[Rails] Re: New to web app development -- ROR pros and cons

If you really really have to use Windows look into cygwin, and bitnamy
rubystack http://bitnami.org/stack/rubystack, also JetBrain's
http://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/ or SublimeText.

But if you can afford a Mac OS X laptop you will be on the same level
as 99% of ruby developers... hey, it's what Linux always wanted to be
(a usable desktop unix).

That being said, I've tried working ZendFramework and I'm always on
the lookout for what other frameworks and languages are doing, the
only competition to Ruby on Rails I would say, is coming from Scala
and Lift, but there's about 3 people using it right now (they are the
developers)... most other options seem to completely miss the boat at
what ruby is good at: sweet concise syntax and rails: a complete web-
framework that will teach you how to develop proper web applications.
Now, if you haven't done any web dev, (simple PHP sites?) then you
will be a bit overwhelmed and you might not have a reference point for
why Rails is a good framework in comparison to others...

My 2C

On May 7, 2:55 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Anthony wrote:
> >> anyway if that's the option you choose. ;-)
> > Is the main benefit of developing on a Unix based system that it will
> > be easier to deploy, or are there other problems/limitations with
> > development in a Windows environment?
>
> Windows is frankly a pretty bad OS (and a completely inappropriate
> server OS, which is a big strike against .NET unless you're using Mono).
> I don't use Windows myself, but my understanding is that while a number
> of people are successfully using it for Rails development, there are a
> lot of common Ruby- and Rails-related tasks that work better on *nix.  I
> hope someone who does use Windows will provide more specifics.
>
> Best,
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