In this guide you will be able to create a Ruby on Rails application for your development environment. These steps can also be used when deploying an application on a production environment for the setup of the required software.
Installing the required software
Ubuntu
Execute the following steps and commands to install the required software.
System update and required system libraries
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install git-core zlib1g-dev build-essential libssl-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev software-properties-common libffi-dev
ASDF
Is a version management tool. Which can be used to manage softwares like Ruby and Node.
cd
git clone https://github.com/excid3/asdf.git ~/.asdf
echo '. "$HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo '. "$HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'legacy_version_file = yes' >> ~/.asdfrc
echo 'export EDITOR="code --wait"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL
Ruby
asdf plugin add ruby
asdf install ruby 3.3.0
asdf global ruby 3.3.0
# Update to the latest Rubygems version
gem update --system
Verify that ruby is installed by checking where it is located and the version installed.
which ruby
#=> /home/username/.asdf/shims/ruby
ruby -v
#=> 3.3.0
NodeJS
asdf plugin add nodejs
asdf install nodejs 20.10.0
asdf global nodejs 20.10.0
# Install yarn for Rails jsbundling/cssbundling or webpacker
npm install -g yarn
Verify that Node has been installed by checking where it is located and the installed version.
which node
node -v
Rails
gem install rails -v 7.1.2
Check the version installed
rails -v
Mac
Open a terminal and run the following steps.
Homebrew
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
ASDF
Is a version management tool. Which can be used to manage software like Ruby and Node.
cd
git clone https://github.com/excid3/asdf.git ~/.asdf
echo '. "$HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo '. "$HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'legacy_version_file = yes' >> ~/.asdfrc
exec $SHELL
Ruby
asdf plugin add ruby
asdf install ruby 3.3.0
asdf global ruby 3.3.0
# Update to the latest Rubygems version
gem update --system
NodeJS
asdf plugin add nodejs
asdf install nodejs 20.10.0
asdf global nodejs 20.10.0
# Install yarn for Rails jsbundling/cssbundling or webpacker
npm install -g yarn
Verify that Node has been installed by checking where it is located and the installed version.
which node
node -v
Rails
gem install rails -v 7.1.2
Check the version installed
rails -v
Windows
To run the necessary software, they can be run by installing a Linux subsystem in the Windows environment.
On a power shell run the following commands.
01: Create a new project using the rails command
wsl --install -d Ubuntu
02: Reboot the computer after the installation.
03: Follow the instructions from the Ubuntu steps.
System update and required system libraries
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install git-core zlib1g-dev build-essential libssl-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev software-properties-common libffi-dev
ASDF
Is a version management tool. Which can be used to manage softwares like Ruby and Node.
cd
git clone https://github.com/excid3/asdf.git ~/.asdf
echo '. "$HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo '. "$HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'legacy_version_file = yes' >> ~/.asdfrc
echo 'export EDITOR="code --wait"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL
Ruby
Note: This process takes some time to be completed.
asdf plugin add ruby
asdf install ruby 3.3.0
asdf global ruby 3.3.0
# Update to the latest Rubygems version
gem update --system
Verify that ruby is installed by checking where it is located and the version installed.
which ruby#=> /home/username/.asdf/shims/ruby
ruby -v#=> 3.3.0
NodeJS
asdf plugin add nodejs
asdf install nodejs 20.10.0
asdf global nodejs 20.10.0
# Install yarn for Rails jsbundling/cssbundling or webpacker
npm install -g yarn
Verify that Node has been installed by checking where it is located and the installed version.
which node
node -v
Rails
gem install rails -v 7.1.2
Check the version installed
rails -v
Starting a new project
01. Create a new project using the rails command
rails new my-rails-project
02. Navigate to the new project
cd my-rails-project
03. Create the database. Note that since we did not specify what database during the creation of the project, this defaults to SQLite.
rails db:create
04. Run the rails server
rails server
05. Open the following URL on a browser.
http://127.0.0.1:/3000
or via cURL inside a terminal
curl http://127.0.0.1:/3000
