Re: ruby/rails rookie needs help to build a simple database app

On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 2:00 PM Barry Kimelman
<[email protected]> wrote:

> So far every tutorial I have tried has ended in disaster. In one case when I go to the url listed in the tutorial I get an error and a traceback which complains about a missing method. The other tutorials have similarly ended in errors.

Hard to comment without seeing specifics, but that's likely if the
versions of Ruby/Rails you're using don't match those of the tutorial.

> One thing about the tutorials : when they say go to your application directory and execute the command "rails something", would it be better to execute "./bin/rails something" ?

Depends on how you've set your system up; if `rails --version` and
`./bin/rails --version` return the same answer it doesn't matter. If
you want to be certain, though, the explicit version is worth doing.
Alternatively set your PATH appropriately.

> Also could someone out there recommend a tutorial for a simple database related app.

Rails uses a DB by default; have you considered just building some
trivial app from scratch? Maybe recreating something you've done in
another language/platform? (I'm not a tutorial user, I'm afraid.)

HTH, and good luck!
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