Ruby on Rails/Getting Started

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This section covers the basics for getting and installing Rails.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Concepts

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

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

[edit] First Application

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

• Creating the application
• Running the Server