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Mistakes Installing Rails

• vezzy-fnord 13y ago
  I'm not sure if this is meant for absolutely complete beginners, or if it's tongue-in-cheek. #5, #4, #2 are general ignorance of Unix-like systems. (being unaware of password prompts of obscuring input, or in more technical terms setting /dev/tty to raw... really?) #3: "But the one thing you can't write in the text editor? Unix commands!" To be pedantic, that's shell scripting. #1 is basically a build-up for an ad. In all cases, little of this is directly related to Rails.
  • castig 13y ago
    They may not all be 'related to Rails'. But we keep a list of the top reasons our students have... and these are 5 of them that are worth knowing about for beginners.
    • mcmillion 13y ago
      Absolute beginners, yes.
• oliyoung 13y ago
  Nice piece of marketing dressed as troll-bait. 10 points.
• joshguthrie 13y ago
  So there DO is a TheOnion for coders!