The reason for the MAC OS screen shots on RoR (Ruby on Rails) is that the entire development team members for RoR are MAC users. Not a problem doing anything on Windows. I now use Netbeans (NB) for all my Ruby and RoR development. I suggest for first time Window users do a NB 6.5.1 (full package) clean install including the NB Java JDK. Everything should be correctly handled and pointed. As you get more comfortable with NB and RoR, you can then tweak around with other installs, Gems, etc. Ruby and RoR are not difficult, just a bit different until you get used to its environment. NB really makes it more manageable, IMHO. Finally, the netbeans.org site has tutorials and articles on getting Ruby support via NB in Windows; look under the "Docs & Support" tab on the home page and follow the "Ruby Applications" learning trails link under "Learning Trails" section. Good luck.
Nanouk On Apr 3, 1:58 pm, Neto Ataides <[email protected]> wrote: > if you can I recommend using Linux > all the screencasts I've seen about rails were made in Mac OS > as I do not have enough money to buy an Apple Computer and I do not intend > to install Leopard on my machine, I use netbeans 6.5 and Ubuntu Intrepid > Ibex > Windows Installers assume you do not know anything about computers > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Prashanth K S <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I have Netbeans 6.5.1 'full' package installed(the windows installer > > version) and I also have Ruby installed through the Windows MSI installer. I > > am going through the ruby basics PDF and I wanted to try out IRB and jIRB. > > IRB through cmd works fine for me, but JIRB through the cmd is not working. > > I went to the directory as specified in page 15, but the batch files jirb > > and jirb_swing both dont work. It give me a 'system cannot find the path > > specified' error. I checked the batch files and it quite some greek and > > latin(I'm no MSDOS guru) so I don't know if it has commands specific to > > linux. > > > Has anyone tried this on windows? Does anyone have some pointers? > > > -- > > Prashanth K S > >http://www.prashu.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ruby-on-rails-programming-with-passion" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ruby-on-rails-programming-with-passion-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-on-rails-programming-with-passion?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
