Conventions

The examples in this book can be run on Linux, Mac, Windows, and many other operating systems. But some small changes to the command-line statements may be required for certain platforms.

We’ll use notation from bash, which is the default shell on Mac OS X and many Linux distributions. The $ prompt will be used for all command-line examples. Windows command prompts typically use something like C:\> instead, so when you see a command like this

 $ ​​bundle​​ ​​install

you’ll know not to type the dollar sign and to read it like this:

 C:\>​​ ​​bundle​​ ​​install

Most commands will be compatible between Windows and bash systems (such as cd and mkdir). In the cases where they’re not compatible, the appropriate commands for both ...

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