After installing the kit, check out the. Rails Guides. for information about developing Ruby on Rails applications. Another great resource is the. Ruby on Rails Tutorial. Michael Hartl. While the tutorial is Mac- focused, it does provide great value and insight for Windows users as well.
If you need assistance with Rails. Installer, please see our. Google Group. where you can view posts from other users as well as ask questions. Any bugs with the installer should be reported on. Github. in the respective repositories (. There is also. #railsinstaller.
Freenode where you can get help in real- time chat.
Limitations in running Ruby/Rails on windows. Here's an overview of the current issues with Rails on Windows: Ruby and Rails are slower on Windows than they are on Unix- like OS's. A few gems and libraries don't work on Windows. Some Unix- isms aren't available on Windows (examples).
The community is mostly on either Mac or Linux (This is a particularly hard one to deal with; nobody wants to be alone on one island when the rest of the tribe are partying, having fun and getting along great over on the other island. Community is important. It seems that most Windows developers that start with Rails quickly switch to a Mac or Linux. However, the small community of Windows Ruby users that do persist are extremely friendly, dedicated and knowledgeable - go say hi.)Note much of the advice that follows is now outdated due to the magnificent efforts of the Ruby.
Installer team in bringing stability, compatibility and performance to Ruby on Windows. I no longer have to use Virtual. Box, which says a lot about how far Ruby on Windows has come. If you want more technical detail, the following are required reading.
I saw some ruby tutorials today and like to learn it. The problem is that i'm stuck with the installation process! :( I can't get a clear picture on how to install RoR. I am in the process of installing Ruby on Rails on windows 7. I installed ruby-1.9.2 (in c:\ruby) and I've installed rails using the gem install rails command (doing. Rails 3.0.7 Ruby Installation. Avkash Chauhan's Blog Avkash Chauhan's Blog. Setting up Ruby on Rails in Windows 7 Machine with test Rails.
What is it? RailsInstaller is the quickest way to go from zero to developing Ruby on Rails applications. Whether you're on Windows or Mac, RailsInstaller has you covered. What is it? RailsInstaller is the quickest way to go from zero to developing Ruby on Rails applications. Whether you're on Windows or Mac, RailsInstaller has you covered. Download Ruby. Here you can get the latest Ruby distributions in your favorite flavor. On Windows machines, you can use RubyInstaller.
Choice quote from that last one is: Akita. On. Rails: The most obvious thing is that any Gem with C Extensions without proper binaries for Windows will fail. Trying to execute shell commands will fail and Ruby. Inline as well. What else? Luis Lavena: Hehe, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Having said all that, I don't find developing with Rails on Windows too painful.
Using Ruby is, for the most part, a pleasure. I'd avoid Instant. Rails because, to be frank, it's just as easy to install Ruby properly using the one- click installer, then doing a gem install rails. If you need Apache and My. SQL, WAMP is a good bet, although even these aren't required if you just stick with Mongrel and SQLite.
What I've taken to doing recently is running Virtual. Box with an instance of Ubuntu Server that closely mirrors the deployment server. I map a network drive to the Ubuntu Server, then I edit and run my code directly on the VM. It uses hardly any memory (it's currently using ~4.
MB; contrast that with Firefox, which is using ~2. MB) and Rails actually performs better than running it natively on Windows. Plus you can experiment with your virtual server in relative safety. It's a really nice setup, I highly recommend it. Finally, here are a couple of Ruby/Rails blogs aimed at Windows users.