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And finally, the Rails! Rails is probably why most of us is using Ruby, right? So, RubyMine helps coding when Ruby on Rails is used.

Ruby on Rails Smartness #1

When a variable holds a model object RubyMine knows its type, its details and wisely offers the code completion.

And once you select first attribute to find_by you can try once again and RubyMine suggests again to create a complex find statement.

Ruby on Rails Smartness #2

Many Rails methods expect parameters of a certain kind or format. One example of such methods is validation methods (validate_uniqueness_of, validates_numericality_of, etc.).

RubyMine knows what should be in completion list after such methods, finds and suggests appropriate names.

Ruby on Rails Smartness #3

Quite often methods take hashes as parameters with only certain key values, ignoring the others.

class AdminController < ApplicationController

  def logout
    session[:user_id] = nil
    flash[:notice] = "Logged out"
    render :action => :index, :partial => 'bye'
  end

  def index

  end

end

Some parameters of render hash in a controller are :partial, :action, :layout and :template.

When these are used the right part of the hash is clear.

For :partial it is partial view,

For :action — the action from the controller or its parent.

For other supported parameters check the documentation.

Tags: code completion, editing, rails

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