Development Enviroment

[mattmate]

Hey all,

Just wondering what would be the best setup if you were having a few users work on the same RoR project.

I have a server running Linux that could be used, as well as 3 windows based machines.

Has anyone setup a development environment with the above configuration or similar?

Cheers

[pjleonhardt]

At work we use subversion for our version control, each with a local checked out copy which we develop and test on, and when our changes are stable we commit them back to the repo to update the trunk. It works pretty well, and we hardly ever have conflicts (which are trivial to fix).
(We all develop on macs and our svn repo is on a server that is used for various things)

[vgarcia]

Set up subversion on the Linux server, connect to it from your Windows workstations using your IDE or a subversion client like TortoiseSVN. This is pretty standard for most development teams.

[kean_]

set up Elipse as Editor, Subversion Server and RadRail Elipse Plugin. And You are ready to go!

[mattmate]

Cheers guys, I took your advice and the setup is working great.

[CompiledMonkey]

What did you end up going with?

I too use Subversion for source control. On the Mac, I'm using TextMate as my editor and 3 Terminals to run everything; 1 for the server, 1 for MySQL access, and 1 for running Rails commands.

[vgarcia]

What did you end up going with?

I too use Subversion for source control. On the Mac, I'm using TextMate as my editor and 3 Terminals to run everything; 1 for the server, 1 for MySQL access, and 1 for running Rails commands.

Terminal clutter is one thing I really hate about developing Rails apps. I have a similar setup to you but I tend to have an additional terminal window/tab open for script/console, not to mention having a couple of browsers and maybe some documentation open on my screen at the same time

[CompiledMonkey]

I like it actually. My 23" cinema handles it well.

[vgarcia]

I like it actually. My 23" cinema handles it well.

yeah well my 13" macbook doesn't so gimme your screen

[mattmate]

My setup of 2 x 22" Chemei's works very well with Rails, although I agree that it is a hassle having so many terminals open at once. It's a good idea to make a script that loads up everything you need for a development environment with one click, saves time