This is the latest version of my dev env set-up guide, perfect for use after getting a new machine or carrying out a fresh install of macOS. You can use this guide for similar web development set-ups too, since the version manager we’ll be using (asdf) is perfect for a large number of different languages. …
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Edit: Please note there is a newer version of this guide here: https://astonj.com/how-to-set-up-a-ruby-and-elixir-dev-environment-on-macos-2021/ Having recently started afresh on macOS, I thought I’d make some notes on setting up a new dev environment. In this post we’ll set up a fresh dev environment for Ruby and Elixir – but you can use this guide for any similar web …
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Widely regarded as the language of the web, Ruby’s always been pretty damn hawt. But now it’s about to get even hotter. AltRubies have been pushing Ruby into realms we never thought possible. Is Ruby set to become the preferred language of the browser? Of mobile apps? Of hardware, even? Let’s take a look at …
As many of you might know, I LOVE Railscasts – and like many of you, I miss Ryan heaps. He has a knack of being able to make things look super easy; his screen casts enable you to learn a great deal in just a few minutes. I don’t know about you, but my Rails …
If you’re getting this error (probably after a bundle update), all you need to do is comment out: require "whenever/capistrano" Form your deploy.rb file, then deploy as usual, then uncomment it, and deploy again. Simple huh?
Vips is a brilliant new image processing library that is reported to be far more efficient than most other image processing libraries out there (such as ImageMagick). To install on CentOS simply:
There are a number of ways to install Postgres on Mac, here’s three. While these instructions are for a clean install of Lion, they may work for Mountain Lion.
If you’re interested in learning Vim you’re in luck – because there are some great resources out there. In this post I’m going to document the ones I’ve been using, in a step-by-step kinda way – hopefully making it easy to follow for anyone else keen on learning. By the end of it, you should …
This post started off as a small guide mainly for my own reference, but it’s grown into a good overview of why Vim is so great for Rails development – if you’re unconvinced, just read through the killer commands listed below… you’ll soon see how Vim could make life a lot easier for you – …
As you probably know, Capistrano creates a fresh directory for your app every time you deploy a new version. So if you want some directories (or files) to be carried through to each version, such as files uploaded by users, then we just need to tell Capistrano that they are shared – and to use …
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