Re: [Rails] Re: Re: noob questinon: is dev in rails underwindows a good

On 17 May 2010 17:06, Peter Hickman <peterhickman386@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Sorry, one last thing.

Without relevant quotations, these posts are just ramblings better
suited to a blog of your own. It doesn't help that they're off topic
of the thread (even though I'd broadly agree with the sentiment).

> Think of it like this, you ask the question "I have to set up a development environment for Rails on Windows. What advice can you give me?" Which answer do you think would make you respect the person you were talking to?

3) Rails is really *best* on a *nix environment, as the vast majority
of tools work best there (and a large proportion work solely there).
Tell me more about the requirements/presumptions/constraints that lead
you to believe you *have* to use Windows, and we can figure out if any
of them are really the show-stoppers you feel they appear at first
glance; because my professional recommendation is that you try to
avoid Windows for development of Rails projects if at all possible.

> That means learning OSs, languages and technologies that you have no love for.

Please don't tell me what I *have* to do. I certainly don't *have* to
do or work with things I have no love for. I'm perfectly capable of
turning down requests for work if they don't fit with what I prefer
(whether that's the technology in use, or the ethics of the company
the work is for).

> I have no love for <some technologies>. But ... I'm your man.

No you're not. If I need one of those technologies, my man is someone
who loves them.

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