On Aug 6, 2015, at 11:40 AM, Dsloan Media <dsloanme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The subject is precise. I'm new to Ruby on Rails but I am learning everyday. > Also I am a php programmer and I have my own host I am wanting to deploy to. > Does anyone have any links or advice on using MySQL over Postgresql and > choosing to use my host over others recommended. My host only offers MySQL so > that is why that choice. Also deploying to my host instead of using Heroku I > prefer to learn the information needed to keep the server up to date and > maintained instead of depending upon others where my resources would be > greatly restricted. Thank you for any suggestions, comments, or concerns. If you're on a shared server somewhere (not a VPS, where you are root) then you will probably have a difficult time making sure that anything is up to date. Hassan's suggestion to just install it basically assumes that you are on a server where you can install things, and if you are on a traditional shared host, like many PHP devs, then you won't get that privilege, and you will have to file a ticket to get anything upgraded. You may want to look at Digital Ocean, if you want to run your own server and still pay shared-server prices. If you're just learning RoR, then I recommend that you follow the Hartl tutorial (free to read at http://railstutorial.org) and that will recommend that you use the free tier of Heroku to deploy your first apps. That's a great way to get started, because there's already so very much to learn to get Rails going that taking the deployment out of the equation is a seriously good idea. One less thing to break. Once you have the basics of Rails figured out, you can lay on the extra learning curve of a VPS and installing a server from scratch and other "devops" things. Walter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/ACD1FDE3-2E26-44B3-8016-CA10D93385E9%40wdstudio.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
