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But don't miss out on some kind of 'real' development environment. The usual kind of stuff. Basically it goes down to: 1. Learn to use a real editor. I don't c
by ichverstehe 18y ago
But don't miss out on some kind of 'real' development environment. The usual kind of stuff. Basically it goes down to:
1. Learn to use a real editor. I don't care which. As long as it is either vim or emacs. And maybe TextMate.
2. Get to know your way around the command line. Really.
3. Use a VCS, may I propose: Git
Sure, Heroku got a nice in-browser editor, but that is not the main point, honestly, TextEdit provides more or less the same functionality.
The main point is easy as f*ck deployment. If you are using Git, a simple `git push` will be enough to deploy, run migrations and restart server. (http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2008/3/3/api_and_external_git_access/ http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2008/3/3/api_and_external_gi...)
Damn it, when is somebody creating a clone of that functionality? It is so pretty. git push, git push, git push.
- pius 18y agoHmm, didn't realize they allowed you to use local development tools. Question for people who are using Heroku: Is it fair to call it a tool for beginning Rails developers or does it have benefits for "advanced" Rails devs? This blog post is definitely making me take a second look at the service.
- ichverstehe 18y agoIt's dirt nice and easy for putting online smallish stuff. And word is that support for Sinatra is soon to come. Now, that is kick ass.
- pius 18y agoAh, cool. Hopefully they're adding support for all Rack-based apps and not just Sinatra. That'd be sweet.
- j4s0n 18y agoI guess it depends on the need, i was able to hack in 2 proof of concept app some 2 months ago with it. which later end up as production apps. I've been trying to suggest heroku to a friend of mine to use it to introduce ruby/rails to his students since the amount of time to setup an environment is really crazy and sometimes incomprehensible for new students trying to learn ruby/rails.