# First impressions from a newbie on setting up ruby on rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 23, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-impressions-from-a-newbie-on-setting-up-ruby-on-rails/135570 "2008-04-23T08:10:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michael\_Phoenix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Michael\_Phoenix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-impressions-from-a-newbie-on-setting-up-ruby-on-rails/135570/1 "2008-04-23T08:10:30Z")
After downloading and installing ruby and gems as suggested on the download page [Ruby on Rails — A web-app framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.](http://www.rubyonrails.org/down), I decided to go for instant rails. The reasons being: 1. when I ran gem install rails --include-dependencies I got a strange error message and there wasn’t anyplace to go for quick answers. 2 the instructions under “make your applicaiton” were confusing. rails path/to/your/new/application cd path/to/your/new/application ruby script/server Is “path/to/your/new/application” a particular path in ruby or just any one you choose? Does the last line represent the entire literal command or is there something called a script/server that I am supposed to enter? I have a masters’ in Computer Science and lots of experience with various languages. If I’m finding this page confusing, chances are others will as well. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Phoenix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Michael\_Phoenix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-impressions-from-a-newbie-on-setting-up-ruby-on-rails/135570/2 "2008-04-23T08:30:43Z")
On 23 Apr 2008, at 00:31, Michael Phoenix wrote: > After downloading and installing ruby and gems as suggested on the > download page [Ruby on Rails — A web-app framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.](http://www.rubyonrails.org/down), I decided to go for > instant rails. The reasons being: > > 1. when I ran gem install rails --include-dependencies I got a strange > error message and there wasn’t anyplace to go for quick answers. > You could start by saying what the error was 🙂 > 2 the instructions under “make your applicaiton” were confusing. > > rails path/to/your/new/application > cd path/to/your/new/application > ruby script/server > > Is “path/to/your/new/application” a particular path in ruby or just > any one you choose? Does the last line represent the entire literal > command or is there something called a script/server that I am > supposed to enter? path/to/your/new/application does just mean ‘wherever you want your application to be’ ruby script/server will run the script that spawns a server Fred ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Phoenix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Michael\_Phoenix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-impressions-from-a-newbie-on-setting-up-ruby-on-rails/135570/3 "2008-04-23T08:31:58Z")
Michael Phoenix wrote: > … > > 1. when I ran gem install rails --include-dependencies I got a strange > error message and there wasn’t anyplace to go for quick answers. …and what were those strange errors? > 2 the instructions under “make your applicaiton” were confusing. > > rails path/to/your/new/application > cd path/to/your/new/application > ruby script/server > > Is “path/to/your/new/application” a particular path in ruby or just > any one you choose? Does the last line represent the entire literal > command or is there something called a script/server that I am > supposed to enter? 1. Any path you choose - it’s just a location for rails to create its directory structure and file it with files 2. There is a server file in the script directory (in the rails framework created above). “script/server” is shorthand for this.