Ruby on Rails/Getting Started

This section covers the basics for getting and installing Rails.

Installation

• Install on Windows
• Install on OS X
• Install on Linux
• Is everything installed?

Once you have installed ruby on your system, make sure that RUBY_HOME/bin folder is in path. This would enable you to use ruby and other commands associated from any folder within the shell.

Concepts

There are certain concepts which are core to how Rails works.

• Don´t repeat yourself
• Model-View-Controller
• Convention Over Configuration

First Application

Now that Rails is installed, it's time to build something.

• Creating the application
• Running the Server