How To Install Ruby On Rails On Windows [ tutorial ]

In this tutorial i will show you how to install ruby on rails on windows .
just follow step by step steps you will be able to install and run ruby on rails on windows .


Steps : 
1 : first  download ruby installer for windows  from  :  http://rubyinstaller.org/
and download DevKit from http://rubyinstaller.org/add-ons/devkit/
and extract and run the post install script from post-install directory

i will be using Ruby1.9.3-p194

check box ( Add Ruby Executable to your path ) when installing  Ruby , that will add ruby on your PATH .

2 : verify installation open CMD and type

• ruby -v

3: after that see gem version and if it needed update gems

• gem -v 
• gem update --system 

4 : install rails gem

• gem install rails
• or without documentation
•  gem install rails --no-ri --no-rdoc

5: install SQLite 3 because ROR  use  default SQLite Database 

• gem install sqlite3

6:  install mysql gem

• gem install mysql 
• if you having problem with installing mysql gem .. 
• try    gem install mysql –platform=ruby — –with-mysql-dir=C:\mysql      or change the directories path according you MySQL installation 
• if you are getting download and copy libmysql.dll  into ruby bin then simply 
• download c connector from here  http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mirror.php?id=377977
• and extract /lib/libmysql.dll  into your c:\ruby\bin  folder  
• if still you are unable to install then use Google 

7 : install git . for version control and code tracking  download windows version from here 

http://git-scm.com/downloads

8 : create new rails app 

• rails new demo_app 
• if you are getting Gem::InstallError: The 'json' native gem requires installed build tools.
• dont panic just add devkit in your environment PATH  
• add c:\devkit  in your environment PATH and open CMD and type gem install json -v '1.7.3'
• if it fail to install install it from using C:\devkit\mysys.bat
• type rails -s 
• open browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 

Enjoy Riding!