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In this video, you'll learn how to install a Ruby on Rails Development Environment in OS X.
Note: A more current version of this workshop is available here.
Install XCode
XCode can be installed from the App Store. The rest of these commands take place in a Terminal.
Install XCode
Command line tools come with it. Show app store.
Install Homebrew
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew update
brew doctor
Install rbenv from Homebrew
brew install rbenv ruby-build
echo "gem: --no-document" > ~/.gemrc
Install a ruby
rbenv install 2.2.1
rbenv global 2.2.1
rbenv rehash
Install a database
brew install mysql
Install other dependencies
brew install wget curl imagemagick
Install sublimetext
Download from the Sublime Text website.
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin/sublime
Install bundler and rails
In a terminal:
gem install bundler
rbenv rehash
gem install rails
Configure git
git config --global user.name "Jason Seifer"
git config --global user.email jason@teamtreehouse.com
Create a new app
mkdir projects
cd projects
rails new testapp
cd testapp
subl -n .
bin/rails server
Create a quick scaffold
bin/rails generate scaffold name title:string first:string last:string
bin/rake db:migrate
bin/rails s
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