No Nonsense Development Enviroment

[docmarine]

I am looking for a simple guide to installing and maintaning a development enviroment with the following requirements:


Ubuntu 8.04
NetBeans 6.1
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
mySQL
apache
SSL


I am looking for the simplest solution possible, I have no problem using XAMPP, etc.

I understand that there are several tutorials strewn about the interweb on this topic... What I I am really asking for is a "tried and true" guide to making this happen... while keeping the maintenance headache to a minimum

I am not really a noob, but I'm not all that experienced either (so treat me like one please ;) ). I have many new web projects that i want to begin working on.. i just wanna get down to coding! Thanks in advance.

[Jordanwb]

Well if you have no problem with XAMPP then that solves #5 and 6. As for SSL which end of the stick are you? Server or client?

[docmarine]

Thanks for your response, Jordanwb. I am going to be the server.... I believe XAMPP has SSL

... I think in need to be a bit clearer with my XAMPP remark. I meant to say i will have no problem using XAMPP if it is the best way to ensure everything works nicely.

[Jordanwb]

Well on Windows I've never had any problems. I got SSH confused with SSL, my bad.

[docmarine]

Yep... I have a windows laptop that this all works on... I dont want to use it for development.. my main setup is much nicer (3 screens)

[Jordanwb]

You have three monitors? Awesome!

[docmarine]

Yes i do... So any advice with this setup?

[Jordanwb]

Well installing Ubuntu is a good starting point. Installing NetBeans is easy. To install XAMPP download the package from their site and install. I don't know about the setup of Ruby or SSL.

[docmarine]

That much i fugured out... its no problem. Ruby (on Rails) is what;s giving me a hard time... like i mentioned i am looking for a comprehensive guide.

[howlingmadhowie]

That much i fugured out... its no problem. Ruby (on Rails) is what;s giving me a hard time... like i mentioned i am looking for a comprehensive guide.

Ruby and Rails are both in the repositories, as are all the other programs you mentioned.

[jayk121121]

You might want to try either RubyStack (http://bitnami.org/stack/rubystack) or RM-Install (http://www.fiveruns.com/products/rm/install). I personally like RM-Install better (I think that there was some issue with the RubyStack installer). RM-Install provides everything you asked for except NetBeans (for that you can easily download the correct installer here (http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/6.1/final/)) and Ubuntu 8.04 (I assume you already have that:)).

[docmarine]

Thanks for the advice... I going to try it out... Do you have any preference on IDEs... i know that Mac has TextMate(?). What do you prefer, Netbeans, Eclipse, something else?

[jayk121121]

When I first started using Ubuntu, I just used the plain gedit which came with it. However, I was recently introduced to wonders of emacs. I also conveniently found a plugin (http://rubyforge.org/projects/emacs-rails/) for emacs just for rails development. If you decide that you want to use or at least try emacs, then you should install the "emacs" package using your favorite package management tool. Then, after you have opened up the emacs window, press Control-h t (press and hold control and press h, and then let go of everything and press t). That will bring up a tutorial, which will guide you through using emacs. There is also a wiki here (http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki).

[jayk121121]

If you do not wish to spend much time learning a complex editor like emacs (Although I strongly recommend it), you can make the default gedit act like Text Mate. There are many web pages about that subject, but here (http://www.thaumatocracy.com/textpad-for-linux) are two links (http://grigio.org/textmate_gedit_few_steps).

[jayk121121]

There is also an IDE called EasyEclipse for Ruby and Rails (http://www.easyeclipse.org/site/distributions/ruby-rails.html). I have never personally tried it.