# Easy Noob Question?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easy-noob-question/193930>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [August 26, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easy-noob-question/193930 "2010-08-26T18:09:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![aaronpowell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@aaronpowell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aaronpowell)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easy-noob-question/193930/1 "2010-08-26T18:09:56Z")

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I am completely new to RoR and have spent the better part of a week  
trying to figure all this out. I have ‘Instant Rails’ running non a  
Windows 7 x64 machine. I have downloaded a number of open source apps  
and have yet to get a single one running. I am sure I am missing  
something. Do I need to compile them, de-compile them, smash my computer  
I don’t know. The App I am most interested in is here at github :

> **[GitHub - quirkey/portfolio: Sinatra app that powers my portfolio](https://github.com/quirkey/portfolio)**
>
> Sinatra app that powers my portfolio. Contribute to quirkey/portfolio development by creating an account on GitHub.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I just have no clue what to do  
and am not finding consistent information anywhere on the web.