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 #### Ruby and Rails
 
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+To install the [RubyInstaller for Windows](https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/) and read the directions on the right to choose the best installation for yourself. RubyInstaller is a self-contained Windows-based installer that contains a Ruby language execution, a baseline set of requried RubyGems and extensions, and integrates into a MSYS2 installation. This will also prompt you to install MSYS2 if not already installed. 
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+You can see if if it was successfully installed by opening CMD (or Start Command Prompt with Ruby if on Windows 10) prompt and typing `ruby -v`.
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+With the Ruby installation complete, you can install Rails by entering `gem install rails` in the cmd prompt. Rails is a service-side web application framework written in Ruby and is a model-view-controller framework.
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+You can verify installation of Rails by typing `rails -v` in the cmd prompt.
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+You now have installed Ruby and Rails -- Ruby on Rails. 
 
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