installation options for rails????

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i am running windows vista and am working on the download of ruby and rails......so heres what i just did ......I downloaded and installed ruby 1.9.1-p429 then I downloaded and installed rubygems 1.3.7 ......my next question: would it be better to install rails through the command line? or to download it as a standalone package?

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hi Rich,

since you already have ruby and rubygems up and running, the only reason IMO you should not prefer the command line would be that you don't have internet connection (and then you have to dowload packages on another computer).

there will certainly (and rapidly) be a module or tool that you'll want to use in your app that isn't already packaged, so you'll have no other solution than the command line.

for windows users (as i used to be myself), the command line looks like the old wash-machine of your grand-mother : rustic, not sexy, has been... but everyone knows those machines never brake, and wash better :slight_smile: so there it is : the command line wash whiter :wink:

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Rich d wrote:

i am running windows vista and am working on the download of ruby and rails......so heres what i just did ......I downloaded and installed ruby 1.9.1-p429 then I downloaded and installed rubygems 1.3.7 ......my next question: would it be better to install rails through the command line? or to download it as a standalone package?

Using Windows for Rails development isn't a great idea, but I gather (never having done it myself, so take this for what it's worth) that most Windows Rails developers use InstantRails. But you'll be a lot happier if you can set up a *nix VM (perhaps Jerome's VirtualRails will do the trick) or get a Mac.

Best,