If you are interested in setting up Emacs on Windows, OS X or even in a terminal specifically for Rails development, this 5 part series of posts is for you.

Starting as a total Emacs newbie, I install it on OS X and Windows with the goal of making it the ideal platform independent development environment for Rails development. Setting Emacs up for Rails is a great way to learn the both basics of the editor and some more advanced features. If you have been toying with the idea of learning what Emacs is all about follow along and before you know it you will no longer be a Emacs newbie.

A few posts I wrote while exploring Redis, which gives a very high level overview and a sample proof of concept application.