in the previous EAP. Download this Early Access Program from our What’s new page. See the release notes for the full list of improvements, and submit any issues to

Hi there, RubyMine 2017.1 EAP 6 (build 171.3019.14) is out, featuring the long-awaited ability to create tests for Rails entities (controllers, models, helpers, mailers) from the Go to test action. This EAP also brings new parameter hints for Ruby, updated markdown plugin, and support for Cucumber 3. Creating tests with Go to test Imagine that for some reason you have a controller without a related test. In this case you can simply use the same Go to test (Navigate | Test) to generate the missing test: (more…)

Hi all, Please welcome another minor update for 2017.1 EAP series: RubyMine 2017.1. EAP 5 (build 171.2822.20). Download the new version from our What's New page. If you’re already running RubyMine 2017 EAP 4 (build 171.2613.16), install the patch by clicking Check for Updates. See the release notes for the list of improvements. — Your RubyMine Team