# Steps to use Ruby on rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/steps-to-use-ruby-on-rails/170250>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 15, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/steps-to-use-ruby-on-rails/170250 "2009-06-15T00:37:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/steps-to-use-ruby-on-rails/170250/1 "2009-06-15T00:37:51Z")

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Can anyone help me with steps how to build a web application using ruby  
on rails with MySQL being the backend.I am using Fedora 9 as my  
operating system.

Can u post a simple program for building a web application. Also the  
steps to comiple this web application as I am confused how we compile a  
web application that uses ruby on rails and mysql.

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**Author:** ![student123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@student123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/student123)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/steps-to-use-ruby-on-rails/170250/2 "2009-06-15T00:49:39Z")

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Nik K. wrote:

> Can anyone help me with steps how to build a web application using ruby  
> on rails with MySQL being the backend.I am using Fedora 9 as my  
> operating system.
> 
> Can u post a simple program for building a web application. Also the  
> steps to comiple this web application as I am confused how we compile a  
> web application that uses ruby on rails and mysql.

You need to start by reading some of the materials available on the web.  
About Ruby, about Rails, about developing Ruby and Rails applications.  
There are a host of tutorials on how to build a simple Rails  
application. And I imagine that on some Fedora forums you’ll find  
people who are working with Rails, and could more directly answer  
technical questions about Ruby/Rails on Fedora 9.

Go forth and do your homework first, then come back with more specific  
Rails questions about what you don’t understand.

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**Author:** ![student123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@student123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/student123)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/steps-to-use-ruby-on-rails/170250/3 "2009-06-15T01:18:42Z")

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I would recommend checking out the Rails Guides[1], specifically the  
Getting Started Guide[2].

This should get on the right track. Hope this helps.

[1] [http://guides.rubyonrails.org](http://guides.rubyonrails.org)  
[2] [Getting Started with Rails — Ruby on Rails Guides](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html)

Cheers,  
Nicholas