Ruby On Rails Tutorial for Mac?

Rails
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Hi,

I’m trying to learn how to use Rails on a Mac. Can anyone possibly
point me to a free online tutorial that walks me through all the steps
of installation and setup of each and every relevant technology,
including MySQL?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

My Best,

Frank

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On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Frank G. <

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On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Frank G. <
[email protected]> wrote:

My Best,

Frank

Frank, you can use the following link:

Good luck,

-Conrad

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Frank G. wrote:

Thanks everyone. I’ll check them out.

My Best,

Frank

I’m also in the process of teaching myself RoR. See if
http://www.learningrails.com helps. There are 8 audio lessons and 15
screencasts, all for free.

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Thanks everyone. I’ll check them out.

My Best,

Frank

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Joe dude wrote:

Frank G. wrote:

Thanks everyone. I’ll check them out.

My Best,

Frank

I’m also in the process of teaching myself RoR. See if
http://www.learningrails.com helps. There are 8 audio lessons and 15
screencasts, all for free.

What I’m looking for is a complete, step by step guide that walks you
through everything you’ll need…

Ruby
RubyGems
Ruby On Rails
Apache
Mongrel
MySQL
Etc.

…how to install each and every component
…how to appropriately instantiate each and every component
…how to develop a simple Rails app
…how to deploy a Rails app to the instantiated infrastructure
…how to execute it
…all for the Mac

It seems like no matter what tutorial I look at, there is a piece of the
puzzle that’s missing or confused. For example, the articles on
Hivelogic talk about compiling all my source code. I don’t really want
to do that. All I want to do is install everything. Know I have the
right versions and a complete infrastructure. Know how to build an app
and deploy it. Learn how the Rails app works and interacts with each
piece of the infrastructure.

Thanks,

Frank

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Did you even go to the page on http://www.learningrails.com that showed
the list of lessons they have to offer… ?

Hi,

Yes, I did. Thanks, but it’s not what I’m looking for. I’m not looking
for audio and video examples. I’m specifically looking for detailed
text with clear code for each and every step that I can print out.
Also, I see that some of the topics I care about are not in their list
of lessons.

Thanks,

Frank

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Frank G. wrote:

Did you even go to the page on http://www.learningrails.com that showed
the list of lessons they have to offer… ?

Hi,

Yes, I did. Thanks, but it’s not what I’m looking for. I’m not looking
for audio and video examples. I’m specifically looking for detailed
text with clear code for each and every step that I can print out.
Also, I see that some of the topics I care about are not in their list
of lessons.

Thanks,

Frank

I forgot to add that, so far,
rails.info seems to be the most
thorough.

Thx

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Frank G. wrote:

What I’m looking for is a complete, step by step guide that walks you
through everything you’ll need…

Ruby
RubyGems
Ruby On Rails
Apache
Mongrel
MySQL
Etc.

…how to install each and every component
…how to appropriately instantiate each and every component
…how to develop a simple Rails app
…how to deploy a Rails app to the instantiated infrastructure
…how to execute it
…all for the Mac
Frank

Did you even go to the page on http://www.learningrails.com that showed
the list of lessons they have to offer… ?

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Frank G. wrote:

Did you even go to the page on http://www.learningrails.com that showed
the list of lessons they have to offer… ?

Hi,

Yes, I did. Thanks, but it’s not what I’m looking for. I’m not looking
for audio and video examples. I’m specifically looking for detailed
text with clear code for each and every step that I can print out.
Also, I see that some of the topics I care about are not in their list
of lessons.

Thanks,

Frank

Check out some of my bookmarks:
http://delicious.com/jaql/ruby
http://delicious.com/jaql/ruby+rails
http://delicious.com/jaql/ruby+rails+mysql
http://delicious.com/jaql/ruby+rails+osx

If all else fails:
http://tinyurl.com/yfvyc8x

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Joe dude wrote:

Check out some of my bookmarks:
http://delicious.com/jaql/ruby
http://delicious.com/jaql/ruby+rails
http://delicious.com/jaql/ruby+rails+mysql
http://delicious.com/jaql/ruby+rails+osx

If all else fails:
http://tinyurl.com/yfvyc8x

Thanks very much! It looks like a very good source. I’ll add it to my
list.

Frank

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Marcello P. wrote:

Dan Benjamin

Dan Benjamin

Please do not use these tutorials for getting started with Rails on
Leopard or Snow Leopard. They would have you install fresh copies of
Ruby, Rubygems and Rails despite the fact that the Mac OS developer
tools include perfectly good versions of Ruby and Rubygems. For most
people, Hivelogic’s instructions are silly, pointless, and wasteful.

If you have the Mac OS X developer tools installed, then you have Ruby
1.8.7. To get recent versions of Rubygems and Rails, just do
sudo gem update --system
and
sudo gem install rails

The one thing that Hivelogic’s tutorials might be useful for is
installing mySQL (but I’d urge you to use PostgreSQL instead – it’s a
better DB).

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Frank G. <

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

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Frank G. wrote:
[…]

What I’m looking for is a complete, step by step guide that walks you
through everything you’ll need…

Ruby
RubyGems
Ruby On Rails

These are included with Mac OS dev tools, as I explained in my earlier
post.

Apache

You don’t need Apache for Rails development, but anyway, it’s included
in Mac OS.

Mongrel

Installed automatically with Rails.

MySQL

See Hivelogic or any of the other myriad installation guides.

Etc.

