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Re: Kickstarter: rails.app

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Post by tptacek »

wildster wrote: post #5

£25,000, how long would it take set up a repo so you could do go: sudo apt-get install rails-3.2 on Ubuntu/Debian?

Wouldn't you have to stage a coup against the Debian maintainers? Isn't Rubygems still deliberately broken there?

Re: Kickstarter: rails.app

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Post by ndubya »

tptacek wrote: post #8

I'm interested in whatever Yehuda Katz comes up with, but I've been a Rails dev at a Mac shop since 2007? and I have never been too frustrated by getting Rails running. Does anyone here have specific problems? From my experience, it really has been a matter of "gem update --system; gem install rails".

I had problems installing it on older versions of OSX (Leopard), mainly because I was VERY new at managing the command line and understanding the relationships between ruby, rails, gems, etc and all of the various versions. I later got a new MBP and installing from a new install was very straight forward, but having to upgrade everything first and then installing it wasn't fun for a n00b like me. I would be interested in seeing this project as I think it would be easier for new kids on the rails block.

Re: Kickstarter: rails.app

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Post by joshaidan »

tptacek wrote: post #8

I'm interested in whatever Yehuda Katz comes up with, but I've been a Rails dev at a Mac shop since 2007? and I have never been too frustrated by getting Rails running. Does anyone here have specific problems? From my experience, it really has been a matter of "gem update --system; gem install rails".

I find the install even easier now thanks to RVM, which is just a copy and paste into the terminal. Same with POW, which is good for the server part of development.

But then again, all this seems easy to me, can't speak for people entirely new to development.

Re: Kickstarter: rails.app

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Post by baddox »

foobar2k wrote: post #15

3 step process: Step 1: Download the "Command line tools for Xcode" here https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action Step 2: Install homebrew with this command /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(/usr/bin/curl -fksSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/master/Library/Contribu... Step 3: gem install rails

I'm in for 10k.

Re: Kickstarter: rails.app

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

jwarzech wrote: post #14

I don't understand why this needs $25,000 in funding. He doesn't seem to mention where the money is all going to (I'm assuming just as 'salary' to work on it?)

He's taking time off of work to do this:

https://twitter.com/#!/wycats/status/185113407429677056

Re: Kickstarter: rails.app

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Post by ajacksified »

tptacek wrote: post #8

I'm interested in whatever Yehuda Katz comes up with, but I've been a Rails dev at a Mac shop since 2007? and I have never been too frustrated by getting Rails running. Does anyone here have specific problems? From my experience, it really has been a matter of "gem update --system; gem install rails".

As a fairly recent OSX and a fairly recent Rails user, I had no trouble learning either.

That is, except for Lion and XCode 4.2/4.3, which caused me about three lost days. 'rvm get head' and 'rvm install 1.9.3-head' fixed that, though.

Re: Kickstarter: rails.app

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Post by Smudge »

scottshea wrote: post #3

Slightly ironic since I just got a MacBook for my new job and am trying to get it set up for Rails development.

ironic... or, just coincidental?

i‧ro‧ny - Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.

co‧in‧ci‧dence - A sequence of events that, although accidental, seems to have been planned or arranged.

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