I just deployed my first rails app to one of my secondary domains on TextDrive’s shared hosting space. If that sounds like a recipe for disaster….you’re right! While Rails is a great development tool, there’s lots of work to do in simplifying, stabilizing, and documenting the deployment process. The app in question is very, very […]
Category: Subversion
How To Install MacPorts, Apache2, Rails, MySql, Mongrel, and Subversion on an Intel Mac
Now that I’m just about ready to deploy my first rails app, I thought I’d get the deployment environment set up rock solid on both the production and the development machines (one Mac Mini and one MacBookPro). Like many other tutorials on this same subject, your mileage may vary. In fact I’m writing this now, […]
How To Set Up Subversion, svnX, for TextDrive on OS X
I’m walking through the latest beta version of Agile Web Development with Rails 2nd Edition, specifically the new bits on deploying Rails apps. Capistrano – the preferred and recommended deployment utility. Thing is – Capistrano hinges on Subversion. Not something covered in AWDwR or appropriate to be covered. There’s plenty of other books on the […]