On 1 August 2010 06:16, ncage <[email protected]> wrote: > is a windows machine good enough to get started with ROR Development?
Honestly, without trying to be contentious: no. You *can* get along getting into Rails using Windows (I started that way with InstantRails), but you will discover occasional things that don't work *quite* how you expect, especially when you get to using lots of third-party plugins/gems. You will probably be better off, going straight into a *nix environment of some description. The easiest solution is to use a VM (either install your own, or use the out-of-the-box VirtualRails [1] for an all-in-one solution, or the TurnkeyLinux Rails Server [2], either of which you can then customise to your heart's content). But if you want to make the leap to Ubuntu as a desktop OS it does cut out the hypervising midle-man :-) [1] http://www.virtualrails.org/ [2] http://www.turnkeylinux.org/rails -- 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.
