Rails on Windows
Copyright © 2009 O'Reilly Media, Inc.

May 14, 2007
Abstract
It's no secret that the entire Ruby on Rails core team uses OS X as their preferred development environment. Because of this, it is very easy to find authoritative information on the web about using Rails on OS X. But the truth is that Windows developers using Rails probably outnumber those using other platforms. A Windows development environment can be just as productive as any other platform.
This is a guide to developing with Ruby on Rails under Windows. It won't teach you how to write Ruby on Rails web applications, but it will show you what tools to use and how to set them up to create a complete Rails development environment.
So you want to start developing web applications using Ruby on Rails, and you want to do it under Windows. Well, you're in luck, because Windows is probably the easiest OS to set up with a working Rails development environment.
This guide will introduce you to the software tools that are typically used to develop Rails applications on Windows, and will walk you through their setup and common uses. This is not an exhaustive list of Windows tools, but rather a compendium of the most common or the most useful tools.
This guide is not for someone who is completely new to developing web applications; it assumes that you have at least a modest familiarity with developing ...
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