I teach Rails and have done so for nearly 8 years in workshops and classroom settings. The way to do this on Windows is to use RailsInstaller. http://railsinstaller.org/en
It sets up everything you need, including Git and SSH keys. It supports Ruby 2.1 and Rails 4.1, but upgrading to Rails 4.2 is easy. You will use a new dedicated command prompt to work with Rails, as the RailsInstaller does not modify your system PATH. This works fine on Windows 7 x64, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. Cygwin and other solutions are much more hackish. On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Cody Skidmore <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried Rails development a couple of ways including Cygwin. It's too much > hassle. If you really want to do Ruby/Rails development, doing it on Linux > is the way to go. You are much better off installing Linux in VirtualBox or > another VM manager. I use Linux Mint 17.1 which makes it easy to use Linux. > Windows Hot keys work and the UI is very familiar. > > As a fellow Windows guy, I understand any hesitation you might have about > switching to Linux. I can tell you from first hand experience Linux has > come a long, long way. I switched two years ago (about the time Windows 8 > came out) and haven't looked back. I'm not a Windows hater or a Linux > fan-boy. I'm just pragmatic and use tools that work. > > Respectfully, > > Cody Skidmore > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/06b549a0-986f-409c-bb1f-327460ea5cd3%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/06b549a0-986f-409c-bb1f-327460ea5cd3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAKgAVHnyzPPaLxW5HqopBX96rKZBR2zVHwreQp6%2BwAukiYQ%3DTg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
