I just moved my domains over to GoDaddy without knowing that they pulled all Ruby support as of late last month and I kind of need Ruby for what I was planning on building. I've seen guides like this one that detail how to install Ruby through RubyGems on shared hosting. I made it through the guide but still wasn't able to load gems to my home directory.
Does anyone have any experience with this or any guidance? I guess doing it through RubyGems into the home directory isn't the same as installing on the server, so it should bypass the shared server restrictions. I just can't get any "gem" commands to run. I was probably screwing up the edits to the bash_profile, though.
I'm the head of Product for Hosting at GoDaddy and wanted to jump in.
We did EOL support for Ruby on our legacy shared platform (there were literally a handful of people using it) but the plan is that once we get the cPanel-based shared Linux platform up to where we want it we will reintroduce Ruby and even have support for Rails. ;-)
Right now we're not there but it is coming. I'm betting it isn't in the next month or so given the list of things we're working on for the core product but we will be supporting it in the not too distant future.
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The imminent death of iDisk is a bummer. I have used it for years to easily share files with clients without asking them to boot up their FTP software.
I am curious to know if there is a way to mimic iDisk's file sharing features through Lion Server. Specifically, the ability to share links to specific files and have them downloaded through a web browser. I miss the clean interface of iDisk through MobileMe.
I realize that there are third party providers like Dropbox and YouSendIt, but it would be nice to serve the files directly from our local server. I originally thought WebDav might be the answer, but it seems that's not the case.
You will have to install additional software to get that functionality. I've used and had good luck with Boxroom (http://boxroom.rubyforge.org/) but it requires Rails which may be too much work to install if you don't need it for anything else.
Searching for "open source php file manager" turns up a range of options which should work well on Lion as it has PHP already installed. I have also seen Java alternatives, some of which run on top of WebDAV, so it is probably best to start with the development language you are most comfortable with deploying and work from there.
Sorry I couldn't be more specific, my Mini is in transit so I haven't had direct experience with Lion server yet:)
Have a look at Storage Made Easy Mac client. It works a similar way to the original iDisk but also had sync capability. See: https://storagemadeeasy.com/MacCloudTools/ and https://storagemadeeasy.com/wiki/maccloudtools/. There is a native disk piece and also a sync like dropbox piece to the App.
I just started using redmine. I installed it on my local machine (Windows7 64-Bit). But I want to use it with other people. We don't have a server, but I have a webspace I can access via ftp. Part of the webspace is a MySQL-database, I could also use for redmine.
Is there a way to move (or install) redmine on that webspace?
I've e.g. installed Joomla by uploading the Joomla files via ftp. Than I could configure Joomla through a web interface. That is something I would hope for redmine as-well.
Thanks.
It depends.™
If your webspace supports ruby/ruby on rails, it might work. Sadly, most webspace offerings only support PHP.
You could check out Heroku if you are looking for a managed solution (they have free plan which might be enough for your needs) or get a small (v)server. However, you should know what you are doing if you're going to set up your own server.
You might wanna check out plan.io too, they offer hosted Redmine.
I want to code pages in Ruby so that my website can be run in Ruby (just like I have a php install on my server).
What's the easiest way to go about this?
You can use Heroku and forget about Ruby server installation.
The answer to this question varies heavily depending on your operating system. But instructions for downloading and installing ruby on many systems are on the download page.
However, if you're planning on using it for a webserver, you probably also want Rails.
Just curious what experienced Textmate users can't live without in the program. I just ran the trial and bought the program so I'm trying to get a sense of how others might setup their development environment for web development.
Also, based on the fact that I just bought the program, I am going to guess that TM2 will come out next week. Yes, that's right, next week. Unfortunately, because of my luck, it will not be a free upgrade...upgrades will cost more.
Well if anyone is new to TextMate, you need to install the "Get Bundles" Bundle--a GUI to the TextMate SVN and git Bundle repositories. More detail on installing the 'Get Bundles' Bundle in an answer to a different question on SO.
I think this is the easiest way to not only view all available Bundles but also to update them on your own rig.
As of five minutes ago, Get Bundles counts 793 total TM Bundles available either in the Official TM SVN Repository or on the TM git Repository.
Once you have that, you can "go shopping"--so for instance if you're a web developer then you can quickly see that there are (at least):
six different Bundles for CSS
(including the official TM CSS Bundle
that comes pre-installed)
six Bundles for Django
six Bundles for HTML, etc.
Of course, the Web Dev framework with the largest TM user base is RoR; i quickly counted a dozen different RoR Bundles though i am sure there are more.
I use several TM Plug-ins:
MissingDrawer
SVNMate
TmCodeBRowser
TMQuickLook
WebMate
I use E a pc version of textmate and I'd be lost without html zen-coding and they have versions for textmate. Highly recommended.
What kind of web development do you do? I have noted, on a previous SO thread, some good bundles for Ruby on Rails development.
I started exploring CouchDB and I am interested in following:
Is there or will there be a Windows install?
If there is, is there a shared hosting provider that offers CouchDB?
Not knowing much about it, can it be somehow embedded in my application or bin deployed (don't laugh).
The most reliable source is the CouchDB download page
There are several places offering CouchDb hosting. Besides Cloudant, you can use most Infrastructure-as-a-Service parties like Google, AWS, etc.
This question was asked (and answered) elsewhere on StackOverflow here and here.
There's a Windows version now, available on CouchIO (http://www.couch.io/get) blog.
Download & Unzip
Double-Click bin\couchdb
Relax!
Visit http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils
There's been a fully compatible Windows build of CouchDB shortly after every source release, since the initial 1.0.0 release over 18 months ago. You can get this directly from the Apache CouchDB mirrors http://couchdb.apache.org/ now.
NB the embedded test suite is actually for developer testing; due to subtle timing constraints not all tests will pass first time round on every machine. In the next release of CouchDB, the tests will be done outside the browser which will be both simpler and more robust.
Please up-vote this so we have the right information to hand.
Since this question was posted, there is a Windows download available at https://couchdb.apache.org/ .