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Use rvm to install ruby. Ruby dev sucks on Windows, mac only.
by bendangelo 2y ago
Use rvm to install ruby. Ruby dev sucks on Windows, mac only.
- koshersalt 2y agoI think this is a major reason Ruby had trouble taking off compared to Python. Most desktops were Windows, especially for businesses.
- liprais 2y agotypical hn comments,ignoring elephant in the room.
- TiredOfLife 2y agoRuby and rvm sucks also on linux (at least on SteamDeck).
- jstummbillig 2y agoWhat sucks about it?
- bendangelo 2y agoMost gems with native extensions won't work. Gems that listen to filesystem changes like guard can be buggy. I recommend using Mac or Linux for Ruby on Rails development.
- chucke 2y agoThe listen gem works on windows: https://github.com/guard/listen?tab=readme-ov-file#listen-adapters https://github.com/guard/listen?tab=readme-ov-file#listen-ad... . Not sure whether guard builds on top of it.
- ufmace 2y agoIt actually works quite well, if you use WSL. Ruby itself works okay on bare-metal Windows, but virtually guaranteed any decent size Rails project will use some native gem that's a nightmare to get to build on Windows.