On 28 April 2011 01:06, Luis Lavena <luislav...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Add a vm running Ubuntu and do your rails work on it. You will have more >> support than trying to deal with Windows, also, chances are you will be >> deploying to a Linux environment so it will put you more on the game. > > Could be, but you might be ignoring for a second that this simple > statement might come up with a steeped learning curve (learn a new OS, > bash, a package manager, etc).
Well, they're already going to be learning a new programming language, and gem package manager, and framework conventions.... I'd assume that if they can do that, they can wiggle a mouse to the top of a screen for the menus rather than the bottom, and type slashes in the other way round :-/ > Now, as proper response to the OP: You can install RailsInstaller: You're elucidated a slightly patronising and a little riled response from me, as this line above of yours is very patronising - suggesting a VM on Windows is a *proper* response too. > It provides an out-of-the-box experience for you to start playing with > Ruby and Rails. > > It bundles the initial components like Git and SQLite3, reducing the > setup/configuration required for creating new applications. Good luck with all of the little bits of the nice plugins/gems that you'll want to use that *don't work* on Windows. Happy hunting when you want to deploy your app somewhere and *no one* supports Rails on Windows and you need to be familiar with the bash stuff anyway. The majority of people that start with Rails on Windows fall into two camps: those that shrug and say "this is pointless, nothing works as the documentation says" and give up, and those that switch to Mac or some other *nix on a PC. Don't get me wrong, I do quite admire the work that's gone into the "Rails on Windows" tutorials that were posted up over the last month, but the bottom line is that Rails *really doesn't* work well on Windows. It may be possible to run it there, but that doesn't mean you should. If anyone is learning Rails for any purpose other than curiosity, then the sooner they move to *nix the better (for them), so they may as well start there with a VM. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
