/WSL-Setup-Guide

NodeJS & NPM

# download and run the official install script
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.6/install.sh | bash

# update your terminal config (you will now have access to the nvm command)
source ~/.bashrc

# install a stable version of node (check for stable version at https://nodejs.org/en/)
nvm install 10.15.0

# set version 10.15.0 as default version
nvm use 10.15.0

# verify install/config
which node # => /Users/username/.nvm/versions/node/v10.15.0/bin/node

Ruby & Rails

# install dependencies
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install git-core curl zlib1g-dev build-essential libssl-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev software-properties-common libffi-dev

# install rbenv & ruby-build
cd
git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL

git clone https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL

# install ruby (check for latest stable version at https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/)
rbenv install 2.6.0
rbenv global 2.6.0
ruby -v # => should show the correct version

# install bundler
gem install bundler
rbenv rehash

# install Rails (check for latest version at https://rubygems.org/gems/rails)
gem install rails -v 5.2.2
rbenv rehash
rails -v # => should show the correct version

PostgreSQL

sudo apt-get install postgresql-client libpq-dev

Connecting to PosgreSQL from Rails

  • Run PosgreSQL from the shortcut in Desktop, or look for PGAdmin

  • Then in your terminal...

rails new myapp -d postgresql
cd myapp

  • Open the folder with your code editor of choice

  • Modify your config/database.yml

development:
  <<: *default
  database: myapp_development
  host: localhost
  port: 5432 # or 5433, or whatever port number you chose when installing postgres
  username: postgres
  password: mypassword #you should be prompted to create a password when installing postgres
  

  ### NOTE: please don't use your username and password for porduction, use ENV variables instead
# You should be able to run this is your terminal
bundle exec rails db:create

Misc.

curl https://cli-assets.heroku.com/install.sh | sh
  • Creating alias examples
cd
nano .bashrc
alias cdrive='cd /mnt/c'
alias be='bundle exec'

# Ctrl + X to save, then Y for yes, then hit Enter

source ~/.bashrc