Setting up Atom for Rails development

Using Atom Package Manager (apm) to install packages.

Base linter

• apm install linter
• apm install linter-ruby
• apm install linter-scss-lint
• apm install linter-coffeelint
• apm install linter-rubocop
• apm install linter-haml

Nicer Code

• apm install atom-beautify
• apm install atom-css-comb

Testing

• apm install ruby-test
• apm install cucumber
• apm install cucumber-step # open the step definition

Language Highlighting

• apm install language-rspec
• apm install language-haml
• apm install language-docker

Other

• apm install minimap # Shows you a tiny preview of the file on the right
• apm install Sublime-Style-Column-Selection # Allows you to select columns
• apm install toggle-quotes
• apm install trailing-spaces

Install dependencies for some of the packages.

1. gem install scss-lint
2. gem install rubocop
3. gem install coffee-script
4. npm install -g coffeelint
5. rbenv rehash # if you use rbenv

Edit Atom config (~/.atom/config.cson).

"ruby-test":
  specFramework: "rspec"
  rspecAllCommand: "bundle exec rspec --tty spec"
  rspecFileCommand: "bundle exec rspec --tty {relative_path}"
  rspecSingleCommand: "bundle exec rspec --tty {relative_path}:{line_number}"
  cucumberAllCommand: "bundle exec cucumber --color features"
  cucumberFileCommand: "bundle exec cucumber --color {relative_path}"
  cucumberSingleCommand: "bundle exec cucumber --color {relative_path}:{line_number}"
"linter-rubocop":
  command: "/Users/[yourname]/.rbenv/shims/rubocop"