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I just built my first Rails app and this is how I did it

48 points by mehulkar 15y ago

websymphony 15y ago
Right now it is throwing 500 error on submitting a vote.
- mehulkar 15y ago
  hmmm... maybe a database error. I will take a look and get back to you.
rnernento 15y ago
I tried the referenced app, it pulled up a description and I clicked "Meh" then it didn't do anything. Meh.
- mehulkar 15y ago
  not sure what's going on. some other people had the same experience. I'll try to fix it as soon as I can.
__abc 15y ago
I'm guessing you did > rails new appname no?
- mehulkar 15y ago
  yes? should I have done something differently?
  - bradleyland 15y ago
    No, the parent poster is just playing on the title. When taken literally the answer to "how to build a new Rails app is", "run `rails new appname`". ta-dum-tsss
    - mehulkar 15y ago
      trolled on my first HN post. rite of passage, passed.
      - __abc 15y ago
        My apologies, not intending to "troll" .... more making a silly joke :)
ahnunahki 15y ago
Who the fuck cares.
amalag 15y ago
Nice app, I like it, hotornot for startups ;-)
mhd 15y ago
"Web Ninja Bootcamp"? (I was actually surprised that that wasn't the official title. Go figure.)
- mehulkar 15y ago
  I've been saying the words "Dev Bootcamp" so much I got bored with the actual title. So I took the liberty. :)
  - mhd 15y ago
    I thought the proper brogrammer nomenclature uses "ninja" for JavaScript/JQuery and "rockstar" for Rails/Ruby…
ndubya 15y ago
So I'm learning Rails myself and I'm nervous about the whole deploy to Heroku part / the cost of hosting a small app. Did you have to buy additional Dynos to handle the traffic from HN? $35 for an additional Dyno isn't the end of the world, but shared hosting for $5 a month at railsplayground is a whole lot cheaper for a humble junior developer like me. The site looks great! Congrats on your first app launch!
- mehulkar 15y ago
  nope, haven't paid for anything yet. I'm excited to see how much traffic HN actually brought. Looks like close to 10,000 votes have been registered in a few short hours, but waiting for Google Analytics to catch up to see more.

48 points by mehulkar 15y ago

websymphony 15y ago

Right now it is throwing 500 error on submitting a vote.

mehulkar 15y ago
hmmm... maybe a database error. I will take a look and get back to you.

rnernento 15y ago

I tried the referenced app, it pulled up a description and I clicked "Meh" then it didn't do anything. Meh.

mehulkar 15y ago
not sure what's going on. some other people had the same experience. I'll try to fix it as soon as I can.

__abc 15y ago

I'm guessing you did > rails new appname no?

mehulkar 15y ago
yes? should I have done something differently?
- bradleyland 15y ago
  No, the parent poster is just playing on the title. When taken literally the answer to "how to build a new Rails app is", "run `rails new appname`". ta-dum-tsss
  - mehulkar 15y ago
    trolled on my first HN post. rite of passage, passed.
    - __abc 15y ago
      My apologies, not intending to "troll" .... more making a silly joke :)

ahnunahki 15y ago

Who the fuck cares.

amalag 15y ago

Nice app, I like it, hotornot for startups ;-)

mhd 15y ago

"Web Ninja Bootcamp"? (I was actually surprised that that wasn't the official title. Go figure.)

mehulkar 15y ago
I've been saying the words "Dev Bootcamp" so much I got bored with the actual title. So I took the liberty. :)
- mhd 15y ago
  I thought the proper brogrammer nomenclature uses "ninja" for JavaScript/JQuery and "rockstar" for Rails/Ruby…

ndubya 15y ago

So I'm learning Rails myself and I'm nervous about the whole deploy to Heroku part / the cost of hosting a small app. Did you have to buy additional Dynos to handle the traffic from HN? $35 for an additional Dyno isn't the end of the world, but shared hosting for $5 a month at railsplayground is a whole lot cheaper for a humble junior developer like me. The site looks great! Congrats on your first app launch!

mehulkar 15y ago
nope, haven't paid for anything yet. I'm excited to see how much traffic HN actually brought. Looks like close to 10,000 votes have been registered in a few short hours, but waiting for Google Analytics to catch up to see more.