I realise that OSX does not have a registry to clog up but I have just reinstalled Lion on my Macbook Air; probably a hang up from Windows. This is a checklist for installing Homebrew >> Rails. Install XCode 4.1 (There are issues with the 4.2 compiler and certain rubies and gems) Install Homebrew https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation […]
Rails methods of locating and loading files is mostly based on convention but is built on top of Ruby’s methods. Ruby The basic way to tell a ruby to load a file is to require it, e.g. require some_file will load some_file.rb if the file has not already been loaded. load some_file.rb will load the […]
Devise is probably the most popular authentication gem for Rails apps but, in the current version (1.1.5), doesn’t fully support logging in with a username and password. This Railscast walks through how to add a username to the model and use username as the key to log in with but 1.1.5 will still require email […]
Ruby gems are packages that add functionality to the core Ruby libraries. Each gem normally provides functionality in a specific area and can depend on other gems. Rails is a Ruby gem. Presumably, in the past, gem versioning caused problems for Ruby devs which has led to the development of a couple of tools: RVM […]