OK Marnen, your hectoring has overcome me: I got Git working with a local repository :-)
BTW, if you had mentioned that Linus Torvalds was the founder of Git, I would have embraced it a lot sooner ;) But BDD will have to wait for the addition of one more feature: authenticated users. Best wishes, Richard On Apr 26, 10:03 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > RichardOnRails wrote: > > Hi Marnen, > > >> Can I suggest that you supplement this with automated tests and version > >> control? > > > Absolutely! That's definitely on my agenda. But this (first) Rails > > app is intended to automate a substantial part of burden my son faces > > in managing his small business. So, I'm focused on getting "version > > 1" of this app developed and deployed to prove that "help is on the > > way." > > As I've said before, you really must implement version control *today*. > It will take at most an hour or two, and it will make version 1 easier > to develop. Don't wait another minute. > > > > > Using BDD and Subversion are my goals, > > Not Subversion, please. Use Git. > > > but the learning curve for > > effective use is time taken from a delivery date. > > Wrong! If you take a few minutes to sharpen the saw, you will fell the > tree faster. > > > I just spent more > > than a week learning how to introduce navigation subtleties into my > > app. I probably left this problem for "version 2" > > Yes, you probably should have. > > > but I was annoyed > > that my years of 20th Century computer-consulting skills were > > inadequate for the 21st Century Web. > > Don't let annoyance drive you into decisions that even you know are bad. > > > Now that I got a glimpse into handling this navigation problem, I off > > to work on the last functionality required before version 1 > > deployment: authenticated users. > > Authlogic. Done. > > > > > With thanks for your interest in my humble efforts, > > Richard > > Good luck! It's always nice to see someone seriously learning. > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > [email protected] > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
