# Rails and windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-and-windows/193566>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 19, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-and-windows/193566 "2010-08-19T19:25:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![tutiplain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tutiplain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tutiplain)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-and-windows/193566/1 "2010-08-19T19:25:07Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’ve heard it said that developing Rails apps in Windows is an overall  
disaster experience. I’ve done a few basic examples, scaffolding and  
such, and have had no problems so far. So, what is the reason for this  
general feeling?

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**Author:** ![tutiplain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tutiplain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tutiplain)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-and-windows/193566/2 "2010-08-20T17:47:54Z")

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> I’ve heard it said that developing Rails apps in Windows is an overall  
> disaster experience. I’ve done a few basic examples, scaffolding and  
> such, and have had no problems so far. So, what is the reason for this  
> general feeling?

Just 'cause it’s slow in starting up each time.  
You can avoid that with the faster\_require gem, though, and use of the  
spork gem.  
There are a few other minor differences, like you sometimes have to read  
files as “rb” instead of “r” mode, but they’re not impossible.  
-r