I have struggled a lot to run my first rails app on windows
None of the tutorials explain in as simple as this one
http://www.javapassion.com/handsonlabs/rails_basics/
could run hello world
but the rest are not free
how to get them
?
If you have any choice at all then don't use windows for rails apps.
Life will be much simpler if you can move to a Linux system such as
Ubuntu. The learning curve time will be recovered very quickly. You
can make a dual boot system so you can boot into Windows or Ubuntu and
may soon find your life becoming a Windows free environment. It is
great to take control of your PC again. There are also various ways
of using virtual machines to run windows and ubuntu together.
Colin
