This session will explore several common development scenarios when working with Ruby on Rails. In doing so, we will discuss the unique benefits and challenges presented by the philosophy and techniques employed when invoking its magic.

Along the way, we will present the features and benefits of 3rdRail, including those that have come to be expected like code completion and navigation, refactoring, and debugging. However, we will also demonstrate a few innovations, such as an integrated command-line environment that leverages the project context, and a lightweight view that automatically visualizes the dependencies between project artifacts regardless of their location or format. You’ve already discovered the joy of working with Ruby on Rails, now it’s time to connect it to the power.