I am using Aptana Studio 3 and RubyMine 5.0.2 for Rails development. I have to switch between CentOS 6.3 and Window 7 environment, aside with github.com for version control, sometimes they are difficult to sync and debug Rails projects in CentOS 6.3.

Gradually I summarized up some tips to operate conveniently. Here are some sumup:

1. Use Windows’ RubyMine IDE to debug Linux Rails projects

• The IDE is JetBrain’s RubyMine in Windows 7;
• While the codes are in CentOS.

In this case I use Windows’ network mapping tool to map the CentOs directory to Windows local virtual drive, such as ‘Y’, or ‘Z’ disk.

The steps: (1) Mapping: Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Map network drive… Do the configure: Folder: Y Location: \linux_centos_6.3webdev to connect the server to local Y drive.

(2) Create Rails Project: Then, in JetBrains RubyMine 5.0.2 File -> New Project -> in ‘Create New project’ screen: Project name: linx_ruby_project Location : Y:/ruby_project Project type: Rails application

This way, in Windows’ RubyMine IDE, we can code/debug Rails codes in CentOS in Real-time.

2. Change Aptana 3 themes

I prefer to use Aptana Studio 2 theme. To change it, Here is my steps in Aptana IDE:

Window -> Preferences -> Aptana Studio -> Themes -> Aptana Studio 2.x

3. use Samba service:

I don’t have much time to do the Samba stuff, however, there are a lot of resources in the web for access Linux resources by using Samba protocal. I just list the basic steps to start Samba Service. In CentOs: // 1. config samba services // 2. run samba daemon $ sudo service smb start

Then, in Windows, smb://samba_dir/… to access the resources in CentOs server.

4. Access github resource from RubyMine

(1) Download and install ‘Github’ for Windows: In https://github.com Applications -> GitHub for Windows -> to Download ‘Github’ for Windows git clone the projects whatever you want to locally.

(2) import to RubyMine IDE: In RubyMine IDE, to create project for the cloned projects.

(3) in RubyMine IDE menu: -> VCS -> Checkout from Version Control -> GitHub

Git Repository URL: git@github.com:williamjxj/sample.git Parent Directory: C:RubymineProjects Directory Name: sample Then click ‘Clone’.