Emacs for Rails

This tutorial is a bit out dated now. I have created a new version of it over on my new blog which is an updated version of this one.

If you are interested in setting up Emacs on Windows, OS X or even in a terminal specifically for Rails development, this 5 part series of posts is for you.

Starting as a total Emacs newbie, I install it on OS X and Windows with the goal of making it the ideal platform independent development for Rails development. Setting Emacs up for Rails is a great way to learn the both basics of the editor and some more advanced features. If you have been toying with the idea of learning what Emacs is all about follow along and before you know it you will not longer be a Emacs newbie!

Part one discusses why I chose to learn Emacs

Part two gets Emacs installed and some other essential details

Part three gets the Emacs Code Browser installed – one of the most useful features!

Part four gets some Ruby specific features installed plus a little compile magic

Part five finally gets the full blown Rails integration working

If you liked these articles and use Oracle in your day job, you may also be interested in how to connect to SQLPLUS in Emacs.