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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile index ce556a0f87..447b8e86d0 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile @@ -219,7 +219,12 @@ Ian Robinson h3. Creating a New Rails Project -If you follow this guide, you'll create a Rails project called <tt>blog</tt>, a +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. If you need to see the completed code, you +can download it from "Getting Started Code":https://github.com/mikel/getting-started-code. + +By following along with this guide, you'll create a Rails project called <tt>blog</tt>, a (very) simple weblog. Before you can start building the application, you need to make sure that you have Rails itself installed. @@ -237,13 +242,16 @@ Usually run this as the root user: TIP. If you're working on Windows, you can quickly install Ruby and Rails with "Rails Installer":http://railsinstaller.org. -h4. Creating the Blog Application +To verify that you have everything installed correctly, you should be able to run +the following: -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. If you need to see the completed code, you -can download it from "Getting Started -Code":https://github.com/mikel/getting-started-code. +<shell> +# rails --version +</shell> + +If it says something like "Rails 3.1.1" you are ready to continue. + +h4. Creating the Blog Application To begin, open a terminal, navigate to a folder where you have rights to create files, and type: |