Comments on: Getting started with Ruby on Rails on Mac OS X

By: ASpanishGuy

ASpanishGuy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:51:40 +0000

As ide, try netbeans 6.0M10

By: Adrian Ritchie

Adrian Ritchie — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:55:43 +0000

One thing to note, for users that are new to Fink, is that you may need to configure Fink to install unstable packages in order to be able to install rubygems.

Also, at time of writing this, the stable install of Ruby using Fink is 1.8.1, whereas the unstable install is 1.8.4

By: Andrew Donaldson

Andrew Donaldson — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:16:07 +0000

It is a bit of a faff getting started, but amusingly it's a little easier to get started (at least with the base packages) on Windows!

Try not to hate it from the start (i.e. reading too much into the marketing hype), just play with it with an open mind and you'll soon find the little things that make you smile.

One comment on ruby versions though. From the rails page:

We recommend Ruby 1.8.5 for use with Rails. Ruby 1.8.4 and 1.8.2 are still usable too, but version 1.8.3 is not.

Just in case you notice anything weird happening that you can't explain.

The main thing to remember with rails though, is that while it's Convention over configuration, that means you have to understand the rails conventions before you get the most benefit.

Until then, it can seem slightly awkward and a bit foreign if you're used to .net (speaking from experience).

By: Damien Guard

Damien Guard — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:41:46 +0000

There is always the risk that people coming to a new platform will bring their old approach and expectations with them.

We see C programmers immediately bypassing most of .NET heading straight to P/Invoke with disastrous results.

It's an exercise in futility to fight against the principles of an environment.

[)amien