I use a MacBook Pro for work and pleasure on a day-to-day basis. Recently, I was asked to teach web students at a local high school. These students know html/graphics/flash/etc. The advanced students were ready for some server-side programming and database integration. I wanted the students to be able to get up and going quickly (for motivation reasons) and to create useful apps (using a database). I felt Sinatra to be a great fit for this. I created a Sinatra app for my uncle and his business. It was a joy to work with it and I was able to deploy quickly using Heroku.
My experience of using Sinatra on my Mac was straightforward. Like most things using Ruby and Mac: it just worked. However, I found out the students at the high school use MS Windows. Fortunately, I have a Windows XP virtual machine running in VMWare so I could prepare that way. I used to teach computer science and web development at Spokane Community College and am aware of teaching Ruby in a Windows lab environment. …
Below is the PDF article I submitted to Software Developer's Journal for their series they did on AngularJS. It was published in two of their issues: Nov. 15th 2013 - AngularJS, Java and Drupal Tips & Tricks and Nov. 7th 2013 - AngularJS Starter Kit. It's behind a paywall and thus hidden from most of the world. That sucks... which is why I'm posting my article here for all to see.
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