Hi, I''m considering Rails for a new project. As the project is being developed, various early versions will need to be able to be demonstrated to customers on a laptop without any Internet connection, so the entire thing (MySQL, Ruby/Rails (using WEBrick), my applicaiton) has to be local to the laptop. I''d like to do this an a sandbox''d environment as much as possible so what I''m looking for goes a bit beyond a One-Click Ruby Installer though a single installer for MySQL/Ruby/Rails under Windows would be a good start . I want to be able to install MySQL/Ruby/Rails on the laptop in a self-contained and unintrusive way so that the whole thing can be installed/uninstalled in one step. The guys running the demo''s aren''t particularly computer savy so I want to be able to give them something that doesn''t require a lot of install and configuration. A Linux "live" CD with MySQL and Ruby/Rails might work (I couldn''t find one) Another possiblity would be to use VMWare/Microsoft Virtual PC though I''d like to come up with a low cost solution first. Any advice or pointers would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Bruce
On 10/4/05, Bruce Cohen <bhcohen-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > Hi, > I''m considering Rails for a new project. As the project is being > developed, various early versions will need to be able to be > demonstrated to customers on a laptop without any Internet connection, > so the entire thing (MySQL, Ruby/Rails (using WEBrick), my > applicaiton) has to be local to the laptop. > > I''d like to do this an a sandbox''d environment as much as possible so > what I''m looking for goes a bit beyond a One-Click Ruby Installer > though a single installer for MySQL/Ruby/Rails under Windows would be > a good start . I want to be able to install MySQL/Ruby/Rails on the > laptop in a self-contained and unintrusive way so that the whole thing > can be installed/uninstalled in one step. The guys running the demo''s > aren''t particularly computer savy so I want to be able to give them > something that doesn''t require a lot of install and configuration. A > Linux "live" CD with MySQL and Ruby/Rails might work (I couldn''t find > one)You''ll want my not-yet-released "Instant Rails" app ( http://instantrails.rubyforge.org). Its a completely self-contained packaging of apache mysql, ruby and rails (you can use webrick instead of apache). There''s no install, and it doesn''t modify your windows environment -- you just unzip it to the directory of your choice and run it. I plan to do a preview release by the middle of next week before I leave for RubyConf. If you need something sooner, you can contact me privately, off-list and I can arrange to get something to you. Curt _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Thanks for the pointer Curt. This sounds great. I''ll look for the announcement (here?) of the preview release, I don''t need anything immediately but will probably be looking for something in about a month. -Bruce On Oct 4, 2005, at 6:57 AM, Curt Hibbs wrote:> On 10/4/05, Bruce Cohen <bhcohen-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > Hi, > I''m considering Rails for a new project. As the project is being > developed, various early versions will need to be able to be > demonstrated to customers on a laptop without any Internet connection, > so the entire thing (MySQL, Ruby/Rails (using WEBrick), my > applicaiton) has to be local to the laptop. > > I''d like to do this an a sandbox''d environment as much as possible so > what I''m looking for goes a bit beyond a One-Click Ruby Installer > though a single installer for MySQL/Ruby/Rails under Windows would be > a good start . I want to be able to install MySQL/Ruby/Rails on the > laptop in a self-contained and unintrusive way so that the whole thing > can be installed/uninstalled in one step. The guys running the demo''s > aren''t particularly computer savy so I want to be able to give them > something that doesn''t require a lot of install and configuration. A > Linux "live" CD with MySQL and Ruby/Rails might work (I couldn''t find > one) > > You''ll want my not-yet-released "Instant Rails" app (http:// > instantrails.rubyforge.org). Its a completely self-contained > packaging of apache mysql, ruby and rails (you can use webrick > instead of apache). There''s no install, and it doesn''t modify your > windows environment -- you just unzip it to the directory of your > choice and run it. > > I plan to do a preview release by the middle of next week before I > leave for RubyConf. If you need something sooner, you can contact > me privately, off-list and I can arrange to get something to you. > > Curt
