On: Getting Started in Rails is Insane

[redidas]

I tried getting into Rails using a tutorial similar to the one referenced in the posted article, and I feel the same way.

For me there was too much too fast. Something that was supposed to be easy was complicated. "Just run these commands" and it all works itself out.

I got as far as creating static pages, and a basic user authentication page, and quit. There was just too much to remember at first, and I didn't know what anything was actually doing. I was just mimicking the actions of someone else who did.

[smacktoward → redidas]

At least (he said, heaving a huge sigh) it didn't advise them to run the commands via sudo.

That is literally the only nice thing I can say about a "tutorial" that tells people to blindly run code snippets off the net.