Hi Marnen. Thank you for your response. The idea for the second monitor was to maybe have a separate full-size window open, like one for the tutorial, and one with the command line, editor, browser. Dunno, just a thought.
On Feb 7, 1:11 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > john h wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > I'm a RoR noob (and pretty much a progrmming noob) who has been > > working since 7am to get a development platform set up on win 7 so > > that I can follow the lynda.com "ruby on rails essential training" > > tutorials. It has been a pretty cruel process, and still incomplete. > > As far as I know, the lynda.com tutorials are out of date. What version > of Rails do they use? 2.3.5 is current. > > I dislike Windows extremely, but I'm told that InstantRails is decent. > > > > > I wish to pick your collective brains about a decent development > > environment. I have a linux box that I can hook up, plus one extra > > monitor I'm not using. > > Use the Linux box. The less you use Windows, the happier you will be. > > > > > Would I be wise to set up the linux box for RoR education, > > Yes. > > > and somehow > > figure out how to get that second monitor working to enhance my > > learning environment? > > What was your idea for the second monitor? > > > Many thanks for your advice. I'm flat-out beat (and I suspect you've > > all been there...)! > > > John > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > [email protected] > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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.
