29549HOWTO: Set up Ruby on Rails in Windowshttp://www.railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=34Go to RubyForge and download the latest version of the Ruby one-click Installer for Windows. Install it by running the setup program. I recommend installing it to c:
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2. Download and install RubyGems.
3. When Ruby and RubyGems have both been set up, run this in a terminal/command prompt window to install Ruby on Rails and all its dependencies:Ruby on Rails > Tips and TutorialsOct 16, 2006vin
Ruby? Rails? Ajax? Is this cluster of confusing buzzwords swarming around your head like a mob of angry bees? Then fear not, gentle padawan -- Jedi help is at hand! For I, too, was just like you once: confused, jumping at shadows, sinking into the depths of yet another custom Python web framework while softly weeping behind a stack of dog-eared PHP books. But not anymore. Today I build my applications in Ruby on Rails.
Ruby is "an easy object oriented language". It may seem a little strange at first, but it is designed to be easily read and written. This User's Guide will get you started at invoking and using ruby, and give you insights into ruby's nature that you may not get from the reference manual.
Ruby DBI is not a true connection layer. Many install it thinking that it will help them connect to their MySQL database and then they find that nothing works. Ruby DBI is an abstration layer or so called "wrapper" class that filters multiple differences in database code into a single interface. So if a Oracle database, MySQL and PostGreSQL all have different syntax for selecting a database row it will not matter in your code. In your code the selection of a row will be the same for all three.
The foundation of a great web application is proper relationships. The Rails framework takes most of the headache away from developing these relationships and almost entirely eliminates the need to write low-level queries to your database. If you've spent time writing those queries, Rails' ActiveRecord will make sense, but for those of you who are just getting started this can be confusing.
Learn hot to create photo gallery in Ruby On Rails -- basically a list of jpeg images with uploading/editing support. Command-line ImageMagick tools are used to generate thumbnails and determine image width and height. No Rails plugins or Ruby libraries (like RMagick) required.
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