Newbie question: can I run and learn Ruby on a not so powerful machine?

can I work on Ruby and RoR on my 1 GB RAM, 1.66 Ghz netbook? OS: Ubuntu

I know basic HTML and CSS. what do I need to know before start to learn
Ruby?

On 07/24/2012 12:55 PM, Rezwanur Chy wrote:

can I work on Ruby and RoR on my 1 GB RAM, 1.66 Ghz netbook? OS: Ubuntu

Yes, absolutely =]

Sam

Hi,

You should determine you want to learn Ruby or Rails. To learn Ruby you
need nothing, it’s only a language (with libs) (just like Python,
Smalltalk…)

Regards,

Thanks Sam :slight_smile:

Duong Quang Ha wrote in post #1069913:

Hi,

You should determine you want to learn Ruby or Rails. To learn Ruby you
need nothing, it’s only a language (with libs) (just like Python,
Smalltalk…)

Regards,

Thanks for your reply :slight_smile: My prime intention is to learn Ruby
frameworks. But I think, it’s better to start learning Ruby to
understand the frameworks.

Actually the main fact is that I wanna learn Ruby to be a web developer.

Regards,
Rezwan

Dear Rezwan,

On Jul 24, 2012 9:23 AM, “Rezwanur Chy” [email protected] wrote:

Thanks for your reply :slight_smile: My prime intention is to learn Ruby
frameworks. But I think, it’s better to start learning Ruby to
understand the frameworks.

Ruby is a language, not a framework. There are many framework written
using
Ruby and Rails isn’t only web framework but the most popular, you can
try
Padrino, … For static site you can try Jekyll.

Actually the main fact is that I wanna learn Ruby to be a web developer.

Ruby community wrote many gems for web developer ex sass, scss, haml

Regards,
Rezwan

Regards,

Hi,
On Jul 24, 2012 9:51 AM, “Rezwanur Chy” [email protected] wrote:

thanks for your suggestions Duong Quang Ha.

I know Ruby is a programming language. but I thought in order to learn
Rails and other Ruby frameworks (i.e. Sinatra) it’s necessary to learn
Ruby first.

Yes, I think it’s right way.

thanks for your suggestions Duong Quang Ha.

I know Ruby is a programming language. but I thought in order to learn
Rails and other Ruby frameworks (i.e. Sinatra) it’s necessary to learn
Ruby first.