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Getting Started On Windows¶ ↑

You need to know if you are running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows. To find out, press Windows-r and enter control.exe /name Microsoft.System

1. Install node - a javascript runtime for Windows from nodejs.org/download/ - you’ll want the .msi for the right bit version of Windows. Just accept all of the default choices.

2. Install a build of postgres as our database. You’ll want version 9.2.9 from www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload#windows. Choose postgres as the password for the db, and there’s no need to change the port from 5432. You can accept the rest of the defaults here.

3. Install atom - a reasonably good text editor for Windows that works well with rails. It is found at atom.io.

4. Install Rails itself. We are using ruby 2.0. So head over to the RailsInstaller at railsinstaller.org, and click to download Windows Ruby 2.0. Run the installer, and accept the defaults.

5. Configure your security (ssh) keys. At the end of the Rails install, you should see a message that says your public key has been copied to the clipboard. You’ll want to paste this into your GitHub account at github.com/settings/ssh. Just choose Add A Key and paste it in to the Key field, and give it a title like “My Home PC” When you paste it in, it should look something like:

   ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCmyN17vhmMyLxXlsSKdf0Po2enETp7Op8PAMq/NTQBllDw5I8ke6C76pPDPVeZoI+T7LxbUtUhWbHNNbkJRwYdaqb3CZ+fYWNGzBJACzevZbmXmBeEthox3X+3Al2yrGIud4Iagptqw2aIrE2gDTzkQPmrDLJnn5s05h7HuAOcD5iZ++nOXN9tACrmPRUvRIltQBnaM9xM7hRVALr8FrXjxM5P+ru9IJcgkWWjf263SCU8/+vveyYD8dYrSB3ToVbwtD9kULz3qo08ChqvJfOQErt/JKke/OHedYY28sYJqIzjmJoNd36RxJoni8BfMVpX1cFIlx/bFunuiXYb2CSt Cam Ferroni <cam@ferroni.net>

   If it doesn’t, then you’ll need to do the following. In the command window you’ll see a line just above the cursor that says something like:

   public_key_location: C:\Users\admin/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

   with admin replaced by whatever username you use to log into windows. Type (without the >) into the command line:

   > atom C:\Users\_your_username_/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

   To load the file into atom, and then you should be able to copy all of it and paste it into GitHub.

6. Install GitHub For Windows from windows.github.com.

   Once it is installed, you should be able to enter your credentials for github, hit the + sign, choose Clone, choose laraferroni/drinkhere, choose C:\Sites to clone it into.