Difference between revisions of "Application Development Framework setup on Windows"

Revision as of 11:01, 17 August 2017

Follow the steps in the sequence described below:

Note that you will need a 64 bit Windows machine for this setup.
Download mongodb installer for Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit and later, with SSL support x64 from: MongoDB Download Center
Follow instructions from Mongodb documentation for:
1. Downloading and installing the correct version for your platform
2. Setting up paths for data and log storage
3. Setting up Mongodb as a Windows service

Make sure you check the options to Add ruby to your system path during the installation. Refer screenshot below

Download and install latest nodejs version for Windows x64 platform from https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Install MSYS2 for Windows x64 platform from: http://www.msys2.org/. For example the file name for 64-bit version would be similar to: msys2-x86_64-20161025.exe
Run the msys2 shell (by navigating through the Start menu)

Install development tools by issuing command pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain. Select all option

Similarly install make by issuing command pacman -S make
Also, install vim pacman -S vim
Open file ~/.bashrc using vim and add the following two lines at the end of the file:
- export PATH=$PATH:/c/Ruby23-x64/bin:/c/Program\ Files/nodejs
- alias vi=vim

Run the msys2 shell
Navigate to the directory containing the app_framework
Run command gem install bundler
Next, run the command bundle install. Note that this will take a while to complete

 File:Bundle-install.png

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 * Close the shell by typing '''exit'''
 == Configure the application framework ==
 * Run the msys2 shell
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 * Run command '''gem install bundler'''
 * Next, run the command '''bundle install.''' Note that this will take a while to complete
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 == Starting the development web server ==