I don't know any Ruby beyond absolute basics, and definitely didn't need to use it to get started. If you're using OS X or Linux, just run these 3 commands in

I don't know any Ruby beyond absolute basics, and definitely didn't need to use it to get started. If you're using OS X or Linux, just run these 3 commands in a Terminal: sudo gem install af af login af update [appname] to upload your app. See here for more details http://blog.appfog.com/getting-started-with-appfogs-command-line/ http://blog.appfog.com/getting-started-with-appfogs-command-... But you can get started with things like Wordpress or Drupal without touching the appfog client, see here for a list of "jumpstarts" http://docs.appfog.com/getting-started/jumpstarts http://docs.appfog.com/getting-started/jumpstarts