Got MySQL version 5.0.67 (MySQL Community Server) running on my Macbook.

As it is a first generation Macbook, still using Java 5…

At first I thought it was a Netbeans 6.1 configuration problem, as I am a newbie still trying to figure out most things… When I changed to Netbeans 6.5 RC2, I found that gem management is much improved.

activerecord-jdbc-adapter (0.8.2)
activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter (0.8.2)
jdbc-mysql (5.0.4)
Did change environment.rb to include the adapter:

if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/
require ‘rubygems’
gem ‘activerecord-jdbc-adapter’
end

Finally, changed database.yml to use the jdbc adapter:

development:
adapter: jdbcmysql
encoding: utf8
database: shoplet_dev
username: root
password: root

Nonetheless, with the activerecord-jdbc-adapter at version 0.8.2, rake is still aborting with error message:

“undefined method `ActiveRecord’ for #<ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::JdbcAdapter:0x4bf0bb>”.

Can’t seem to find an idiotproof recipe to get the adapter to work.

Wanted to build the newest version of git on my Macbook, so I downloaded the tarball for git 1.6.0.3 from Git Home.

While following the peepcode screencast on git worked fine so far, I had to refer to the INSTALL file for really working global installing procedures. With git 1.6.0.3., you should do this on osx 10.5.5:

$ make prefix=/usr all doc info ;# as yourself

# make prefix=/usr install install-doc install-info ;# as root

(of course, /usr/local would work, too).

…and that didn’t install the man documentation for me.

Have to do a little more research.

He is describing how to access MySQL from inside Netbeans.

Very useful – don’t need to step outside the IDE anymore for configuring MySQL.

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I am developing on a Macbook with Leopard 10.5.5.

Getting a database running on mongrel is really quite easy. A few failed attempts on starting “glassfish” on my machine made me try this link: 120 seconds

It was really that easy and fast. Ok, so for me it was five minutes to get the server up and running

Now I am continuing development using the beta PDF of the Pragmatic Programmers “Agile Web Development with Rails” (third edition).