…how to install each and every component
…how to appropriately instantiate each and every component
…how to develop a simple Rails app
…how to deploy a Rails app to the instantiated infrastructure
…how to execute it
…all for the Mac

It seems like no matter what tutorial I look at, there is a piece of the
puzzle that’s missing or confused. For example, the articles on
Hivelogic talk about compiling all my source code. I don’t really want
to do that. All I want to do is install everything. Know I have the
right versions and a complete infrastructure. Know how to build an app
and deploy it. Learn how the Rails app works and interacts with each
piece of the infrastructure.

Follow the recommendations in this and my previous post, and you’ll be
able to do just that!

Thanks,

Frank

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

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First, I would highly recommend purchasing the book, “Programming Ruby
1.9” because you will need a reasonably good foundation of the
language of Rails. Second, I would recommend getting the book, “Agile
Web D. with Rails 3ed” because it includes a step by step
tutorial and a reference section. In short, you’ll have to invest
some time in finding these and other resources yourself and try to
show a bit of appreciation when people go out their way to assist you.

Good luck,

-Conrad

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 27, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Frank G.
<[email protected]

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Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:

…

Marnen,

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer with so much detail.
Your responses are very much the type of breakdown I was looking for.
My goal is a detailed, step by step process for doing it all… a set of
directions that are so dummy-proof that even an executive leader like
myself can follow! How’s “that” for a challenge??? :wink:

BTW, I agree that PostgreSQL is a better DB but I’m ok with using MySQL
to learn. There seem to be far more tutorials using MySQL so I’ll
probably start with that.

My Very Best,

Frank

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Frank G. wrote:

Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:

…

Marnen,

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer with so much detail.
Your responses are very much the type of breakdown I was looking for.
My goal is a detailed, step by step process for doing it all… a set of
directions that are so dummy-proof that even an executive leader like
myself can follow! How’s “that” for a challenge??? :wink:

That’s basically what I gave you, isn’t it? Or do you want something
else?

BTW, I agree that PostgreSQL is a better DB but I’m ok with using MySQL
to learn. There seem to be far more tutorials using MySQL so I’ll
probably start with that.

No need. Rails treats both databases the same – the areas of
difference are far beyond what beginning tutorials would cover.

Heck, you could even start learning with SQLite and not have to install
anything (since SQLite is also incorporated in Mac OS). It may not be
much of a database, but it should definitely be OK for learning your way
around Rails. You just won’t be able to use some sophisticated DB
features – and don’t expect multiuser concurrency.

My Very Best,

Frank

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

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Conrad T. wrote:

First, I would highly recommend purchasing the book, “Programming Ruby
1.9” because you will need a reasonably good foundation of the
language of Rails. Second, I would recommend getting the book, “Agile
Web D. with Rails 3ed” because it includes a step by step
tutorial and a reference section. In short, you’ll have to invest
some time in finding these and other resources yourself and try to
show a bit of appreciation when people go out their way to assist you.

Good luck,

-Conrad

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 27, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Frank G.
<[email protected]

Hi Conrad,

Thanks for the references. I’m doing my best to look at as many as I
can. The real issue is there are so many to look into. The reason for
coming here and asking everyone for their opinion on the best references
is for the same reason the Ruby community believes in convention over
coding… Convention comes from other people’s experiences and I believe
I’ll learn more about the right references to look at, in a few short
conversations on the forum than I will going out and randomly looking
for and reading things on my own. Why waste the time when there are
many brilliant people that have already suffered the same problem.

As for your comment on showing a bit of appreciation when people go out
of their way to assist, I believe I was truly grateful and thanked those
who helped, as can be witnessed above. If my means of thanking others
doesn’t conform to your liking, we can always take that conversation off
line, which I always find far more mature and professional than
criticizing people publicly. After all, we’re all just looking for help
or ways of helping others.

My Best,

Frank

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Conrad T. wrote:

First, I would highly recommend purchasing the book, “Programming Ruby
1.9” because you will need a reasonably good foundation of the
language of Rails.

Yes, Programming Ruby is a prerequisite for virtually anyting serious in
Ruby. If you’re using Ruby 1.8 (which I think I would still recommend),
then go to Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide for a Web
version of the book.

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

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Regarding the multiple referrals to “Programming Ruby”, I just wanted to
say that I already read it and, yes, I agree that it is a solid
reference.

Thanks again,

Frank

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On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Frank G. <
[email protected]> wrote:

Good luck,

Thanks for the references. I’m doing my best to look at as many as I
can. The real issue is there are so many to look into. The reason for
coming here and asking everyone for their opinion on the best references
is for the same reason the Ruby community believes in convention over
coding… Convention comes from other people’s experiences and I believe
I’ll learn more about the right references to look at, in a few short
conversations on the forum than I will going out and randomly looking
for and reading things on my own. Why waste the time when there are
many brilliant people that have already suffered the same problem.

As for your comment on showing a bit of appreciation when people go out
of their way to assist, I believe I was truly grateful and thanked those
who helped, as can be witnessed above. If my means of thanking others
doesn’t conform to your liking, we can always take that conversation off
line, which I always find far more mature and professional than
criticizing people publicly. After all, we’re all just looking for help
or ways of helping others.

There’s no need to take the thread off line because others will learn
from
the
information here. Anyway, I would recommend taking in this information
in
small digestible chunks. For example, http://guides.rails.info or
http://guides.rubyonrails.org
will be the most current information on rails because it’s kept pretty
much
in sync with the state
of the released Rails API. Next, I would recommend working on self
generated projects to
enforce the learning of the material. Last but not least, get
comfortable
with things going wrong
and troubleshooting issues.

Good luck,

-Conrad