mysql2

RailsFTW v0.5s out

Not really a major update on the main installer: just updated a couple of gems and included the command line shell for SQLite3.

The big update is the addition of a Ruby 1.8.7 installer. As mentioned in my previous post, RailsInstaller is a bit faster than RailsFTW because of 1.9.2’s slow performance. Because of this, I decided to put up a 1.8.7 option for RailsFTW.

At first I thought it was going to be an easy task. Unfortunately, mysql2 wasn’t cooperating when used it in combination with Rails and I had to ask for help. Fortunately, Luis Lavena pointed me to a recently discovered bug in the mysql2 gem and I was able to make it work. The downside is that the patch isn’t official yet so I’d have to mark the 1.8.7 version of RailsFTW as “experimental”.

Anyway, just head over to http://railsftw.bryanbibat.net to find the latest installers.

RailsFTW v0.4 released

Following the release of Ruby1.9.2-p136 source and RubyInstaller, I’ve taken time to update RailsFTW accordingly. Head on over to http://railsftw.bryanbibat.net/ for the latest installer.

Aside from updating the patch level, I’ve also taken time to figure out how to build the mysql2 gem using MariaDB instead of MySQL. Less chance of lawsuits = more fun for us.

As a bonus, here’s a screenshot of RailsFTW showing HAML, rspec, and Capybara working properly on Windows:

ANSICON FTW

RailsFTW v0.3 and mini-site now up

I hate design work.

Wait, that’s how I started my last blog post. =/

Anyway, I just came to post that I spent the past 10 hours building the mini-site for RailsFTW. There you could download the latest version of RailsFTW (v0.3) which contains the recently released Rails 3.0.3.

That site also contains lists of recommended links and downloads for people who want to use Ruby and Rails in Windows. If you have some suggestions, feel free to send them over to me.

Rails FTW with Rails 3.0.1 and mysql2 adapter now up

yayifications!

With mysql2 now working on Windows here’s a small update to my hacked together Rails on Windows installer. I also took the opportunity to update the Rails to 3.0.1.

Also replaced the libmysql.dll with the one from MariaDB. That should probably be enough to keep the Oracle lawyers at bay…

Download Rails For (the) Windows v0.2

latest version is v0.4. grab it here