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Book Description

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.

Table of Contents

  1. Rails on Windows
    1. The Plan
    2. Getting Started on the Fast Track
      1. Instant Rails
        1. Testing Instant Rails
        2. Other features
        3. Using RadRails with Instant Rails
        4. Caveats
    3. Install Ruby on Rails Manually
      1. Updating RubyGems
      2. Installing Rails and the Dependencies
      3. Installing Mongrel
    4. Installing MySQL
    5. Working with Microsoft SQL Server
      1. ODBC Connection
      2. ADO Connection
    6. Installing Subversion for Use with Rails
      1. Installing the Subversion Client Tools
      2. Testing Subversion
      3. Installing TortoiseSVN—A GUI for Subversion
      4. Configuring Subversion for SVN+SSH
    7. Creating Your Own Repository
      1. Starting the Repository
      2. Connect to Your New Repository via TortiseSVN
      3. Running the Repository as a Service
    8. Common Rails Tasks
      1. Using RCov in Order to Test Code Coverage
      2. Installing ZenTest to Continuously Test Your Application
        1. Setting the path system-wide
      3. Deploying with Capistrano on Windows
        1. Installing Capistrano
      4. Using SQLite with Rails
    9. Development Environments for Windows
      1. RadRails
      2. Eclipse for Rails
      3. ActiveState Komodo
      4. Ruby In Steel
      5. e
    10. Debugging in Rails
      1. The Rails Console
      2. The Breakpointer
    11. Wrapping Up
    12. Acknowledgments
    13. About the Authors
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