On 7 December 2011 19:14, stephen d. <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > Coming from the C#/Silverlight development world where things are highly > integrated and just work, I'm finding that the promise that Ruby on > Rails is fast and fun to be untrue(and I know this will bring much > flack.. but its true). I asked my colleque (a very experienced developer > as well) to try to do a "hello world" application in rails using MySQL.. > after many many hours of installing, reinstalling, reading blogs, etc.. > no bananana. Honestly, I find that very disappoining. > > I will try the detailed advice above (thank you for it) and let you guys > know what happens. If i get it working, I will put up a detailed > article on a blog so as to save the next poor newbie. However, the fact > that it is necessary is truly sad. It is what I hate about open source.
One of the issues is that you are using Windows. Most rails developers use Linux (often Ubuntu) or Mac. I understand that generally life is trickier with rails in Windows. I use Ubuntu and have had few such problems. In addition most here do not have experience with Windows so there are not so many who can offer advice. If you have to use windows then I gather that railsinstaller is the way to go. My advice, though, would be to move to Linux or Mac if at all possible. Others may not agree. Colin -- 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.
