Comments on: On Web App Development, the “Sites” folder, and Ruby on Rails… http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:32:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Don’t Look Here » Blog Archive » More links to some cool apps and stuff http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-102160 Don’t Look Here » Blog Archive » More links to some cool apps and stuff Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:20:33 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-102160 [...] Ruby on Rails article at The Apple [...] [...] Ruby on Rails article at The Apple [...]

]]> By: jack http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90711 jack Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:20:58 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90711 The only thing I want is to be able to browse sites on my local machine's webserver in Parallels Windows IE6 <i>without</i> using the IP. Still fairly difficult, unless someone else knows? Halp! Thanks. The only thing I want is to be able to browse sites on my local machine’s webserver in Parallels Windows IE6 without using the IP. Still fairly difficult, unless someone else knows? Halp!

Thanks.

]]> By: watchingnow » Blog Archive » links for 2006-12-29 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90531 watchingnow » Blog Archive » links for 2006-12-29 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:34:27 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90531 [...] On Web App Development, the “Sites” folder, and Ruby on Rails… at The Apple Blog (tags: development osx ruby_on_rails php) [...] [...] On Web App Development, the “Sites” folder, and Ruby on Rails… at The Apple Blog (tags: development osx ruby_on_rails php) [...]

]]> By: Jason Terhorst http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90366 Jason Terhorst Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:18:11 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90366 When I was talking about being confined to the sites folder, it is because that is the only easy way to use and manage it... To restart that server, you need only to hit "stop" then "start" in the "Personal Web Sharing" preference. I'm sure there are a million ways to do it by digging through the innards of Apache, but those tend to be a bit more difficult for most folks. When I was talking about being confined to the sites folder, it is because that is the only easy way to use and manage it… To restart that server, you need only to hit “stop” then “start” in the “Personal Web Sharing” preference.
I’m sure there are a million ways to do it by digging through the innards of Apache, but those tend to be a bit more difficult for most folks.

]]> By: Kyle Arrington http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90306 Kyle Arrington Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:29:32 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90306 I have found that using Headdress (http://headdress.twinsparc.com) is perfect for managing multiple development versions. Basically it manages the virtual hosting portion of the Apache httpd.conf file assigning different port numbers to different sites, solving the subdirectory tangle I have encountered before. I cannot speak for it working with RoR since I stay in PHP, but its works well for me. Also, if CakePHP works best for you stick with it, but I started using a little PHP framework called Code Igniter (www.codeigniter.com) and fell in love. It's just the right amount of framework to not get in the way. I have found that using Headdress (http://headdress.twinsparc.com) is perfect for managing multiple development versions. Basically it manages the virtual hosting portion of the Apache httpd.conf file assigning different port numbers to different sites, solving the subdirectory tangle I have encountered before.

I cannot speak for it working with RoR since I stay in PHP, but its works well for me.

Also, if CakePHP works best for you stick with it, but I started using a little PHP framework called Code Igniter (www.codeigniter.com) and fell in love. It’s just the right amount of framework to not get in the way.

]]> By: Yasser Dahab http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90256 Yasser Dahab Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:49:45 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90256 Bill is correct. All of my Rails apps live outside of the Sites folder in an aptly named "Ruby" folder. WEBrick makes this ridiculously easy. Bill is correct. All of my Rails apps live outside of the Sites folder in an aptly named “Ruby” folder. WEBrick makes this ridiculously easy.

]]> By: Michael Biven http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90224 Michael Biven Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:16:01 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90224 Echoing the previous comments you're not locked into using the "sites" folder for any web site or a Rails app on a Mac. If a person is not familiar with working from the terminal I can maybe see where Dan Benjamin's guide might cause some frustration , but that guide is basically a cut and paste for someone to manually install Ruby and Rails from source and this makes it easier for someone to apply any patches or fixes themselves. For example it looks like the <a href="http://lists.danga.com/pipermail/memcached/2006-March/002027.html" rel="nofollow">performance fix</a> for memcached on OS X is not being used from looking at the environment.plist. And while Locomotive has lighttpd, mongrel and all the items you would need to run it with Apache 1.3 or 2, another option for people needing less config files and more of a gui for the web server is <a href="http://litespeedtech.com/" rel="nofollow">LiteSpeed</a>. It has a great Ruby module and an excellent web interface to admin the server. Echoing the previous comments you’re not locked into using the “sites” folder for any web site or a Rails app on a Mac.

If a person is not familiar with working from the terminal I can maybe see where Dan Benjamin’s guide might cause some frustration , but that guide is basically a cut and paste for someone to manually install Ruby and Rails from source and this makes it easier for someone to apply any patches or fixes themselves. For example it looks like the performance fix for memcached on OS X is not being used from looking at the environment.plist.

And while Locomotive has lighttpd, mongrel and all the items you would need to run it with Apache 1.3 or 2, another option for people needing less config files and more of a gui for the web server is LiteSpeed. It has a great Ruby module and an excellent web interface to admin the server.

]]> By: Bill Green http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90152 Bill Green Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:26:31 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90152 Continuing on the same thread as the above comment, you not confined to the sites folder with a Rails app, either. Once you generate the app using the 'rails' command, simply cd into the project folder and type 'script/server'. This starts up Rails' built-in webserver (Webrick by default, though this can be changed to several others if you so wish) on port 3000 (this too can be changed). Besides being totally portable (you can place the app anywhere you want), this option is often easier since the server launched by Rails is already set up for Rails, including FastCGI. If you've installed the whole shebang manually, you also get the added advantage of having the latest version of Ruby (including Gems), Rails, and MySQL. So, really, it's no big deal Continuing on the same thread as the above comment, you not confined to the sites folder with a Rails app, either.

Once you generate the app using the ‘rails’ command, simply cd into the project folder and type ’script/server’. This starts up Rails’ built-in webserver (Webrick by default, though this can be changed to several others if you so wish) on port 3000 (this too can be changed).

Besides being totally portable (you can place the app anywhere you want), this option is often easier since the server launched by Rails is already set up for Rails, including FastCGI. If you’ve installed the whole shebang manually, you also get the added advantage of having the latest version of Ruby (including Gems), Rails, and MySQL.

So, really, it’s no big deal

]]> By: unimatrixZxero http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90139 unimatrixZxero Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:04:18 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/28/on-web-app-development-the-sites-folder-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-90139 You might not know, but you were never confined to the "sites" folder. All you had to do was #: vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf (or other use an other editor) and put in a virtual host or change the document root, etc. You should have picked up the Apache in Nutshell book before ranting on about something that isn't even true. Confined, preposterous! You might not know, but you were never confined to the “sites” folder. All you had to do was
#: vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf (or other use an other editor) and put in a virtual host or change the document root, etc. You should have picked up the Apache in Nutshell book before ranting on about something that isn’t even true. Confined, preposterous!

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