Not sure if this helps, but Dan from Thoughtbot has a great guide for getting a decent Ruby dev environment set up on Mac OS X Leopard:
http://giantrobots.thoughtbot.com/2009/3/30/2009-rubyist-guide-mac-os-x-development-environment I'm personally not that big on vim/vi, and I only use Git for tracking some Gems, but there are certainly some benefits to this setup. Hope this helps! On Apr 17, 2:23 pm, Brad A <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this has been asked often over the years, looking for the > latest best practice.. > > I'm a total mac noob, have been using windows/cygwin up until now. > > Looks like the basic approaches I've seen so far: > - Leave the pre-installed ruby 1.8.6 and just update the rails gem > - Do your own full blown installation (Hivelogic tutoral) > - Use Macports installation > - Others?? > > Mac has there own tutorial on the developer site, but it requires > using XCode and I want to use TextMate, so I haven't paid much > attention to their instructions. > > Advice greatly appreciated, thanks! > > Brad --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
