ruby-101

##Installing Ruby

###RVM or RBENV

curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

This gets the latest version of ruby
To verify that it is installed check what version you are using by running

ruby -v

###IRB

To open a Ruby console just type irb and thats it.

###.rvmrc files Making a gemset for a project/directory is easy. Just 'cd' to the directory and make the .rvmrc file.

touch .rvmrc

Then edit that file

nano .rvmrc

And fill in with something like this

rvm use 2.0.0@something --create

Chnge something to the project name to something else and optinally change the ruby version. Save and exit and then reload change back out and then into the directory again and you will be asked if you would like the create the gemset.

##Making a new Rails Application To start with run

gem install rails --no-ri --no-rdoc

This will download and install rails.

To make a new application do

rails new something

Once again substitue something for your application name. Change into your new application folder and make a .rvrmc file like above