I got my database working on my site.  It wasn’t easy and took me a bit to get it right.  This should be my last hiccup before getting really cranking on some development.  I am able to deploy my site using capistrano.  Here is my development environment:

First off, I use Windows as my operating system.  I have Ubuntu Linux installed on my laptop, but I am not used to Linux and still having some time getting a development environment set up there.

Development IDE: Netbeans 6.0 beta 2.
Repository:  My hosting provider has a subversion repository so I commit my changes directly from Netbeans to my Subversion repository.  It is very nice.
Deployment:  After a group of changes that have been verified, I then run Capistrano to deploy my application.  I am very happy with this setup.

I have used other development IDE’s such as RadRails and Aptana IDE, but I am not able to get them to work like i’d like.

Today I set up my server’s MySQL db and configured my rails application to work with MySQL.  After some trouble (using the correct username and password is important I guess), I am to interact with the database.

Still planning on sharing my design ideas for my site.  Coming soon….

Mike Riley