Some good tips for development

  1. Use keyboard shortcuts instead of mouse, it can save a lot of time. Whenever start to use an new IDE or Editor, try to learn their keyboard shortcuts.
  2. Use some small but useful tools like firebug, YSlow (firefox addon), IE Developer Toolbar, they do great help to your development.
  3. Use re-factor tools to re-factor your code like java, though it's quite impossible for ruby.