On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Jason Clark <[email protected]>wrote:
> All - > I'm trying to set up several working environments in order of > priority: > > 1) Testing/Learning environment on my system (Windows 7, 64-bit) > Start by setting up rvm so if you need multiple versions of rails, gems and ruby (you will) it'll give you the ability to handle that. 2) Shared environment so that I can learn with a developer friend of > mine. > 3) Hosting/Deployment environment. > I'd use Heroku > 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. > Skip IDE's. All you need to do is run "rails server" to test on localhost. Command line and a decent text editor are the easiest way to start and for most projects a good way to continue. 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. > Use heroku to kick things off. It's the simplest possible starting point and no cost until you push to production (and many people have simple sites in production on the free version) Best Wishes, Peter > > 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... > > 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.
