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Ruby

Posted by Cullum Stuart
Cullum Stuart
Courses Plus Student 6,441 Points

Stumbling out the starting blocks with ruby

I have followed all the prompts start a rails server but when I but the 0.0.0.0:3000 into the browser I get: Error 108 (net::ERR_ADDRESS_INVALID): Unknown error.

Any ideas?

5 Answers

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points
Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points

You done anything else before? Ruby for a first time can't be a good place to start. Best to start with HTML surely.

Cullum Stuart
PLUS
Cullum Stuart
Courses Plus Student 6,441 Points
Cullum Stuart
Cullum Stuart
Courses Plus Student 6,441 Points

I've already done a bit of HTML and CSS that's not the problem!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Both the rvm and 0.0.0.0 only apply if you are working on a OS X or Linux.

On windows the way to start rails is to type rails s webbrick will then tell you the address it's starting on. By default you can access the rails web server webbrick on 127.0.0.1:3000.

Use CTRL-C you will stop the webbrick server.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

My suggestion would be to start with the Learn Ruby on Rails learning adventure.