Laptop setup for Fundamentals of Web Development: a day with Dev Bootcamp Chicago

setup.md

Do you have Ruby installed?

• On Windows
• On Mac: you already have it!
• On Linux

Do you have SQLite installed?

• Download SQLite
• Windows instructions

Since you have Ruby installed, you should be able to go to your command line and type:

gem install sqlite3-ruby

You'll know you have SQLite installed when you can type this into your Terminal or Command Prompt without any errors:

$ irb
> require 'sqlite3'
> SQLite3::Database.new("new.database")

If you have an old version of RubyGems, you might need to do this:

$ sudo gem install rubygems-update --source http://production.s3.rubygems.org/
$ update_rubygems

Mac (optional): Install gcc

Do you have Sinatra installed?

You should be able to go to your command line and type:

gem install sinatra --version 1.0

This setup guide may also be helpful.

Do you have a text editor?

We use Macs and love Sublime Text, but it doesn't matter which text editor you use, as long as you have one ready.

• Textmate
• vim
• Notepad
• TextEdit
• Anything that lets you open a file of text and edit it.

Any issues or questions?

Email us!