Category Archives: Ruby on Rails

Symbols in Ruby

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Jennifer Phillips Campbell

When I started to work with Ruby I was puzzled by the symbol – text preceded by a colon character, as in session[:cart] What exactly is a symbol, I wondered? And why is it used? I set out to find … Continue reading →

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Creating a Rails 3 Project with PostgreSQL and TextMate on a Mac OS X Machine

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Jennifer Phillips Campbell

I was advised to use RVM to manage Ruby on the Mac. Sign up as an Apple developer Download and install XCode Follow the instructions for installing RVM. Install RVM by executing $ bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head ) in … Continue reading →

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Creating a Rails 3 Project with RubyMine and PostgreSQL on a Windows 7 Machine

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Jennifer Phillips Campbell

Ruby gems and Windows don’t always get on – only try doing Rails projects on a Windows 7 machine if you’re feeling brave. Downloads: RubyMine RubyInstaller for Windows (contains RubyGems, so you don’t need to download the gems separately) In … Continue reading →

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