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== About RailsDjango on Windows ==
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== About Rails on Windows ==
* These instructions should work for all versions of Windows from XP on to Windows 7.
* You may need to login as Administrator, or give the Administrator password when installing some programs, depending on your Windows version and user settings.
== Open a Command Prompt ==
* Open a command prompt window, and keep it open along with your browser. Much of installing RubyPython and using RailsDjango is typing commands and hitting '''<enter>'''. Your experience using Rails on Windows greatly depends on your making friends with the command prompt window.
* This is also called the command prompt, command window, command-line window, MS-DOS or DOS window.
http://www.wiki.devchix.com/index.php?title=Opening_a_command_prompt_window
[[Opening a command prompt window]]
* Try these recommendations:
http://www.wiki.devchix.com/index.php?title=Recommended_setup_for_command-line_windows
[[Recommended setup for command-line windows]]
* Tip: '''clear screen''' <br/>If you ever want to clear the &quot;output history&quot; to get a clear screen, type:
<pre>
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* Tip: '''copy and paste''' <br/>In the instructions below, where it says: &quot;In the command prompt type:&quot;, you can, much more easily, copy the command from this page, and right click in the menu bar or command prompt window, then click on &quot;Paste&quot;, then hit the '''&lt;enter&gt;''' key.
 
== Install RubyPython ==
* Go to http://rubyinstaller.org/ and download Ruby 1.9.2 (or greater)
* Click on the downloaded file to install.
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