In the past I have used Rails on both windows and linux without problems. Some posts here seem to imply that Rails runs better on Linux. Are you saying there is a problem with Rails on Windows? Or are you just suggesting Linux/Mac for the stability of the OS and the availability of other open source development tools?
Massimo On May 9, 8:54 am, Victor S <[email protected]> wrote: > If you really really have to use Windows look into cygwin, and bitnamy > rubystackhttp://bitnami.org/stack/rubystack, also > JetBrain'shttp://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/or SublimeText. > > But if you can afford a Mac OS X laptop you will be on the same level > as 99% of ruby developers... hey, it's what Linux always wanted to be > (a usable desktop unix). > > That being said, I've tried working ZendFramework and I'm always on > the lookout for what other frameworks and languages are doing, the > only competition to Ruby on Rails I would say, is coming from Scala > and Lift, but there's about 3 people using it right now (they are the > developers)... most other options seem to completely miss the boat at > what ruby is good at: sweet concise syntax and rails: a complete web- > framework that will teach you how to develop proper web applications. > Now, if you haven't done any web dev, (simple PHP sites?) then you > will be a bit overwhelmed and you might not have a reference point for > why Rails is a good framework in comparison to others... > > My 2C > > On May 7, 2:55 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Anthony wrote: > > >> anyway if that's the option you choose. ;-) > > > Is the main benefit of developing on a Unix based system that it will > > > be easier to deploy, or are there other problems/limitations with > > > development in a Windows environment? > > > Windows is frankly a pretty bad OS (and a completely inappropriate > > server OS, which is a big strike against .NET unless you're using Mono). > > I don't use Windows myself, but my understanding is that while a number > > of people are successfully using it for Rails development, there are a > > lot of common Ruby- and Rails-related tasks that work better on *nix. I > > hope someone who does use Windows will provide more specifics. > > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- 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.
