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authorZachary Scott <e@zzak.io>2014-12-15 19:06:47 -0800
committerZachary Scott <e@zzak.io>2014-12-15 19:06:47 -0800
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Merge pull request #17992 from andreynering/guides-intallation
Improving tips about installation in the guides [ci skip]
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@@ -90,18 +90,18 @@ current version of Ruby installed:
TIP: A number of tools exist to help you quickly install Ruby and Ruby
on Rails on your system. Windows users can use [Rails Installer](http://railsinstaller.org),
while Mac OS X users can use [Tokaido](https://github.com/tokaido/tokaidoapp).
+For more installation methods for most Operating Systems take a look at
+[ruby-lang.org](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/installation/).
```bash
$ ruby -v
ruby 2.0.0p353
```
-If you don't have Ruby installed have a look at
-[ruby-lang.org](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/installation/) for possible ways to
-install Ruby on your platform.
-
-Many popular UNIX-like OSes ship with an acceptable version of SQLite3. Windows
-users and others can find installation instructions at the [SQLite3 website](https://www.sqlite.org).
+Many popular UNIX-like OSes ship with an acceptable version of SQLite3.
+On Windows, if you installed Rails through Rails Installer, you
+already have SQLite installed. Others can find installation instructions
+at the [SQLite3 website](https://www.sqlite.org).
Verify that it is correctly installed and in your PATH:
```bash
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ $ rails --version
If it says something like "Rails 4.2.0", you are ready to continue.
+TIP: There are some performance and incompatibility issues with Ruby in Windows
+environments. Some developers do not recommend developing Ruby apps on Windows.
+But if you are just learning, do not worry by now, you shouldn't have problems
+following this tutorial.
+
### Creating the Blog Application
Rails comes with a number of scripts called generators that are designed to make