[joefiorini]

It is more complex than it used to be, but too complex? Our tools have finally matured to solve some of the worst problems with Ruby development (ie. monkey patching, namespace conflicts, forking to fix bugs, gem development, etc). It's definitely worth the effort.

You did an excellent job on your guide, but a lot of it looks more complex than it actually is. This guide is more than just Rails, you also walk through installing RVM & Ruby. Setting up a Ruby environment from scratch is somewhat complex. But once you understand RVM, getting started with Rails 3.1 is actually quite easy (but it's always a little more complex in the .beta and .rc releases).

Thanks for sharing this!

[DanielKehoe]

Thanks for your praise. I agree with your assessment.