Atom Setup

Atom is an open-source text editor that is great for editing Ruby code. It requires a small amount of setup.

  1. Download Atom from the Atom website.
  2. After it's downloaded, move Atom to your Applications folder.
  3. Open Atom.
  4. Go to the Atom menu and click "Install Shell Commands".
  5. Go back to the Atom menu and click "Preferences".
  6. Click on "Packages" in the left-hand column.
  7. Search for "Lint" under Install Packages. Find the package called "Atom Lint".
  8. Click "Install" and wait for it to be installed.