Software Installation
You will find dozens of articles and posts telling you how to install Ruby on your computer. Use them at your own risk. Here are the ones I need you to follow!
- For MacOS Users, I strongly recommend installing HomeBrew. It will make it really easy to install other tools you need.
- Install the Ruby Environment Manager (rbenv NOT rvm). Follow the instructions for your platform. It is a solid and reliable package that will assist you in installing Ruby.
- Using Rbenv, install Ruby 2.6.0:
rbenv install 2.6.0
- Install Postgres, version 10 or later. There are installers for all platforms
- Install Sinatra, and do the getting Getting Started Tutorial (just the very first section)
- Install the program
git if you don’t have it set up yet
- Create an account on
github if you don’t have one yet:
Tips for Windows Users
If you are on Mac or Linux you should have no problems. If you are on Windows, you might have some problems. I believe the options right now are:
- Spend $40 for 128Gig externale SSD, format it as a bootable Linux drive and boot of that. It’s pretty easy and very reliable
- Use VMWare to create a virtual machine on your Windows computer. If your computer is powerful enough and has enough disk and memory this is probably ok.
- I have not tried this but: RubyInstaller for Windows has a lot of famous developers behind it.
- I have not tried this but: Windows Subsystem for Windows has been reported to be a workable solution.