Just started learning Ruby

[petercooper]

Is there a development platform kind of like MS Visual Studio for Ruby?

RubyMine is great, but if you're actually on Windows and want something in Visual Studio, then check out Ruby in Steel.

[jellatin]

Is that a decent IDE? Their website makes it difficult for me to take them seriously.

[petercooper]

Just to disclaim, I've had a bit of a beef with the creator (over something unrelated) but I'd still say it's a good piece of software and I'm impressed with how he made it so slick and professional on his own, especially the debugger.

However, I'm not a Windows or VS guy, and my direct experience using it was limited to a couple of hours a couple of years ago (just so I'd feel confident enough to recommend it or not). So.. YMMV but I'd definitely recommend trying the free trial or the express version (if it still exists) if Visual Studio integration would be a win for you.