On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Jason Clark <[email protected]>wrote:
> All - > > Let me preface this with saying that I'm very much new to Ruby on > Rails. > > At the time of this post, available versions are: > > - Ruby 1.9.2 > - Gems 1.6.2 > - Rails 3.0.5 > > I'm trying to set up several working environments in order of > priority: > > 1) Testing/Learning environment on my system (Windows 7, 64-bit) > 2) Shared environment so that I can learn with a developer friend of > mine. > 3) Hosting/Deployment environment. > > Re: #1 - I have everything installed and have tried several IDEs with > hardly any success (RadRails 2, NetBeans 6.9.1, and RubyMine 3) - yet > haven't been able to set up a fully working/stable environment. Could > be convinced not to use an IDE too, but still need to be able to test > on localhost. > > Re: #2 - Tried to combine 2 & 3 by using AWS. Got it going kinda, but > honestly don't know what I'm doing. Maybe Slicehost or Linode would > be better. Want to avoid EngineYard and some of the "expensive" > options because I can't afford it and don't want to pay that much to > learn Rails. Remember that #2 is my priority, so it doesn't exactly > have to be the "final destination" for my application. > > SO... > > Can folks weigh in on tried & true methods for getting up and > running. I'm a bit frustrated, and thought I'd turn to the experts > for advice. This help could come in any form you're able to give - > step by steps, links, replies, pointers, articles, etc... > What I would do is: 1) Set up an Ubuntu linux vm on your windows. You are going to have a lot better time dealing with Ubuntu than with Windows and have more support. 2) For deployment use Heroku if you are starting out. Does not get easier than than IMO. To use Heroku you will use git and that way you and anyone else you like can share the repository. > > Any/all help is greatly appreciated! THANK YOU! > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
