Hi all,
i want to learn ruby on rails.i am using window7 .
I installed ruby 1.9.2 p0 in “C:\ruby” using one click
installer.and then installed
rails using the command “gem install rails”. and rails get installed
successfully. After that i tried to build a sample application.so i
created a new folder in c like “c:\venkat” and i moved to that
folder in the command prompt and i created an application venu by
giving the command “c:\venkat rails new venu” . And now i
came to know that i have to start the server at this point of time
and i tried to start the server usting the command “rails server” but
after entering this command i got an error like " the program cont
start because sqlite3.dll is missing from your computer.try
reinstalling the program to fix this problem." so i downloaded
sqlite3.dll and pasted it in the C:\windows\system32" and tried once
again to start the server. But now i got a new error like "The
rocedure entry point sqlite3_backup_finish could not be loacated in
Try putting the sqlite3 files in c:\ruby\bin
(there should be def, dll and exe (although I think only the dll and
exe files are needed )
Also just be sure that c:\ruby\bin is correctly pathed!)
If you don't install the DevKit after you install Ruby, you won't get
very far. It's only a matter of time, and a short one it will be,
before you need to install a gem that require compilation and thus
need DevKit. Might as well do it now.
Then you have the perfect environment to install VirtualBox and the
VirtualRails development machine (Google will point you to both).
Please, please, please... if you're starting out with Rails, start
with a *nix environment. It will be a lot easier for you to follow the
majority of tutorials, for things to work, and to gain the best help
from lists like this.
Rails *does* run on Windows (FWIW I'm doing some work at the moment on
a "legacy" Rails 1.1.6 app running on Windows 2000 :-/ ... but it's a
pain in the proverbials! Avoid it if possible; and as a newcomer to
the platfform, you've no reason to struggle to get it working in
Windows.
ok, i got the same error and got verry frustrated.. i had only
the .dll and the .exe sqlite3 files but not the .def one.. i just
downloaded the .def too and worked like a charm
But I'm a bit confused over the list at the beginning that mentions
Mongrel 1.1.6 beta ?
I have been unable to get Mongrel going and have been 'Stuck' on
Webrick.
So even though Mongrel is mentioned it is not included in your
instructions
Kind Regards, Dave
When I say "alternatives better then both", I mean other HTTP Web
servers which is the subject now.
The O.S. of the server is just a matter of taste or a decision already
made for you.
I have my personal choices concerning O.S. for servers (Servers in
general not only for Web Servers), but at work that is a corporate
decision, which involves not only technical, but political and
commercial decisions, and currently they are under Windows O.S.
So, my general answer to those that are simply "against Windows" is:
stay out of the IT corporate business. Do only your personal choice
stuff with the resources you can afford, because in the corporate
industry, some decisions are made for you, not by you. And if you play
the game you will follow their rules not yours.
The origins of the Trainer On Rails site is an effort to prove that
"the Windows users minority" can develop cool stuff using Ruby on
Rails in a productive way under Windows, apart from which Server's
O.S. will support the application in the end.
When I say "alternatives better then both", I mean other HTTP Web
servers which is the subject now.
The O.S. of the server is just a matter of taste or a decision already
made for you.
Not necessarily. Many of us have significant control over that.
I have my personal choices concerning O.S. for servers (Servers in
general not only for Web Servers), but at work that is a corporate
decision, which involves not only technical, but political and
commercial decisions, and currently they are under Windows O.S.
So, my general answer to those that are simply "against Windows" is:
stay out of the IT corporate business.
Excuse me? I'm quite happily working in a corporate IT job. I still
hate Windows.
Do only your personal choice
stuff with the resources you can afford, because in the corporate
industry, some decisions are made for you, not by you. And if you play
the game you will follow their rules not yours.
Depends. We're using Rails (on Linux) with MS SQL (on Windows). I can
live with that because I don't ever really have to touch the Windows
box.
OTOH, I would have little hesitation turning down a Rails dev job where
I was forced to use either a Windows server or a Windows development
computer. I'm quite happy to refuse to play by "their" rules if those
rules make no sense.
The origins of the Trainer On Rails site is an effort to prove that
"the Windows users minority" can develop cool stuff using Ruby on
Rails in a productive way under Windows, apart from which Server's
O.S. will support the application in the end.
Oh, I know you *can*. I just don't see why it's worth the bother.
I have done my tests on Ubuntu (and many others, like OpenSuse;
RedHat; Gentoo; Debian; a local distribution called Kurumin which is a
very clever one), I'm not particularly a Windows fan.
I just have used it for so many years at work (in my case I have no
control, it has been always a corporate decision), and at home (it was
the average choice 3 decades ago), that I feel much more comfortable
with it then the others.
The same way I believe Windows users can be productive in Ruby on
Rails development. I firmly believe in the free/open source
principles.
That is the reason, I will never ever change Windows for OS/X, if I
have to change from Windows, Ubuntu (or any counterpart) will be MY
choice, because these are MY principles.
Could you please, point me a Linux forum for Dummies like me?
This is a Ruby on Rails forum, and this is a Windows specific
thread...
I have a few Dumb questions about Linux to make before my next tries
on Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution.
Colin,
[...]
That is the reason, I will never ever change Windows for OS/X, if I
have to change from Windows, Ubuntu (or any counterpart) will be MY
choice, because these are MY principles.
Had you quoted me inline rather than top posting you would have seen
that I was in no way suggesting that anyone should change from Windows
if they do not wish to, merely pointing out that a discussion like
this is not necessarily useless as you suggested.
Could you please, point me a Linux forum for Dummies like me?
This is a Ruby on Rails forum, and this is a Windows specific
thread...
I think it is entirely reasonable whenever anyone asks how to install
Ruby on Windows ( which is the thread topic) that they be made aware
of the alternatives, in case they were not so aware. I agree that
detailed discussions of the pros and cons should be in a separate
thread however. It is interesting note that, as far as I can see, the
OP has not responded even to the help that was offered with installing
on Windows, which suggests he was not that bothered in the first place
and likely has no objection to the thread being hijacked.
Kind Regards, Dave