I use it daily and it's great although not without it's share of BUGS. For the rails side of things though, I'd actually suggest a virtual machine running linux. Ubuntu works well, the only caveat is that you have to install rubygems manually, as it does not adhere to the great debian filesystem naming ideology A second reason is that unless you are very atypical, your production server will likely be running linux too.
It's good practice to have your development environment match your deployment environment as closely as possible, to help you find and fix bugs earlier and more easily, and avoid fixing bugs that won't affect your production site like windows specific ones.
Microsoft Virtual PC and VMWare both have free options, which work well, and are plenty fast, so this is not a problem. Instant Rails is a good way to get started quick. I suggest you install Ruby first. Then install Rails.
Then download Aptana and install it. After that you can install RadRails from Aptana's start page. I am one of the contributors to Rubystack is a free, all-in-one installer for Windows that installs Apache, MySQL, Ruby, Rails and all other third-party libraries typically used on a development environment such as Imagemagick.
You may want to give it a try. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Asked 13 years, 5 months ago. Active 8 years, 6 months ago. Viewed 4k times. Improve this question.
Rais Alam 6, 12 12 gold badges 51 51 silver badges 84 84 bronze badges. James Hall James Hall 5, 6 6 gold badges 25 25 silver badges 27 27 bronze badges. Haven't tested it myself, but 3rdRail looked interesting. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. I don't know about "best", because that's a subjective question, but I can tell you what setup I use and recommend: Editor : E Text Editor TextMate seems to be the editor of choice for Rails on Mac. The VM acts and feels just like a command line window.
So you don't feel like you're in a completely alien environment. It runs Rails and other Ruby scripts like tests faster than running it natively in Windows Everything is contained and snapshottable , so I can experiment and generally play around without worrying about breaking anything. If something does break, I just roll back to a previous good state. It uses hardly any RAM. I can move my environment between machines I have much more robust deployment workflow I can limit the VM to have exactly the same amount of RAM as the server I'll be hosting on.
Ruby gems: It is a package manager for Ruby and provides a standard format to distribute Ruby programs and libraries. Each gem has a name, version, and platform. For example, the rake gem has a 0. We are required to set the path of Ruby bin folder in our Windows environment variables. Note: It will take some time to install all dependencies. Therefore, while installing gem dependencies, a persistent internet connection is required. Skip to content. Installation of Ruby on Windows Step 1.
Rails has united and cultivated a strong tribe around a wide set of heretical thoughts about the nature of programming and programmers. Understanding these thoughts will help you understand the design of the framework.
Learn more about Hotwire , the default front-end framework for Rails. Compress the complexity of modern web apps. Learn just what you need to get started, then keep leveling up as you go. Rails 7. Over the past two decades, Rails has taken countless companies to millions of users and billions in market valuations.
Building it together. Over six thousand people have contributed code to Rails , and many more have served the community through evangelism, documentation, and bug reports. Join us!
0コメント