New Ruby on Rails Application Wizard: Name and Location

In this panel of the New Ruby on Rails Application wizard, you set the name of the project and can change its default location.

You get to this panel by choosing File > New Project, and in the New Project wizard, selecting the category Ruby and the project type Ruby on Rails Application.

Clicking the Next button will open the database configuration window which enables you to use existing IDE connections or specify database information directly. Clicking Next again will open a panel that enables you to install or update Rails and to install OpenSSL support. Clicking Finish creates the project without using these options.

The panel displays the following options:

Project Name. Specifies the name of the project, which is displayed in the Projects window. This name is also used to create the project folder.
Project Location. Specifies the location where you want to store the project metadata and source code.
Project Folder. Specifies the folder where you want to store the project metadata and source code. The folder is a concatenation of the project location and the project name.
Set as Main Project. Sets the newly created project as the main project in the Projects window.
Ruby Platform. Select the platform you will use with the project from the drop-down list. If you want to use a platform other than what is displayed in the list, click Manage to open the Ruby Platform Manager.
Server. Select the server you will use with the project from the drop-down list.
If Using JRuby. The following option is useful only if you are using JRuby.
- Add Rake Targets to Support App Server Deployment (.war). Choose this option if you want to create a .war file so you can deploy your application to an application server, such as Glassfish.

See Also: Working With NetBeans Ruby; New Project Wizard; Ruby Platform Manager

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