This integration can be found in NetBeans IDE 6.0 Milestone 10 (M10). However, by reading Tor Norbye's blog I learned about nice features that are only available with the daily builds. So I decided to download a recent build and give it a try.
Here's some things that I found interesting and useful:
Debugger
Nice debugger integration with the IDE.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9btk2ZYS3Eu3PV8CUQDeHltxqCOrGpG72H1MSVVtb3-ngJoWK6GUgBddojCr4tlkv1CfuKJ2U2789ySulgFjfFh8wPrYecmA6LM_C_daQ4ff4c3P_VrQ2UymDApWtJ_WPbUmlWMRJl39/s320/netbeansrubydebugger.png)
Highlight block open/close element
This is a very useful feature to find out if nested blocks are closed.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJDN1-hgGQuHrrltHfNXNz1m6oD6-xjtzQfJOG2WdbzGQqSpc4-zLbYQmIXhmyqqt4w5_3pGXYe7XcBrvEblfojhekT5V35j3yRD95FLNLkexeY8E3ZCV_Qn8rgyklg-znryIouWFdQ9d/s320/netbeansblockmatching.png)
Code navigator
To quickly program elements inside a file.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WDYHpdVfQTm6YVjrCtyi2RQEgxDgbm-JDRl31SrJ3uTpyE7HxBFK4_NSsFvwqtqD9HkbtoBtlz1j8COB96VyGkz62msnJ8_RBY6_IV2yubT7ngPrypSn8cTDzHvlN3-PV0SzDVjhTsoy/s320/netbeansrubynavigator.png)
Hints
Display hints to improve the code or fix a bug. For example while editing a program from a previous post it showed me this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8C-AGsj0rfRiqDg9GME5QAYe4CpS44XtRy52_ZD385MzQquSSrD8cYeiVZf9YifLxddPd2dJJTbhnTr9GAG1MXUARaN4UK5knxSnSXgctIK6kcCBb6s3m0BzMwrytX4Zytf-G4T6GuR6/s320/netbeansrubyhint1.png)
Also it suggest a fix for that issue:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJw6tR7yM2eR7gERUufTZ2fi7y9bzFU84hu2vDxxWm3vi4qnxzBevO0GolXx6CCpGKNcx3l0NB1JMCb9uOKENjhqHifjEXz2MPmOhqgb0gzHp9EYjCaoYSkuNkswBlHqtt73f4FAYQU6Uf/s320/netbeansrubyhint1fix.png)
Very nice!