Set Up ruby/rails environment

[boonrs]

With the help of @swinter2011:

• Install brew: a package manager for Mac
• Install ruby-install: allows multiple versions of ruby to be installed on your machine, this is good for when projects use different versions
• Install chruby: helps switch between ruby versions
• Check out masalaware-api and create a .ruby-version file for the correct version
• Use ruby-install to install the correct version of ruby
• Run bundler which installs dependencies for the project
• Run the project and verify it works.

I haven't done this in a while so it's quite possible I'm missing steps, fill them in as needed. If my steps are vague, fill them in with more detail. Your documentation of your process is a gift to the next person who sets up their environment.

[144mdgross]

step 1: paste this in your terminal to install brew
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

[144mdgross]

step 3: follow the instructions that terminal gives you to finish installing brew.
step 2: paste this in your terminal to install "ruby-install"
brew install ruby-install

[144mdgross]

step 4: paste this in your terminal to install chruby.
brew install chruby

[144mdgross]

• note that the second comment should say step 2, step 3.....not step 3, step2. follow order from top to bottom of list, not numeric order (for that comment at least...)

[swinter2011]

We created a .ruby version file in the masalaware-api directory and specified the ruby version in the file as the ruby version that Steve used to setup the rails app initials ruby-2.0.0-p481

[swinter2011]

To find the ruby version for the current project we used ruby -v

[swinter2011]

We used ruby -v in the masalaware-api directory

[swinter2011]

In addition to the steps on the chruby page, I also had to add 'source ~/.bashrc' to .bash_profile to get chruby working

[144mdgross]

AFTER INSTALLING RUBY

• install the bundler gem
  • gem install bundler

[144mdgross]

AFTER INSTALLING THE BUNDLER...
run the command to use the bundler
bundle