On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:38 PM, J. D.<[email protected]> wrote: > > 1. What gems "must" I have in order to move from development to > production (keeping in mind that I will more than likely 100% duplicate > both my development and production environment platforms via my > (development = linux/virtualbox and production = linux/VPS(hosted))? > > .. The list of gems I've been keeping on my "windows" box have been .. > > Rails + dependencies > Capistrano + dependencies > Hpricot (for web parsing) > Mongrel + dependencies(not sure if I need this) > rake-compiler + rake > rspec-rails + rspec > sqlite3-ruby (1.2.4) > mysql (2.7.8 I believe) > test-unit version 1.2.3 > warbler (for netbeans IDE) >
You just won't need warbler as it's a JRuby only thing. > 2. I'm going to be using netbeans IDE on linux (because I'm familiar. > with it and like it). Have there been any issues with netbeans on > linux? Anyone encountered any major issues I should be aware of? > I've been running NetBeans for years on Linux and I'm having no problems. > 3. I want to use the latest ruby version of 1.9.1-p129 on linux. Given > the gem listings (and other gems that may not be listed yet for question > 1) is this a bad thing to do? I just want to be on the bleeding edge of > development and since I'm still learning ruby and rails (I figured the > best is always better to start with). Since I now have a VPS for > production, I control all areas of installation. > Being on the bleeding edge to learn isn't a good idea as you might stuble into real bugs that are not easy to handle or fix. Also, Ruby 1.9 isn't really adding ground breaking features so working and knowing Ruby 1.8 is more than enough as a start. > 4. Are there any "default applications" like sudo apt-get etc. > appliances that I need to have for rails development on a linux box. > Can someone list what each app is that I should install and a very tiny > summary as to what the app does? Example sudo apt-get coffee (it makes > you coffee).. :) > Here's a simple tutorial to setup a RoR server using Ruby Enterprise Edition, Nginx and Passenger - http://is.gd/VfcD (for Ubuntu 9.04 installs) > 5. What security measures should I work on in linux to protect my > environment, especially on my VPS? I'm very fluent with windows > security measures but with linux I have absolutely no clue... > Most of the Linux distributions are pretty secure by default, you usually don't need to take "improved" security measures beyond not installing software that you're not going to use, updating all software as soon as possible and using long and hard to guess passwords. - Maurício Linhares http://codeshooter.wordpress.com/ | http://twitter.com/mauriciojr --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