On Oct 4, 2005, at 3:26 AM, Bruce Cohen wrote:> I''m considering Rails for a new project. As the project is being > developed, various early versions will need to be able to be > demonstrated to customers on a laptop without any Internet connection, > so the entire thing (MySQL, Ruby/Rails (using WEBrick), my > applicaiton) has to be local to the laptop. > > I''d like to do this an a sandbox''d environment as much as possible so > what I''m looking for goes a bit beyond a One-Click Ruby Installer > though a single installer for MySQL/Ruby/Rails under Windows would be > a good start . I want to be able to install MySQL/Ruby/Rails on the > laptop in a self-contained and unintrusive way so that the whole thing > can be installed/uninstalled in one step.This nearly exists for Mac OS X: http://locomotive.sourceforge.net/ You just need to install the DB. If you haven''t bought the laptops yet, this might be an option. -- -- Tom Mornini
As long as you''re kosher with developing in SQLite, there''s already a DB built into Locomotive. Migrating between SQLite and MySQL or Postgres for production is a relatively painless thing. - Stephen Tom Mornini wrote:> On Oct 4, 2005, at 3:26 AM, Bruce Cohen wrote: > This nearly exists for Mac OS X: > > > http://locomotive.sourceforge.net/ > > You just need to install the DB. > > If you haven''t bought the laptops yet, this might be an option. >
On 4 Oct 2005, at 18:05, Tom Mornini wrote:> > This nearly exists for Mac OS X: > > > http://locomotive.sourceforge.net/ > > You just need to install the DB.Sounded to me like Bruce needed Windows, but for those who don''t, I can heartily recommend Server Logistics Complete MySQL: http://www.serverlogistics.com/mysql.php It''s a doddle to install. Mike
Thanks for the tips. I''m doing my development under OS X but the demo guys will probably be using Windows laptops so I''m looking for solutions in that area. I haven''t been using Locomotive (since I only discovered it this morning) but will give it a look for my own environment. -Bruce On 10/4/05, Michael Houghton <mike-GDRLylaSUshUrdklU0bPTip2UmYkHbXO@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > On 4 Oct 2005, at 18:05, Tom Mornini wrote: > > > > This nearly exists for Mac OS X: > > > > > > http://locomotive.sourceforge.net/ > > > > You just need to install the DB. > > Sounded to me like Bruce needed Windows, but for those who don''t, I can > heartily recommend Server Logistics Complete MySQL: > > http://www.serverlogistics.com/mysql.php > > It''s a doddle to install. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/distributingrubyapplications/rails.html this seams to be a solution for your issue. I haven''t tried it yet, just stumbled onto it. it creates a standalone exe with your app, ruby and rails and sqlite (with your data?) that can run webbrick when executed. the laptop does not need previous installation of ruby or rails. if you want to do some db setup on each laptop then you can use any db you want.( sqlite can ship within the exe) anyway seems like a painless solution for your demo guys. cheers :francois francois-PUm+PnBUKx7YkQIYctQFYw@public.gmane.org Bruce Cohen wrote:>Thanks for the tips. I''m doing my development under OS X but the demo >guys will probably be using Windows laptops so I''m looking for >solutions in that area. > > I haven''t been using Locomotive (since I only discovered it this >morning) but will give it a look for my own environment. > >-Bruce > >On 10/4/05, Michael Houghton <mike-GDRLylaSUshUrdklU0bPTip2UmYkHbXO@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > >>On 4 Oct 2005, at 18:05, Tom Mornini wrote: >> >> >>>This nearly exists for Mac OS X: >>> >>> >>>http://locomotive.sourceforge.net/ >>> >>>You just need to install the DB. >>> >>> >>Sounded to me like Bruce needed Windows, but for those who don''t, I can >>heartily recommend Server Logistics Complete MySQL: >> >>http://www.serverlogistics.com/mysql.php >> >>It''s a doddle to install. >> >> Mike >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Rails mailing list >>Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >>http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Rails mailing list >Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >_______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails