How To Install Ruby On Rails On Windows

Learn To Install Rails on a Windows Computer the Right Way And Push Your Code To Heroku For Professional Web Hosting!

Created byJohn Elder

Last updated 11/2023

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What you'll learn

How to Install Ruby on Rails on a Windows Computer
How to Install Node the right way, and why you need to!
How to Install the really cool Git Bash terminal for Windows
How To Set up Version Control Using Git for Windows
How To Connect and Push Your Code to Github For Safe Keeping
How to Install the Heroku Toolbelt for Windows for Web Hosting
How to Push Your App to Heroku Hosting Using Their Free Tier
How To Create basic Rails Apps on a Windows Computer

Course content

1 section • 23 lectures • 1h 40m total length

Introduction1:36
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Installing Node4:26
Use the Windows rails installer to set up Ruby on Rails, but first install Node.js with the latest version, ensuring a clean restart before proceeding to version control.
Git Bash Terminal4:54
Install Git Bash on Windows to access a unix-like terminal for using Git with Rails, enabling path access and OpenSSL support for secure version control.
Creating an SSH Key4:04
Download Ruby on Rails3:25
Update!0:02
RailsInstaller.org is down, you can find the installer here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210306035811/http://railsinstaller.org/en
Create A Rails Project5:53
Install and verify Ruby on Rails on Windows by restarting Bash, then create a new Rails project with Rails new and run bundle install.
Set Up Git4:32
Github6:47
Set up git and GitHub on Windows by creating a repository, configuring SSH keys, committing changes, and pushing code, then prep for deployment with the Heroku tool belt.
Heroku Toolbelt4:19
Install the Heroku toolbelt on Windows to deploy Ruby on Rails apps from the command line. Use Heroku's free tier for learning and simple hosting with git and node.
Create Your First Webpage4:09
Launch a Rails server on Windows, verify it runs at localhost:3000, generate Home#index, view Hello world, and test /home/index as you plan to set the root route later.
Root Route3:51
Install Bootstrap CSS Framework6:37
Install the bootstrap css framework in a Ruby on Rails project by adding the bootstrap gem, updating assets and javascript, running bundle install, and restarting the server to apply styling.
Bootstrap Jumbotron4:20
Bootstrap Navbar4:52
Create a dark bootstrap navbar as a partial and render it across all pages using embedded ruby, then customize links and styling to suit the site.
Create a Second Webpage3:19
Learn to create a second Rails page by manually adding a view (about.html.erb), a controller action, and a route, and compare manual setup with generators.
Use Ruby Links5:48
Create navigation between two pages using embedded ruby links with link_to and home_about_path and root_path, so pages update automatically when routes change.
Intro To Heroku Web Hosting3:19
Host rails and other apps on Heroku’s free plan, sign up easily, and push your code to deploy; scale with the dashboard as traffic grows.
Tweaking the Gemfile for Heroku6:35
Modify the gemfile to use PostgreSQL in production and sqlite3 only in development, add pg and Rails 12 factor to production, then bundle install --without production and push to Heroku.
Pushing Code To Heroku3:48
Using A Custom Domain with Heroku3:48
Learn to set up a custom domain for a Heroku app: buy a domain from registrars like Namecheap or GoDaddy, add it, and point dns to Heroku, enabling propagation.
Bonus Lecture10:10
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Requirements

No programming skills or special tools are necessary to take this course
You just need a computer with Internet access and a Web Browser

Description

Have you ever tried to install Ruby on Rails on a Windows computer? Tough, isn't it!!

Most Ruby on Rails courses assume you already have Rails installed. Chances are, that's not the case! And Rails is one of the harder web frameworks to install; it's easy to get messed up!

In this course I'll walk you through it step by step.

We'll install all the software you need such as Node.js, Git, Git Bash, and the Heroku Toolbelt.

I'll also show you how to set up version control, and how to push your version control up to Github.

Finally, I'll walk you through deploying your app on Heroku, a professional web hosting service (we'll use the free version).

If you've ever tried to install Rails and failed, this is the course for you!

See you on the inside!

-John Elder

Who this course is for:

This course is aimed towards absolute beginners who want to learn to install Ruby on Rails on a Windows computer
Anyone who wants to learn to build web apps with Rails 5
Anyone who's struggled to install Ruby on Rails in the Past
Anyone looking to install Ruby on Rails faster and more efficiently
Mac users looking to transition to Windows for Ruby on Rails Development
Newbies and advanced users alike!
Anyone transitioning from a cloud IDE