Microverse Gitpod Configuration

Benefits Of Using Gitpod Instead Of Your Local Machine

• Consistent Performance
  • After the first boot-up and installing editor extensions, Gitpod is consistent, Zoom is not stressing it's CPU, Chrome is not devouring it's RAM.
• Unlimited Internet
  • Gitpod has 1Gbps download/upload speeds, which means: No longer are you waisting your time and money (assuming capped data plan) to install Ruby, Node packages for every project.
• Resilient
  • Your power might go out, maybe you forgot to commit and push your changes, Gitpod does not care, it's still running.

Preinstalled Tools

• Apache2
• C++
• Chrome (including chromedriver)
• ESLint
• Firefox (including geckodriver)
• Git
• Go
• Hint
• Java
• Lighthouse
• Nginx
• Node
• NPM
• NVM
• PHP
• PostgreSQL
• Python
• Rails
• RSpec
• Rubocop
• Ruby
• Rust
• RVM
• SQLite
• Stylelint
• Yarn

How To Utilize

• Copy the .gitpod.yml file (with its contents) to the root folder of your Git project directory
• Commit and push to GitHub
• Open your GitHub project in Gitpod:
  • Example: https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/s0kil/microverse-gitpod-test-rubyonrails

Ruby on Rails Configuration

In order for Rails server to allow Gitpod preview access, let's configure it.

In the config/environments/development.rb file, add the following:

Rails.application.configure do
  config.hosts = nil #<-- Add This Line
end

Restart the Rail server.