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As far as the labs thing goes, this feels like the future of interactive learning.
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Rails is very easy to set up. Easier than any other software for programmers I've used. 1. Install Ruby with your package manager or with the installer for Windows (that's just download, next next next, done). 2. In your terminal: `gem install rails`
I guess you never really tried to install a full dev environment for Rails on Windows...
- Some kind of database: easy
- Editor: easy
- Version control: easy
I guess you have never tried to build LLVM on Windows if you think that's hard ;)
This is a wonderful idea. Every time I try to get someone started with Rails, I sent them to the Rails Guides and warn them that "getting Rails up and running in the hardest part." Being able to have someone jump straight into videos and interactive prompts from their browser is going to be so much better...
getting rails up and running was for me the big dealbreaker when i first looked at it 5+ years ago. this is an excellent idea by gregg and the gang at envylabs though
This is a wonderful idea. Every time I try to get someone started with Rails, I sent them to the Rails Guides and warn them that "getting Rails up and running in the hardest part." Being able to have someone jump straight into videos and interactive prompts from their browser is going to be so much better...
getting rails up and running was for me the big dealbreaker when i first looked at it 5+ years ago. this is an excellent idea by gregg and the gang at envylabs though
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I guess you never really tried to install a full dev environment for Rails on Windows...
What constitutes a full dev environment? - Some kind of database: easy - Editor: easy - Version control: easy I guess you have never tried to build LLVM on Windows if you think that's hard ;)
Personnaly I was so sick and tired to get everyday a new problem when I wanted to install a gem that I setup a VM with Ubuntu and I launch it when I want to dev. Ubuntu is "user friendly"-ier than Windos for ONE thing setup a dev environment.
And as nobody dev on Rails under Windows it's very hard to find help or good tutorials when you encounter a bug :(
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Rails is very easy to set up. Easier than any other software for programmers I've used. 1. Install Ruby with your package manager or with the installer for Windows (that's just download, next next next, done). 2. In your terminal: `gem install rails`
I guess you never really tried to install a full dev environment for Rails on Windows...
This is a wonderful idea. Every time I try to get someone started with Rails, I sent them to the Rails Guides and warn them that "getting Rails up and running in the hardest part." Being able to have someone jump straight into videos and interactive prompts from their browser is going to be so much better...
Rails is very easy to set up. Easier than any other software for programmers I've used. 1. Install Ruby with your package manager or with the installer for Windows (that's just download, next next next, done). 2. In your terminal: `gem install rails`
Simply following your two step instructions on any of my servers would not create a working RoR setup.
Love it, but I can't shake the feeling that the people who I want to show this to would not dig the zombies vibe. Maybe I just hang around too many people who do Real Serious Business (TM) programming. :) It's neat as hell though.
I think that if you can re-skin this and retool it for other themes/languages, you've got an excellent educational tool on your hands.
Good job!
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Rails is very easy to set up. Easier than any other software for programmers I've used. 1. Install Ruby with your package manager or with the installer for Windows (that's just download, next next next, done). 2. In your terminal: `gem install rails`
You had a good experience. Lots of people don't. Getting the environment set up took me hours, and I'm a programmer. First I installed Ruby with my distro's package manager. Then I followed the instructions in the book and installed gem from the RubyGems website. Uhoh, not supposed to do that anymore, Ruby comes with a different version of gem. The new Rails website tells me I need a different version of Ruby, the on…
I've had my problems with rails installations, but they were generally in trying to get specific rails code working- not getting a teaching instance up.