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Development Tools Installing a Ruby Development Environment Installing a Ruby Development Environment Installing the Treehouse VM on Windows

Posted by Michael Branch
Michael Branch
6,254 Points

If we have a Windows PC, do we need to download ruby/rails/git/node.js on our local PC if we decide to use a VM?

I've heard windows is a pretty bad platform from which to run rails, so I figured why do the downloads and take up the space if it wasn't necessary?

mikescs
mikescs
5,018 Points

Yes windows by itself is a bad platform for developing with languages and tools which are heavily unix(linux) based.

Use a VM or a lightweight container with something like docker.

2 Answers

Ryan Henness
Ryan Henness
9,911 Points

I downloaded node.js and git on my pc, then used the VM that Treehouse provides and it seems to work pretty well. I tried to do everything locally on my computer and it didn't work, but once I switched over to the VM with git and node.js on my computer, it worked out well!

Michael Branch
Michael Branch
6,254 Points
Michael Branch
Michael Branch
6,254 Points

Thanks. I'll probably delete Ruby/Rails then, no need to waste space.