If you are getting an error like the following, when running ‘bundle install’ or ‘gem install mysql2’ on Rails 3:
gem install mysql2
ERROR: Error installing mysql2:
The ‘mysql2’ native gem requires installed build tools.Please update your PATH to include build tools or download the DevKit
from ‘http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads’ and follow the instructions
at ‘http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit’
Then read on.
Being in the field of IT (Computer Science), it’s necessary to keep pace with the changing landscape, otherwise you would end up rendering yourself obsolete. It’s no different with web development/programming: The landscape keeps changing, either on the user interface front or the browser side or the website back-end.
As of now, we are moving through the era of web application frameworks. That’s the landscape we are surrounded with. Plenty of frameworks have been built during these years broadly categorized under software frameworks, web application frameworks and JavaScript frameworks (or libraries), and plenty more are being developed.
So better learn one now, before you are rendered obsolete.
I am considering the following frameworks:
Read more about the most popular web frameworks that I am considering after the jump.
