Add Rails Support to Netbeans 7.0

I always liked Netbeans for coding: it supports ton of languages, can be installed in Windows, Linux and MaC, and is stable in all of them. Even it demands more resources than a text editor, this is not a problem in current computers.

The latest release (7.0) dropped official support for Rails :( .
However you can continue using it via a community maintained plug-in:

•  Install Netbeans from http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html (I picked PHP distribution since it is the lighter one)
• Add a plugin repository : 
• Tools -> Plugins -> Settings 
• click 'Add' and write a name (e.g: Beta rails) and a url 'http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/7.0/uc/beta/stable/catalog.xml.gz'
• refresh available plugins, filter by 'rails' and install it
• Restart IDE, rescan Ruby platforms:
• Tools -> Ruby Platforms --> Autodetect Platforms

 
Profit

 here are some links for more information on NB + Rails:

• http://blog.enebo.com/
• http://wiki.netbeans.org/RubyCommunityInformation