From a6ee7fa857d70db6176e7fc443466a79cbb86e0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Emily Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 14:18:19 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] added ruby on rails installation steps --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 13cc8e17..13aceaa3 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -296,7 +296,15 @@ You can also install Github Desktop for a GUI Interface to Github. If you do th #### Ruby and Rails -// TODO: include local setup for these +To install the [RubyInstaller for Windows](https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/) and read the directions on the right to choose the best installation for yourself. RubyInstaller is a self-contained Windows-based installer that contains a Ruby language execution, a baseline set of requried RubyGems and extensions, and integrates into a MSYS2 installation. This will also prompt you to install MSYS2 if not already installed. + +You can see if if it was successfully installed by opening CMD (or Start Command Prompt with Ruby if on Windows 10) prompt and typing `ruby -v`. + +With the Ruby installation complete, you can install Rails by entering `gem install rails` in the cmd prompt. Rails is a service-side web application framework written in Ruby and is a model-view-controller framework. + +You can verify installation of Rails by typing `rails -v` in the cmd prompt. + +You now have installed Ruby and Rails -- Ruby on Rails.