How to install Ruby on Rails with mysql and get it working, a step by step guide?

Question

Some time ago I managed to get RoR working on Windows XP. I\'ve been trying to get it working on Windows 7 for 2 days but there\'s just no way, there\'s always a problem, on

Answer 1

I like Aptana Studio 3 for developping with RoR on Windows 7. The book "Agile Web Development with Rails" is also full of good advices.

Here are the steps I followed:

1- Installing Ruby via RubyInstaller

2- Install MySQL (follow @Reuben Mallaby instructions)

3- Install Rails

With the Built-in Terminal, make dev' easy. You should take a look: Aptana Studio