Ruby on rails toolbox

Ruby on rails toolbox

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  RUBY ON RAILS TOOLBOX
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  WHAT WE NEED •Core dependencies • Ruby, Ruby Gems, Rails • Plus... • Database, Terminal/IDE, vcs, test frameworks, deployment
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  CORE DEPENDENCIES • Ruby •Ruby Gems • Rails
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  RUBY Rails is a framework written in the Ruby language. Great Rails developers are great Ruby developers.
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  RUBY ruby -v 1.8.7 or higher
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  RUBY GEMS A gemis a ruby library. gem –v 1.3.7 or higher gem list [sudo] gem install
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  RVM Not required, but helpful For managing multiple versions of Ruby and multiple collections of gems "rvm gemset" rvm install 1.9.2 rvm use 1.9.2 rvm gemset create rails3 rvm use 1.9.2@rails3 echo "rvm use 1.9.2@rails3" > .rvmrc
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  RAILS INSTALLER ifyou are on Windows... http://railsinstaller.org/ ruby rails git
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  GEMS • Rails isa gem (and includes many other gems) • Few gems you will use directly • Rails • Bundler • Rake
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  RAILS Rails is distributedas a Ruby gem. gem list rails 3.0.x [sudo] gem install rails
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  BUNDLER Bundler managesgem dependencies (and is itself a gem) optional for Rails 2, required for Rails 3 gem list bundler bundler (1.0.0)
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  RAKE Rake is “make”for Ruby. Rails requires rake. Rake is distrubted as a gem. gem list rake 0.8.7 or higher [sudo] gem install rake
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  OUR TOOLBOX • Database • Command line • Source Code Control with Git • Editor / IDE • Test Frameworks • Heroku for Easy Deployment
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  DATABASE • We willuse SQLite in Class • You may use MySQL or PostgreSQL (if you can handle installation) • Rails supports many other databases also
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  TEST FRAMEWORKS gem list rspec-rails gem install rspec-rails rspec-rails (2.0.0)
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  COMMAND LINE Mac/Unix Terminal GitBash on Windows
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  GIT Git is for source code control. which git (mac, unix) git bash on windows Why Git? • Most Ruby and Rails developers use git • Eco-system of tools • Modern Source Code Control
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  Local Machine
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  EDITOR / IDE RubyMine TextMate (Mac-only) Komodo (free)
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  HEROKU • Simple cloudhosting • Web sign-up for free account: heroku.com [sudo] gem install heroku
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  OUR TOOLBOX • Coredependencies • Ruby • Ruby Gems • Rails (gem) • Additional Tools • Database • Terminal / git bash on windows • Git • Rake (gem) • Test Frameworks • rspec, rspec-rails • Heroku (for deployment)