I am a front-end developer/designer collaborating with a Rails back-end developer. Basically I design the shell of the site and fill it into the CSS and send it to him to run the back-end. The back-end consists of pulling xml from a repository and sending it back to be displayed on the site.
I did all of the CSS and sent him the files, and he implemented some of the back-end.
My knowledge of Rails is in-existent so I am having trouble setting up a working environment and importing the project he sent me. He uses an IDE for his linux box, and I run off of Windows. He sent me a zip of the project so I could have it working on my box, but have no idea how to get the working project into the editor. I can see all of the front-end images are placed in the /public/assets/ folder but have no clue how to fully open the project and see the working environment. Is there going to be an IDE/different OS issue or is there a way I can get this to work?
I would ask for his help but he had to take an unexpected trip and I cannot reach him.
Thanks for any help/suggestions!
No IDE should be necessary. Furthermore, as long as he codes well, you shouldn’t have any os issue’s either.
You will may need to install the software stack, but this will very depending on his application.
Try following this guide to get up and running.
The first section provides links to various required libraries, and by the end you should have all of these installed:
–ruby
-rubygems
-rails
–bundler
After that running the app is as easy as entering the following commands in a cmd window.
$ bundle install
$ rails server
You can then view the app at http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
P.S. Here is a decent guide as well http://accidentaltechnologist.com/ruby-on-rails/running-rails-3-on-windows/