Wow! My son was right! This site is awesome! Thanks SO much everyone! Good question wintermute. I wanted a Linux development environment but only have Windows at home. I was thinking about buying another box just for this purpose and load native Linux thinking this would be less ghetto but I don't know... Thanks for the offer benigeri! I'll hit you up later... thinkful.com sounds like a great resource. shail: There w…
You might want to check out vagrant to set up your development environment under windows.
I've always found it's a lot easier if you learn the language (And others' habits & conventions) before picking up the framework. Rails will come a lot easier after you're familiar with Ruby and getting the correct environment setup (RVM/RBEnv, Familiarity with popular libraries, etc)
Wow! My son was right! This site is awesome! Thanks SO much everyone! Good question wintermute. I wanted a Linux development environment but only have Windows at home. I was thinking about buying another box just for this purpose and load native Linux thinking this would be less ghetto but I don't know... Thanks for the offer benigeri! I'll hit you up later... thinkful.com sounds like a great resource. shail: There w…
I would suggest running Linux in a virtual machine. A decent choice would be the combination of Ubuntu running under VirtualBox (a free VM). Here's a random guide I found online (I'm not vouching for its veracity): http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/virtualbox I bet it's possible to do all this stuff under Windows natively too, but it's probably going to be harder to find help. So if you have some familiarity with UNIX…
Jey, I've tried to avoid installing Ruby and Rails on Windows because of all the horror stories out there. I had no problem installing VirtualBox and creating a Linux Mint VDI. In fact, I've worked with UNIX for the last 25+ years so I'm actually more comfortable with it (or Linux) than Windows. My problems are with Ruby and Rails and all the associated gems, getting the Gemfile right, understanding what the hell I'm doing with Github (git commit this, git commit that, etc.) And then running the server only to get a bunch of screwy errors that make no sense. But thanks to all the support in this thread, I'm sure I'll make headway soon. Thanks!
Wow! My son was right! This site is awesome! Thanks SO much everyone! Good question wintermute. I wanted a Linux development environment but only have Windows at home. I was thinking about buying another box just for this purpose and load native Linux thinking this would be less ghetto but I don't know... Thanks for the offer benigeri! I'll hit you up later... thinkful.com sounds like a great resource. shail: There w…
Unfortunately, developing for rails in windows today is a bag of hurt, so you'll probably need to learn some basic linux skills. I'd suggest, if your time and hardware allows, to spend some time in a virtual machine using one of the more popular linux distributions to get a hold of what's going on. Besides, there is a LOT of guides and tutorials of how to set up the development environment for ubuntu or debian. Anywa…
Thanks xentronium, I probably wasn't clear on this but my linux skills are okay (been woring in Unix for 25+years). I set up a VDI with Linux Mint which seems okay... Thanks for the encouragement! (and the tip on the "reply" button -- haha)
Wow! My son was right! This site is awesome! Thanks SO much everyone! Good question wintermute. I wanted a Linux development environment but only have Windows at home. I was thinking about buying another box just for this purpose and load native Linux thinking this would be less ghetto but I don't know... Thanks for the offer benigeri! I'll hit you up later... thinkful.com sounds like a great resource. shail: There w…
There's a really long way from getting bundle to run until you need to deploy. I'd recommend not worrying about deployment until you've got your app up and running locally. If you want to develop on Linux without buying another machine, you could (at least for now) download VirtualBox and install Linux on it. That will let you run Linux from within Windows.
My son said the same thing. I guess my concern was getting all the way to the deployment stage only to realize there was something I should have been doing differently way too late in the game... (I'm probably being paranoid!) Anyhow, so you recommend that I press with the development and NOT worry about deploying (to Heroko -- or whatever) until much later... I can live with that! (Just run the rails server and connect with browser at port 3000... right?
Wow! My son was right! This site is awesome! Thanks SO much everyone! Good question wintermute. I wanted a Linux development environment but only have Windows at home. I was thinking about buying another box just for this purpose and load native Linux thinking this would be less ghetto but I don't know... Thanks for the offer benigeri! I'll hit you up later... thinkful.com sounds like a great resource. shail: There w…
You might want to check out vagrant to set up your development environment under windows. http://www.vagrantup.com/
I'll look into it... This sounds like it could be exactly what I need! Thanks!
Don't worry, it's like this for everybody. Just hang in there. Suddenly it'll all come together and you'll forget what was so hard about it.
Can't wait for that "aha" moment when everything starts making sense! Until now, It's been pretty much me and google. I'm very encouraged by the support from everyone on this site. Thanks you very much!
Why do you need a Linux VDI? Test locally with the Rails server, then deploy to Heroku.
Don't "need" a Linux VDI but I have to install Ruby and Rails somewhere. Linux (Mint) seemed like a logical choice. Most people recommend NOT installing to Windows. Like I said earlier, I'd be down with buying a separate box just for this purpose (and future projects) with Linux installed natively if you guys thought that would gain me an advantage. I have a Heroku account and might deploy there initially but also have a Bluehost account that I intend to use eventually.
1. Get on IRC, people hang out there all day waiting to help people for free. 2. Here's a volunteer hotline to call for help: http://rails.pockethotline.com/
I'm so glad I posted this question... I had no idea this hotline existed. Already bookmarked. I'll definitely kick in a few bucks!
1. Get on IRC, people hang out there all day waiting to help people for free. 2. Here's a volunteer hotline to call for help: http://rails.pockethotline.com/
And then stay on IRC - and try and help other people with their problems as a displacement activity while you're letting your subconscious work on something else. Not only will you learn things by trying to help, but you'll demonstrate value as a community member which will improve the quality of the help you receive as well.