On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 18:38 +0200, Ar Chron wrote: > Älphä Blüë wrote: > > ================================================== > > Ruby Platforms, Rails Versions, and Other Notables > > ================================================== > > > > Ruby/Rails platform upgrades: > > > > 1. Download and Install your Ruby version upgrade for non-production > > purposes only. > > 2. Optionally install any relevant gems or write a Ruby/Bash script to > > switch between the different implemented platforms. > > 3. Read the README file and execute any tests of the gem(s) you need > > for your Rails application against any of the relevant Ruby > > implementations. > > 4. Test against the new implementations. > > 5. You now have a test harnass in place for your rails application. > > Or adopt some sort of virtualization technology, like VMware. > > I run an Ubuntu virtual machine for my Rails development. When it was > time to test out migrating Ruby and Rails to newer versions, I cloned > the existing VM, and upgraded the clone, then pulled in the application > from the source repository. Parallel environments with few headaches, > and allows straight up comparative testing.
I, too, have moved to running Windows VMs inside VMware on Ubuntu. Works like a champ, but if VMware is not in your budget, Before that, I used InstantRails for the same purpose. Same results. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
