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Ruby Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application Getting Started with Rails Installing a Text Editor

Posted by Mike Ward
Mike Ward
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Ruby/Rails Installation

I am a little confused with all the various installations of Ruby/Rails for the Rails Development track. I installed both on my machine and the Treehouse VM in the Installing Ruby Development Environment stage, but I am confused as to the subsequent installations in the Getting Started with Rails track.

Is the installation from the "getting started" track any different?

Thanks

1 Answer

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
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Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

You should not install the way they talk about in this video series. The rails installer doesn't work with OSX Mavericks and can actually cause problems. You can just ignore the install since you already have it installed.

I recommend doing the ODOT (Todo List App) before you do this one. The Treebook app is written in Rail 3.2 and you most likely installed Rails 4. There are some big differences that can be hectic for those new to RoR. The ODOT app videos are written for rails 4 and in my opinion a lot better than the Treebook app vids.