Comments on: Getting MySQL 5.0 to work in Ruby 1.9.1 on Windows 7 http://www.haslo.ch/blog/getting-mysql-5-0-to-work-in-ruby-1-9-1-on-windows-7/ We believe that people with passion can change the world for the better. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:19:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: haslo http://www.haslo.ch/blog/getting-mysql-5-0-to-work-in-ruby-1-9-1-on-windows-7/#comment-1135 haslo Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:12:43 +0000 http://www.haslo.ch/blog/?p=2768#comment-1135 Very nice, thanks :) Those fat binary gems sure do look handy, and with your better tutorial, the MySQL support is still bundled as a gem, too. Very nice, thanks :) Those fat binary gems sure do look handy, and with your better tutorial, the MySQL support is still bundled as a gem, too.

]]> By: Luis Lavena http://www.haslo.ch/blog/getting-mysql-5-0-to-work-in-ruby-1-9-1-on-windows-7/#comment-1134 Luis Lavena Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:31:16 +0000 http://www.haslo.ch/blog/?p=2768#comment-1134 Hey Guido. As I promised, simplified steps for your tutorial: http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/07/06/getting-started-with-rails-and-mysql/ Also, a SQLite3 one: http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/07/06/getting-started-with-rails-and-sqlite3/ Cheers. Hey Guido.

As I promised, simplified steps for your tutorial:

http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/07/06/getting-started-with-rails-and-mysql/

Also, a SQLite3 one:

http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/07/06/getting-started-with-rails-and-sqlite3/

Cheers.

]]> By: haslo http://www.haslo.ch/blog/getting-mysql-5-0-to-work-in-ruby-1-9-1-on-windows-7/#comment-1129 haslo Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:06:13 +0000 http://www.haslo.ch/blog/?p=2768#comment-1129 Thanks Couchy for that comment of yours :) I'd be interested in hearing if installing RoR worked for you. Sorry for my spam filter being overly strict, I blame all the spam I'm getting :( Good thing I manually double-check before actually deleting things marked as spam :) Thanks Couchy for that comment of yours :) I’d be interested in hearing if installing RoR worked for you.

Sorry for my spam filter being overly strict, I blame all the spam I’m getting :( Good thing I manually double-check before actually deleting things marked as spam :)

]]> By: Guido http://www.haslo.ch/blog/getting-mysql-5-0-to-work-in-ruby-1-9-1-on-windows-7/#comment-1125 Guido Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:41:08 +0000 http://www.haslo.ch/blog/?p=2768#comment-1125 @Frank: Thanks a lot for your comment :) Refactoring an entire CMS or blogging platform to use a completely different language altogether is a very daunting task - particularly when the two languages have different design paradigms. php and Ruby on Rails couldn't be much more different there - essentially, not only would every last bit of code have to be rewritten, but fundamental application design concepts would have to be re-evaluated. It's improbable that somebody ever undertakes that task, particularly because maintaining support for plugins (that are written in php, too) would be hard as well. It would of course be perfectly possible to write a CMS on RoR from scratch. As a matter of fact, a simple blog (out of thin air) can be created in about 15 minutes: http://rubyonrails.org/screencasts I'd like to see something like that with php, guess it'd be more like 15 hours :P As far as I'm aware, there are no such elaborate platforms like WordPress out yet that are written in RoR - the plugin and themes support, widgets, the advanced admin interface, are quite a lot more than the bare blogging necessities. No clue if we'll see something like that with RoR in the future though :) The main obstacle for Ruby on Rails, currently, is that every web hoster out there supports php, but only very few host Rails applications. There are Rails hosters, and I'm currently evaluating some for a project we're working on, but they're far less common than LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/php) ones. @Frank: Thanks a lot for your comment :)

Refactoring an entire CMS or blogging platform to use a completely different language altogether is a very daunting task – particularly when the two languages have different design paradigms. php and Ruby on Rails couldn’t be much more different there – essentially, not only would every last bit of code have to be rewritten, but fundamental application design concepts would have to be re-evaluated. It’s improbable that somebody ever undertakes that task, particularly because maintaining support for plugins (that are written in php, too) would be hard as well.

It would of course be perfectly possible to write a CMS on RoR from scratch. As a matter of fact, a simple blog (out of thin air) can be created in about 15 minutes:

http://rubyonrails.org/screencasts

I’d like to see something like that with php, guess it’d be more like 15 hours :P

As far as I’m aware, there are no such elaborate platforms like WordPress out yet that are written in RoR – the plugin and themes support, widgets, the advanced admin interface, are quite a lot more than the bare blogging necessities. No clue if we’ll see something like that with RoR in the future though :)

The main obstacle for Ruby on Rails, currently, is that every web hoster out there supports php, but only very few host Rails applications. There are Rails hosters, and I’m currently evaluating some for a project we’re working on, but they’re far less common than LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/php) ones.

]]> By: Couchy http://www.haslo.ch/blog/getting-mysql-5-0-to-work-in-ruby-1-9-1-on-windows-7/#comment-1124 Couchy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:26:22 +0000 http://www.haslo.ch/blog/?p=2768#comment-1124 Excellent post mate, yours is the first result in google when I searched for ror on windows 7. I'm in the exact same boat as you re win 7 and ruby noob, will post back when I have finished all the steps :>. Excellent post mate, yours is the first result in google when I searched for ror on windows 7. I’m in the exact same boat as you re win 7 and ruby noob, will post back when I have finished all the steps :>.

]]> By: Frank Schulte-Ladbeck http://www.haslo.ch/blog/getting-mysql-5-0-to-work-in-ruby-1-9-1-on-windows-7/#comment-1123 Frank Schulte-Ladbeck Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:51:05 +0000 http://www.haslo.ch/blog/?p=2768#comment-1123 I have been thinking of experimenting with Ruby on Rails, since you introduced it to me. I noticed there are quite a few posts or information coming out about this language. I wonder if this can be substituted for the php in Wordpress or such other content management systems? I have been thinking of experimenting with Ruby on Rails, since you introduced it to me. I noticed there are quite a few posts or information coming out about this language. I wonder if this can be substituted for the php in Wordpress or such other content management systems?

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