In this video, we’ll show you how to open and set up an existing Ruby on Rails project in RubyMine. Project setup will include configuring the Ruby interpreter and gemset, installing the gem and JavaScript dependencies, and running migrations.

IntelliJ IDEA is an integrated development environment (IDE) that helps you be more productive in every aspect of Ruby/Rails projects development - from writing and debugging code to testing and deploying a completed application. IntelliJ IDEA is available for different platforms including macOS, Windows, and Linux.

In this tutorial, we’ll show you the main IntelliJ IDEA capabilities using a fork of a sample application created for the Ruby on Rails Tutorial. Before starting this tutorial, do the following:

• Install Git.
• Install the Ruby distribution for your platform.
• Install Node.js and Yarn.

We’ll perform all steps using IntelliJ IDEA installed on macOS.

Open a project

First of all, we need to clone the repository containing the sample application:

1. Run IntelliJ IDEA and click Get from Version Control on the Welcome Screen.
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3. In the Get from Version Control dialog, do the following:
4. 

• Make sure that Git is selected in the Version control field.
• Insert the following address to the URL field:
• https://github.com/JetBrains/sample_rails_app.git

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