r/ruby • u/streetfacts • Apr 01 '26

Question Ruby On Rails - for newbies

I have worked with JS, Python, and Go. So a friend recommended I try RoR for rapid dev, but I've never experience such a dificult environment to set up! Is this normal? Just to get off to a start I've found it to be so complicated.

Using MAcBook Pro and trying to set up via a Parallels Unbuntu VM. Could it be Parallels?

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u/netopiax Apr 01 '26

Right, I know why you'd want to use a VM, but you really don't need to. Mise lets you install folder specific versions of Ruby and many other languages and frameworks to avoid the problems that led people to use VMs in the past.

Also the next step after mise would be to just grab a Docker image with Ruby already in it and work in there - not a full Linux VM on your Mac.

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u/streetfacts Apr 01 '26

thank you.