Re: [PhillyOnRails] Hello; tips to avoid "newbie drownings in the Rails pool"...

["Dean Holdren" <deanholdren@gmail.com>]

I've just got a new mac, and I'm trying to determine the best way to
get Rails up and running as well, previously I followed hivelogic
article, thanks for pointing out the new one.

I also found this link: http://maconrails.com, which looks very
similar to the new hivelogic article, but points to a different
subversion package.

anyone tried out Locomotive? I'm not clear on how it works, but it
looks like you'd still need to modify your .bash_profile to use the
Locomotive installed ruby and gem commands on the command line


On 6/4/07, Justin W. Reagor <justinwr@gmail.com> wrote:
> I used this updated version of that Hivelogic article when my company got my
> new Intel Mac.
>
> http://hivelogic.com/narrative/articles/ruby-rails-mongrel-mysql-osx
>
> ...of course thats until Leopard is released with Rails pre-installed
> (correct?).
>
> I can also confirm that the MySQL gem only worked on my old PPC Mac, and not
> my newer Intel. I ended up not even needing it (only installing the SQLite
> driver). My old Rails projects seemed to just fire up without the mysql gem
> installing correctly (using Ruby DBI?).
>
> I've had bad experiences with Macports/Darwinports and all of those (messy
> compiles and crappy GUI utilities). I seem to just compile in what I need
> and keep track of what I do install in the console. You may also want to
> compile in Apache2 if you plan to mimic any type of production environment
> (SSL testing with Mongrel/Rails). OS X still comes with Apache 1.3.33
> installed...
>
> Take care,
>
> :: Justin Reagor
> :: justinwr@gmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 4, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Flinn Mueller wrote:
>
> Ditto, the mysql gem has problems on mac, otherwise I used the macports
> version of ruby rather than the one distributed with mac os.
>
> For books, I really liked Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce: From Novice to
> Professional (
> http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10178 )
>
> As someone coming from PHP development I had never been exposed to test
> driven development, this books explains the virtues, and rather than
> antidotally mentioning TDD, the authors chose to write the entire book using
> TDD.  I know other rails books concentrate on the whiz-bang ajax features
> and design patterns rails offers, but I think TDD is often overlooked in
> recent books, but I imagine it's getting more press nowadays.
>
> --flinn
>
>
>
> On Jun 4, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Colin A. Bartlett wrote:
>
>
> Jonathan Van Schoick wrote:
> For configuring Rails on a Mac, I'd definitely follow this guide:
>
> http://hivelogic.com/narrative/articles/ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger
> That's exactly what I used.
>
> C
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