My OperaRuby + Windows = ?
Monday, February 22, 2010 9:34:56 AM
Well, if you are developing Ruby apps on Windows and still use binaries from official Ruby web-site then you, probably, know that some native extensions are hard to get working. The main reason for that is that official Ruby builds are made with... Visual Studio 6! And when you need to make native extension you must use VS to build them. But Microsoft removed C++ tools a long time ago, so if you are not C++ developer, then you are screwed ):
What to do? I suggest using RubyInstaller, it comes with Ruby built with mingw32 and so called Development Kit is available as download too. After installing both if them (please, read docs a bit) you will finally have smooth Ruby experience on Windows. And it is much faster then VC6 builds! Enjoy (:
What to do? I suggest using RubyInstaller, it comes with Ruby built with mingw32 and so called Development Kit is available as download too. After installing both if them (please, read docs a bit) you will finally have smooth Ruby experience on Windows. And it is much faster then VC6 builds! Enjoy (:
