Aptana Studio 1.0 Released

Aptana Studio is an Eclipse-based IDE focused on Ajax, Ruby, and Rails development. A free version offers JavaScript debugging, HTML, CSS, and Ruby code assist, integration with popular Ajax frameworks, and includes the RadRails development tool, as well as support for Adobe's AIR and Apple's iPhone platforms.
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Several Java-focused IDEs have been built on top of the Eclipse platform already. Eclipse, however, supports development in other languages as well, as Aptana's recently released Studio 1.0 demonstrates.

Aptana is an Ajax- and JavaScript-focused IDE, but it also bundles RadRails, one of the original development tools for Rails. In addition to providing syntax highlighting and basic refactoring for Ruby code, RadRails integrates the running of Rails test suites into the IDE via an interface similar to how most Java IDE's integrate JUnit test runs. Aptana also provides debugging for Rails applications, allowing developers to set breakpoints in Ruby code.

Aptana Studio can be downloaded both as a freestanding IDE, or as a set of plug-ins into an existing Eclipse installation. Aptana also offers a commercial version, providing more team-oriented features and support.

Key features of Aptana Studio 1.0 include:

* Ajax Support: HTML/CSS/JavaScript development, Included popular Ajax libraries, JSON editor, JavaScript debugging
* Platform/Device Support: Adobe AIR development, iPhone development, Ruby on Rails (RadRails), PHP
* Advanced Features: JavaScript/Ruby automation of the development environment
* Project Reporting Engine

What do you think of the state of Ruby and Rails IDEs? What IDE do you use for Ruby coding?