Starting up a new programming project…

I’ve been looking at the whole Ruby on Rails thing as the foundation for a kind of web application I was thinking of.  Right now, it’s purely a personal thing.  I’m doubtful that it has any commercial potential.  Nevertheless, it’s still a good way to get familiar with the whole process of getting the right libraries and compilers installed.  Its even more interesting when you try and use some of the more modern development tools for managing a project.

I’ve been playing around with Ruby on Rails, Eclipse, and Subversion lately.  I’m planning on posting a HOWTO in case anyone is interested.  As it turns out, getting a MacBook Pro set up as a development platform using some of the more interesting tools isn’t as straightforward as it seems.

Stay tuned.