Is there anyone still actively working on helping Windows user install Ruby & Rails without using WSL? It seems like RailsInstaller for Windows stalled at Ruby 2.3 which reached end of life last year. Ruby 2.4 looks like it never made it out of beta. Is WSL the way to go?
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@shanselman seems to think WSL2 is a great way to run Rails on Windows which feels encouraging. https://www.hanselman.com/blog/RubyOnRailsOnWindowsIsNotJustPossibleItsFabulousUsingWSL2AndVSCode.aspx … WSL sure seems a lot less hacky than RailsInstaller ever was.2 replies 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @olivierlacan @shanselman
I think the biggest benefit here, especially for newer devs, is that they don't need to find "what is the Windows version of x". Things like rbenv or chruby are just what you use. There's a lot of docs on how to use various gems on Linux that applies to WSL
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Replying to @sgrif @olivierlacan
Our goal is for a Windows dev to show up on some site and see some instructions that say "open terminal, you'll see $ now type..." and not be excluded.
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BTW, Sean, I totally thought you were Doug Henning!
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Hahahaha I've never gotten that one before
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