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diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.md b/guides/source/getting_started.md index 400383cfb5..5700e71103 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.md +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.md @@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ application from scratch. It does not assume that you have any prior experience with Rails. However, to get the most out of it, you need to have some prerequisites installed: -* The [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads) language version 2.2.2 or newer. -* Right version of [Development Kit](http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/), if you are using Windows -* The [RubyGems](https://rubygems.org) packaging system, which is installed with Ruby - versions 1.9 and later. To learn more about RubyGems, please read the [RubyGems Guides](http://guides.rubygems.org). +* The [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads) language version 2.2.2 or newer. +* Right version of [Development Kit](http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/), if you + are using Windows. +* The [RubyGems](https://rubygems.org) packaging system, which is installed with + Ruby by default. To learn more about RubyGems, please read the + [RubyGems Guides](http://guides.rubygems.org). * A working installation of the [SQLite3 Database](https://www.sqlite.org). Rails is a web application framework running on the Ruby programming language. @@ -35,7 +37,6 @@ curve diving straight into Rails. There are several curated lists of online reso for learning Ruby: * [Official Ruby Programming Language website](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/) -* [reSRC's List of Free Programming Books](http://resrc.io/list/10/list-of-free-programming-books/#ruby) Be aware that some resources, while still excellent, cover versions of Ruby as old as 1.6, and commonly 1.8, and will not include some syntax that you will see in day-to-day @@ -70,10 +71,9 @@ The Rails philosophy includes two major guiding principles: Creating a New Rails Project ---------------------------- - -The best way to use this guide is to follow each step as it happens, no code or -step needed to make this example application has been left out, so you can -literally follow along step by step. +The best way to read this guide is to follow it step by step. All steps are +essential to run this example application and no additional code or steps are +needed. By following along with this guide, you'll create a Rails project called `blog`, a (very) simple weblog. Before you can start building the application, @@ -90,17 +90,17 @@ Open up a command line prompt. On Mac OS X open Terminal.app, on Windows choose dollar sign `$` should be run in the command line. Verify that you have a current version of Ruby installed: +```bash +$ ruby -v +ruby 2.2.2p95 +``` + 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 2.2.2p95 -``` - 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 @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ of the files and folders that Rails created by default: | File/Folder | Purpose | | ----------- | ------- | |app/|Contains the controllers, models, views, helpers, mailers and assets for your application. You'll focus on this folder for the remainder of this guide.| -|bin/|Contains the rails script that starts your app and can contain other scripts you use to setup, deploy or run your application.| +|bin/|Contains the rails script that starts your app and can contain other scripts you use to setup, update, deploy or run your application.| |config/|Configure your application's routes, database, and more. This is covered in more detail in [Configuring Rails Applications](configuring.html).| |config.ru|Rack configuration for Rack based servers used to start the application.| |db/|Contains your current database schema, as well as the database migrations.| |