czempire: RoR on Windows

In the command prompt, type gem install rails –include-dependencies.
If this doesn’t work, you’ve likely got RubyGems problems. You can download the stand-alone package for Rails and install from there, but you’ll likely want to take care of your RubyGems issues before moving on.

Database Installation

Install PostgreSQL:
Download the latest win32 version of PostgreSQL (64-bit is not currently supported on Windows systems).
Initiate the installer and walk through the wizard. A couple of potential “gotcha” spots:
1. Let the installer create a new Windows account so PostgreSQL can run as a service (I accepted the default postgres account and specified my own password).
2. Let the database initialize a cluster for you.
Install postgres-pr gem, which is a Ruby driver for PostgreSQL:
1. Command line: gem install postgres-pr.
2. Using the pgAdminIII gui that is installed by default with PostgreSQL, create your application databases. Follow the Ruby on Rails naming convention ofApplicationName_development, ApplicationName_test,ApplicationName_production when naming them.
Configure your application to connect to the database(s):
1. Open up your config/database.yml file and enter the following information for, at the very least, the development database:
  1. adapter: postgresql
  2. database: your_database
  3. username: postgres
  4. password: YourPassword
  5. host: localhost (assuming that you’re running PostgreSQL locally)
Test your database connectivity:

From the top level of your Rails application, type the following at a command prompt: rake db:migrate.
If you get a response similar to this: (in c:/dev/YourWebApplication), you are good to go. If you get an error message, walk through the steps again, double-checking your configuration and fixing any mistakes (a Google search of the error is probably the best place to start).

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