Tutorial: How to Install Ruby on Rails with Instant Rails and Create a Website Using JEdit and the Ruby Plugin

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How to Install Ruby on Rails with Instant Rails and Create a Website Using JEdit and the Ruby Plugin

1. Download Instant Rails 2. Install 7-Zip 3. Install Instant Rails 4. Install Java 5. Install JEdit 6. Configure JEdit for Ruby 7. Create Rails Application 8. Make Members Page 9. Setup Database 10. Install Firefox SQLite Manager and Add Data 11. Display Data from Database on Page

11. Display Data from Database on Page

We will now display the three records we created in the database onto a web page.

Add the following code to the members_controller.rb file.

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Add the following code to the app/views/members/index.rhtml view file.

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You will see the records displayed on your page.

Ndede, Migot: Very straight forward and cool short and to the point tutorial. Did not have a any problems. First time did install Ruby on Rails, took me about one hour and it worked like a charm the first time. Good job and keep it up.

Cris LeMaster: Thank you for creating such a great tutorial. I fumbled through several books with no success. This tutorial was very well thought out and you are a good teacher.

Amos: Thank you for a great tutorial. I did fine until the last step. It seems that my InstantRails installed MySql and not sqlite3. I have Sqlite3 and the manager, and the datanbase was created fine, but when I load InstantRail it does not activate the database. What do I do next?

James: Amos, I am not sure what problem you ran into, but mine seemed similar. However, after rebooting and refreshing my system, starting the Instant Rails again and going to the localhost:3000/members, it loaded properly and as expected. Not sure why it happened. I do know that I left my computer for a couple hours in between step 10 and step 11. Maybe there were resource issues.

James: Your tutorial is amazing and wonderful!! Good job! ...I am new to Ruby and Ruby on Rails. I am driven to do it because I found Radiant CMS and it is done in Ruby. So, I want to be able to work with it locally and then use it on the web. I don't know what I would have done without your great tutorial! reply

Yuly: Hello, Thank you so much for your tutorial. You made it sooo easy! thank you! =) reply

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