From: Richard Conroy Date: 2012-04-24T22:18:09+09:00 Subject: Re: New to Ruby, need install advice --e89a8f13ec7cf1076504be6c95dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Well, WAMP isn't a very common option for deploying Rails apps. Note that you don't need WAMP to make ruby apps. You do need some kind of web stack if you are making web apps in Ruby (which I think is what you want). You might want to consider Rails Installer which will set you up with a basic web stack for personal development. However, deploying any Ruby web app (i.e. publishing to host) is quite different than for PHP. On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Rohit S. wrote: > I'm hoping I can get some advice on Ruby installs, as I sit a bit > confused at this point. > > I've decided to learn Ruby to increased my job potential/value, and > because I've heard Ruby/Python (both of which I intend to learn) can do > a lot of fun stuff that languages like PHP cannot. To that extent, I > decided to start with Ruby, and am trying to install Ruby locally. > > I already have WAMP installed, to run my PHP/MySQL, and I'm trying to > figure out how to install Ruby to work with my WAMP. > > So first... is this a situation of making Ruby work "with" WAMP? Or is > it just concurrent? I presume that Ruby requires a software like Apache, > so it should make sense to install Ruby to work with my WAMP server, > correct? If not, is the MySQL all that's necessary? I figure if I need > to write a site that makes use of both PHP and Ruby, it should be > concurrent, right? Or should that never happen/doesn't make sense? > > Next, does anyone have any experience installing Ruby with WAMP? I've > tried googling for results, but I've only come across articles that are > years old, using softwares that the sites they're hosted on openly state > are outdated. The closest I've come to "modern" (or not mattering to > time) is from > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2025449/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-alongside-wampserver > but it requires "Mongrel", which I don't quite understand. It also seems > to indicate I need to create a new port forwarding for every Ruby app I > write? Is this a limitation of this install method, or of Ruby? It seems > inefficient when you consider in comparison you can run any PHP site > straight from a folder. > > And any advice to getting started with Ruby/Rails and any book > recommendations would of course, not go unappreciated. Compared to > starting PHP, C++, or Java, I feel lost getting started with Ruby, and I > can't tell if its because I'm over thinking it, or I've missed something > entirely. > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- http://richardconroy.blogspot.com | http://twitter.com/RichardConroy --e89a8f13ec7cf1076504be6c95dd Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, WAMP isn't a very common option for deploying Rails apps.
Note that you don't need WAMP to make ruby apps. You do nee= d some kind of web stack if you are making web apps in Ruby (which I think = is what you want).

You might want to consider Rails Installer=A0which will set you up with a basic web sta= ck for personal development.

However, deploying an= y Ruby web app (i.e. publishing to host) is quite different than for PHP.= =A0

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Rohit S. <lists@ruby-foru= m.com> wrote:
I'm hoping I can get some advice on Ruby installs, as I sit a bit
confused at this point.

I've decided to learn Ruby to increased my job potential/value, and
because I've heard Ruby/Python (both of which I intend to learn) can do=
a lot of fun stuff that languages like PHP cannot. To that extent, I
decided to start with Ruby, and am trying to install Ruby locally.

I already have WAMP installed, to run my PHP/MySQL, and I'm trying to figure out how to install Ruby to work with my WAMP.

So first... is this a situation of making Ruby work "with" WAMP? = Or is
it just concurrent? I presume that Ruby requires a software like Apache, so it should make sense to install Ruby to work with my WAMP server,
correct? If not, is the MySQL all that's necessary? I figure if I need<= br> to write a site that makes use of both PHP and Ruby, it should be
concurrent, right? Or should that never happen/doesn't make sense?

Next, does anyone have any experience installing Ruby with WAMP? I've tried googling for results, but I've only come across articles that are=
years old, using softwares that the sites they're hosted on openly stat= e
are outdated. The closest I've come to "modern" (or not matte= ring to
time) is from
http://stackoverflow.com/qu= estions/2025449/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-alongside-wampserver
but it requires "Mongrel", which I don't quite understand. It= also seems
to indicate I need to create a new port forwarding for every Ruby app I
write? Is this a limitation of this install method, or of Ruby? It seems inefficient when you consider in comparison you can run any PHP site
straight from a folder.

And any advice to getting started with Ruby/Rails and any book
recommendations would of course, not go unappreciated. Compared to
starting PHP, C++, or Java, I feel lost getting started with Ruby, and I can't tell if its because I'm over thinking it, or I've missed = something
entirely.

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Posted via http://= www.ruby-forum.com/.




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