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Ruby Installing a Ruby on Rails Development Environment in OS X

Johnny Torres
Johnny Torres
1,338 Points
Posted by Johnny Torres
Johnny Torres
1,338 Points

Localhost:3000 appears except when I do through the VM treehouse.

I'm trying to make the to-do list application on Rails currently.

If I do not use the Treehouse VM, I can access localhost:3000

If I do use the Treehouse VM, I cannot access localhost:3000

Should I spend my time trying to properly sync the Treehouse VM, or should I just proceed building the to-do list using the locally installed rails environment? If so, how would I know when to differentiate from the tutorial?

Any insights are appreciated!

2 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

I want to make sure, it seems like you're asking if you build your app on your local computer, or the TH Workspaces? If that's the case, I would develop it on either or. If you develop on the TH Workspaces, there is a preview button on the top of the menu that will open a new tab to preview your work, as if it was localhost:3000

Johnny Torres
Johnny Torres
1,338 Points
Johnny Torres
Johnny Torres
1,338 Points

Thanks for clearing that up a bit! I'll go ahead and proceed without the Treehouse VM.