Railized

I am going to write a series of post as I embark on my journey to create my own web 2.0 start up. I will not disclose what I’m working on at this moment, but I will write as much as I can on the tools, libraries and methods I will be using. Where possible I’ll list down the steps and my though process. I hope this can serve as a reference for anyone who wants to build his/her own web application using Rails.

Getting started

1. Domain name
   This is one of the hardest part. To find a good domain name is difficult nowadays. Instant Domain Search is a very nice tool for searching domain. Lucky for me, I’m able to get hold of a good domain name for my app. (I will disclose my domain when it’s ready, in the mean time stay tuned)
2. Hardware and OS
   I will be using my MacBook which is still running on Tiger at the moment. I would not be upgrading to Leopard in the near future and I think Tiger is good enough to do my work.
3. Text editor
   I have been hacking in TextMate for some time and I love it. It’s shipped with Ruby and Rails bundles. Go ahead and download a trial version and give a try (only for Mac). If you are already hacking in TextMate, you may want to download the Textmate Vibrant Ink Theme and Prototype Bundle

Recently there’s a trend in the rails community switching from SVN to Git. If you want to give that a try and you are using a Mac, the easiest way to install Git is using macports.

sudo port install git-core