Nick Dr wrote: > Ok, I'm new to Rails, and I was hoping to get some advice on how to > get started. > > I'm coming from a .NET background, and from what I've seen of Rails, > it looks perfect for a little web idea I had. So I got a book from the > library and sat down to install it on my Ubuntu box. Immediately I hit > versioning issues. > > - I installed ruby with apt-get and it gave me 1.8.7. I'm cool with > this as I'm new to Ruby as well, and am ignorant to the differences > between versions. > > - Installed rubygems and I got 1.3.5. Again, I don't know the > difference
I highly recommend RVM (Ruby EnVironment Manager). RVM is really simple to install and it makes installing Ruby and RubyGems drop-dead simple. You get to have as many different rubies and gemsets as you want. http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/ > - I ran 'sudo gem install rails', and it blew up on me, saying that I > needed rubygems 1.3.6 or higher. When I do a gem list, it shows > rails(3.0.0), which I hear just came out a week or two ago. Again, I > don't know the difference so that's why I'm here. The book I got from > the library is older(2007) and using Rails 1.2.3. Again RVM solves this problem beautifully. > So my question is: what's the easiest way to get this setup? Is there > a major difference between the versions of Rails, and if so, what is > it? I just need a plain vanilla setup so I can learn about MVC and > such. This web app is pretty basic, I was just wanting some basic > ActiveRecord, a few Erb templates and a few dozen lines of ruby > business logic. 1. Install RVM http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/rvm/install/ 2. rvm install ruby-1.9.2 3. gem install rails 4. rails new my_project 5. Add what you need to Gemfile in your Rails project (like sqlite3-ruby, etc.) 6. bundle install 7. Read up on all the other cool stuff RVM gives you. -- Posted via http://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.
