Are you sure you ran `rails server` before navigating to localhost:3000 ? did it throw any errors?
Dheeraj Kumar On Sunday 2 September 2012 at 11:19 AM, Bruce Whealton wrote: > Dheeraj, > And others... I am now convinced to use Linux/Ubuntu in my VirtualBox > installation. I followed the tutorial that was posted earlier. Colin, on > this list, recommended this posting: > http://blog.sudobits.com/2012/05/02/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-in-ubuntu-12-04-lts/ > I’ll have to lookup that link and try to find it again. I did everything in > the tutorial, got all the way to the bottom... where it says “Now you can see > your installation of test_app and there is a smiley face. I try that very > last step, where everything above it worked fine and so I go to my browser, > enter http;//localhost:3000 > There might have been a directory, I’ll have to dig up that tutorial link. > Whatever it said for where to go in the browser is where I went. It says > “Cannot display page...” > Not found... etc. > Now in the course I took online at Lynda.com (http://Lynda.com), > called “Up and Running with Linux for PHP Developers.” The location where we > would be installing software is giving me an error saying I don’t have > permission to use that directory. It is /media/sf_sandbox/ > I did try the sudo command in front of cd to go to that directory and it said > it didn’t recognize sudo cd. It is both embarrassing and very frustrating > that it continues to take me so long to get this working. After all this > time, I STILL don’t have a rails install that I can browse to. I’ve never > ever had this kind of problem with anything, any programming language or > language environment. > Thanks, > Bruce > > From: Dheeraj Kumar (mailto:[email protected]) > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 2:14 AM > To: [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) > Subject: Re: [Rails] Help getting started: Newbie: Windows and Rails > > > > > Like I said, most ruby/rails developers do not use an IDE, as it isn't > necessary at all. When you start working with the console, you'll be much > faster and more efficient than you will with an IDE. > > Install ubuntu on a virtualbox, run RailsReady (make sure you select to > install with RVM, when RailsReady asks you) and you're good to go. It > shouldn't take you more than 45 minutes from opening virtual box to starting > to work on rails with everything installed. > > If you are not good at using the terminal, you will improve when you start > using it. If text flies by, scroll up to read it. If its unreadable, increase > your font size. Copying is usually Control+Shift+C, at least in the ubuntu > terminal. Select text with your mouse and you can even right click and click > copy. > > Getting support on Windows is a really hard thing, and it's like trying to > fit a car engine in a motorbike, so why not go native on Linux? > > > > Dheeraj Kumar > > > > On Tuesday 28 August 2012 at 6:45 AM, Bruce Whealton wrote: > > > Hello, > > Thanks for your feedback. I guess I will have to share with you > > the problem I am having with Linux installations too. Anyway, I am taking > > a course on Lynda.com (http://Lynda.com) for learning and the instructor > > doesn’t go into Linux for some reason. He discusses Ruby on Rails for Mac > > and Windows. There is a course also on Ruby which ran fine on Windows. > > I have used various PHP frameworks, like Zend, Cakephp, Synphony. > > > > Getting back to the course, unfortunately, he doesn’t cover any IDE > > for doing development with Ruby On Rails. That’s why I was looking for > > suggestions for a development tool, IDE, that is free. Aptana, Netbeans, > > Eclipse, RadRails? > > I have VirtualBox and can use that. However, first I want to say > > that I would like to be able to follow the course material that does use > > Windows (also Mac OS X, which I don’t have). Again, strangely as it seems, > > it is the hardest, most frustrating effort to get started with Ruby on > > Rails among all the language stacks (other stacks, I guess were the php > > stacks), and languages I’ve used. On Windows, I ran into problems with > > both installing the rails project on my xampp area and using the WebBrick > > server. Then I tried using Linux Ubuntu Server 12.04 and ran into problems > > when I tried various online tutorials for how to install and get up and > > running with Ruby on Rails for Linux Ubuntu server. Someone on this list > > did send me a link to yet another tutorial for Linux. > > I suppose I am not so great at using terminal command line apps > > (like Putty for windows) as the text often flies by and it’s hard to read. > > Plus, I’m not clear how to copy the text when it displays errors during a > > process to be able to share them on a list and ask what is going wrong? > > It’s not a matter of not understanding the concept of the > > framework, it’s the fact that it isn’t working in any environment, using an > > IDE or no IDE, or etc. > > This is far and above the most difficult language and framework > > that I’ve ever encountered. I’ve never before spent day after day just to > > get a language or language stack setup and to have a application created > > and to be able to go to a website and see it. There are many conceptual > > things I need to learn about the php language stacks but at least in the > > first sitting, within a couple hours if not much, much sooner, I had an MVC > > application installed and I could browse to it. > > thanks, > > Bruce > > > > From: Dheeraj Kumar (mailto:[email protected]) > > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 11:17 AM > > To: [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]) > > Subject: Re: [Rails] Help getting started: Newbie: Windows and Rails > > > > > > > > > > Hi Bruce, > > > > I can understand the problems you're going through, as I've faced them > > myself. They stem from some misconceptions about the language & the > > framework. > > > > Getting started with rails is probably the easiest thing to do out of all > > the language stacks available. If you're using OSX or Linux, use > > https://github.com/joshfng/railsready on a fresh install of your OS, and > > you're set. > > > > Remember that developing rails on Windows is not that easy, since Ruby runs > > best on *nix environments like OSX or Linux. On Windows, Ruby runs on an > > emulation layer like Cygwin, which should probably work 90% of the time, > > but it's largely unsupported by the rails community. > > > > > > Dheeraj Kumar > > > > > > > > On Monday 27 August 2012 at 8:37 PM, Bruce Whealton wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > For some reason, Ruby on Rails is one of the hardest programming > > > languages that I’ve ever tried to get up and running with it. I have > > > used python, perl, php, java, javascript, etc. > > > > > > Can someone recommend a good IDE that is free – at this point I need that > > > – Please. I have both RadRails, which often gets described as an Eclipse > > > Plugin – maybe I should instead just start with Eclipse and install > > > > > > Ruby on Rails for Eclipse. I also have NetBeans. Can someone recommend > > > an IDE for Windows. (and separately if it works in Linux). > > > > > > I took a course on Lynda.com (http://Lynda.com) on Ruby and then on Ruby > > > on Rails and got stuck at the part where I create the first app and then > > > try the Webbrick server. > > > > > > I can work with Ruby. I’d now like to work with Ruby on Rails. > > > > > > I do have a dedicated server and I can install gems from the > > > cpanel. I don’t know how that is at learning Rails. For example, are > > > there ways to create a ruby on rails application from the cpanel? > > > > > > While I am trying to get started with Linux, I would like to be > > > able to do this in Windows. The course I am taking is using Windows or > > > Mac. 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