Rails - Jul 2011 - [OSS] / [Request for Help] Rails one step installing for *nix

Hello everyone,

Quick, off the top of your head, how many steps does it take to get a
fresh machine running a Rails project, with best practices from the
community?

...I''ll let you think....

...Got it?..

8.

8 steps to get a *simple* Rails project up on a machine.

The steps are:

  1. Install RVM
  2. Complile a Ruby using RVM
  3. rvm use (compiled ruby)
  4. rvm gemset create NAME
  5. echo "rvm use (gemset name)@(compiled ruby) > .rvmrc
  6. active the gemset you created
  7. gem install bundler
  8. bundle install

(And this is after installing Git and developer tools).


Want to help me fix this problem?
=========================
The project is at:

    https://github.com/rwilcox/one_step_rails_install

Right now it will check for developer tools, RVM, and install Ruby
1.8.7 and Ruby 1.9.2 if you don''t have them already.

Why should I help?
=======================
Think of the SIX STEP you need to do everytime you put a new Rails
project on your machine:

   1. rvm use (compiled Ruby)
   2. rvm gemset create NAME
   3. echo "rvm use (gemset name)@(compiled ruby) > .rvmrc
   4. activate that gemset
   5. gem install bundler
   6. bundle install

Why are you doing all these steps when you can use the one step rails
installer to do them for you?

Help me help you!!

Looking forward to seeing folks on the Github!
_Ryan Wilcox

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On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Ryan Wilcox
<ryanwilcox-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Quick, off the top of your head, how many steps does it take to get a
> fresh machine running a Rails project, with best practices from the
> community?
>
> ...I''ll let you think....
>
> ...Got it?..
>
> 8.
>
> 8 steps to get a *simple* Rails project up on a machine.
>
> The steps are:
>
>  1. Install RVM
>  2. Complile a Ruby using RVM
>  3. rvm use (compiled ruby)
>  4. rvm gemset create NAME
>  5. echo "rvm use (gemset name)@(compiled ruby) > .rvmrc
>  6. active the gemset you created
>  7. gem install bundler
>  8. bundle install
>
> (And this is after installing Git and developer tools).
>
>
> Want to help me fix this problem?
> =========================>
> The project is at:
>
>    https://github.com/rwilcox/one_step_rails_install
>
> Right now it will check for developer tools, RVM, and install Ruby
> 1.8.7 and Ruby 1.9.2 if you don''t have them already.
>
> Why should I help?
> =======================>
> Think of the SIX STEP you need to do everytime you put a new Rails
> project on your machine:
>
>   1. rvm use (compiled Ruby)
>   2. rvm gemset create NAME
>   3. echo "rvm use (gemset name)@(compiled ruby) > .rvmrc
>   4. activate that gemset
>   5. gem install bundler
>   6. bundle install
>
>
Hi, this seems like a good idea but after you create your first application,
any additional install will just require step (6).  Furthermore, I tend to
use Gemfile
over gemsets to manage the gems of a Rails project.  Just a few things to
consider in your development of this project.  In summary, this seems like
a
better idea for a first install of a Rails environment.  Rails also support
the
notion of application templates by using -m option and you can learn mnore
about it here:

http://railscasts.com/episodes/148-app-templates-in-rails-2-3

Good luck,

-Conrad

> Why are you doing all these steps when you can use the one step rails
> installer to do them for you?
> Help me help you!!
>
> Looking forward to seeing folks on the Github!
> _Ryan Wilcox
>
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On Jul 23, 6:40 pm, Conrad Taylor
<conra...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi, this seems like a good idea but after you create your first
application,
> any additional install will just require step (6).  Furthermore, I tend to
> use Gemfile
> over gemsets to manage the gems of a Rails project.
If you''re using bundler''s built in handling of this, yes the 8
steps
go down to 2 (sudo gem install bundler; bundle install). I think the
gemset approach is actually a better approach to what bundler does.

(No, I''m not really sure I can justify this, beyond "You might
have
some gems you don''t put in the Gemfile for whatever reason, that you
want to be isolated from your system gems")

Hope this helps,
_Ryan Wilcox

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