Beginner Rails Workshop Rails Installation Guide & Task Manager Tutorial

Installation:

Ruby 3.2.2

We will use Ruby 3.2.2 in Modules 2 & 3. You can check your Ruby version by running ruby -v.

Using rbenv, you can install Ruby 3.2.2 (if you don’t have it already) with:

rbenv install 3.2.2

NOTE: If rbenv tells you that the version you supplied is missing or not available, run

brew update && brew upgrade ruby-build

This will take some time to complete.

With rbenv, you can set your Ruby version to a default globally, or for a specific directory and all subdirectories within it. If you have a 2module or 3module directory on your machine, you can set your Ruby version for this directory (and all subdirectories) by first changing into that directory and then running

rbenv local 3.2.2

Or, if you wanted to set it globally for your machine, you can run

rbenv global 3.2.2

Always double check that your Ruby version is correct after changing it with ruby -v.

Rails 7.1.3

We will use Rails version 7.1.3 in Module 2 & 3.

Rails is a Gem, and if you are using rbenv, gems are specific to your current Ruby version, so you need to make sure you are on Ruby 3.2.2 before proceeding by following the instructions above.

Once you have verified your Ruby version is 3.2.2, check if you have Rails. From the command line:

$ rails -v

If you get a message saying rails is not installed or you do not have version 7.1.3, run

$ gem install rails --version 7.1.3

You may need to quit and restart your terminal session to see these changes show up when you check your rails version with:

$ rails -v

Be careful not to install the latest version of Rails by only doing gem install rails – there are always newer versions and our curruiculum is based on these specific versions, so you will need to uninstall and reinstall correctly.

If you instead get a version of Rails besides 7.1.3, follow these instructions.

Action Item: Task Manager Tutorial

• Follow along with this Task Manager Tutorial to create a Rails application with C.R.U.D. functionality.

• Answer the Check for Understanding questions at the bottom of the README when you have finished working through the tutorial.
• You will submit your work using this form.