But I don't want to learn linux!

Considering how much console work is involved in Rails development (creating a project, generating scaffolds, testing, etc.), it's really recommended you go through the course, especially when you take into account that any site you develop will most likely end up running on a Linux server.

But if you still want to skip console foundations, nothing is stopping you from accessing the Rails projects and deep dives directly from the library.

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Well about 6 months ago, when I first started learning rails I installed ubuntu and stopped, basically deciding that learning html, css, javascript, ruby and then rails without any previous coding experience was enough new stuff for now and went back to windows. If there was an option for doing everything through the windows console, like, take the windows version, then I would have no problem, I can see the value of the console, and I know a bit when it comes from using the windows console.

I would just think, having an option to either skip the linux console stuff, or take a windows version, would be nice. That way I can keep doing the development tree. It isn't like, if at a later date I start going heavy into using linux I can't go back and take it. But for now, it will be a long time before I do anything in linux, if ever, learning it all now I would, without a doubt, forget 100% of it by the time I go to use it.

Doing rails on Windows will still require you to learn how to use a handful of commands.

Here are my suggestions of things you need to know to use rails on Windows.

• list files
• change directory
• what . and ..
• absolute vs relative paths
• tab completion