In order to make this extension work you need.
Visual studio 2017 ruby on rails.
Extension for visual studio code 10k snippets daily update.
This extension pack contains the most useful extensions i use for development of ruby and rubyonrails based applications.
It has analytical intellisense and from version 1 2 it has the unique visual rails workbench a full page drag and drop design environment for rails.
So let s take it for a test drive and let s see how easy it is to use visual studio code for ruby development.
Search for ruby in the vs code extension gallery and install it.
Ruby rails auto add brackets in string interpolation.
But my personal favorite is visual studio as it has extensive plugin support for multiple languages like golang php node js and more.
Ruby in steel text edition a low cost entry level edition.
Ruby in steel developer features the ultra fast cylon debugger with breakpoints tracepoints call stack and drill down debugging.
So it s the default ide especially for polyglot developers.
Open vscode with root of your project.
Your project root has gemfile and contains gem rails.
Ruby on rails asset helpers and tag helpers snippets erb syntax highlights.
This extension provides language and debugging support such as formatting intellisense for ruby and debugging for rails.
In fact vscode tops the latest stackoverflow 2019 survey for most popular.
Ruby on rails in vscode.
Navigation between related files through command.
Why use visual studio.
By default the extension provides sensible defaults for developers to get a better experience using ruby in visual studio code.
V isual studio code is gaining popularity now amongst web developers around the globe.
The second one i m using is ruby language colorization.
To use the new i18n ally extension you need to enable rails in your settings json with i18n ally enabledframeworks.
There are many other ide options for ruby on rails developers like rubymine the enterprise version sublime vim and so on.
Ruby on rails support for visual studio code.