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Updated Feb 6, 2008 by nno...@gmail.com

Introduction

At this point, you should have:

If not, please go back and follow the steps in order!

Details

  • In GettingStarted you set up your sandbox. Now we are going to turn this into a Rad Rails project.
  • In Rad Rails, File/New.../Project.../Rails Project
  • For Project Name choose otwdb

  • UNCHECK use default location and instead, browse to your sandbox directory and make that the location.

  • UNCHECK Generate Rails Application Skeleton
  • UNCHECK Create WEBrick Server
  • Click Finish. The entire project will now open in Aptana.
  • Now, we want to load up some dummy data into our databases. In the bottom panel, click on the Rake Tasks tab. Choose db:fixtures:load from the pull-down menu and let it run.
  • Next, set up a server (if you didn't already in the Rails Project step). Right-click on the otwdb folder. Go to New.../Rails Server. For port, choose 3000. Leave it as WEBrick. Click Finish.
  • The server will now be visible in the bottom panel on the servers tab. Right-click on it and start it. If all goes well, it will start up. If not, triple-check you've followed all the steps (is the MySQL server running in the background? did you create the databases and install the plugins?)
  • Once the server is running, open up a Firefox window (don't use the built-in browser) and go to: http://localhost:3000/ and you should now see the otwdb application! Some sample user accounts will be available if you loaded up the dummy data.
  • Any changes you make in your local code will immediately take effect. Try breaking something and see. :D

When You're Done

Pat yourself on the back about a million times. You are now ready to make contributions to the project!

Comment by suzh...@gmail.com, Feb 9, 2008

Again, not sure if this is specific to OS X Leopard, but:

- "Create a Mongrel server" is also checked by default for me, I'm thinking this should be unchecked as well?

- At first clicking on the Rake Tasks tab was giving me "Cannot find gem for Rails =2.0.2.0" errors in the Console tab. After some poking around, I found that my default Ruby interpreter (Windows >> Preferences >> Ruby >> Installed Interpreters) was set to "/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/Current/usr". I changed this to "/usr/local" and that seems to have done the trick.

- testingServer from the last GettingStarted? section is taking up port 3000, so I went with 3001. I don't think this matters much, since this server is just for testing purposes on our own machines, right?

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