How to organize a working environment on a laptop for programming?

Question

Ruby on Rails

Hello.
Tell me how the environment is configured on your work laptops? I want to go into coders (Rails), but I still can't figure out how to code.
Do I need to install nginx-apache (httpd), puma, unicorn, etc.?
Or is it enough to use rails server with the -d flag?
There is also a mini-server in the form of Raspberry PI 2, where everything will be deployed :) It is definitely closer to the production server (Rails-Nginx-Puma-%Some SQL%).

Answer 1

Look towards virtualization: docker/vagrant. It is much more convenient to keep the entire zoo in a docker container than to put it on a host machine.

Answer 2

https://gorails.com/setup/ubuntu/15.10

Answer 3

nginx is not needed during development, just like puma.
I start development on SQLite, because I don’t like to put too much on my laptop. But sometimes you have to install postgres, because there are no postgres features in SQLite.

Answer 4

You don't need a separate web server for development, the built-in one will suffice. Everything else your application needs will need to be supplied