Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that offers a great development experience and can run on most x86/amd64 systems. In this episode, we set up our Ruby on Rails development environment on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish.

In this episode, we explore the Campfire code from 37signals' Once product line. We'll install the product and grab the code base to get it up and running on our development environment.

Docked is a new library which aims to aid in fresh development environments with the use of Docker. In this episode, we use a Steam Deck, to install Docker and by using Docked will have a fully functional Ruby on Rails development environment.

In this episode, we'll have a look at a way where we can use fixtures to manage the data in our development environment, tests and a demo environment. We'll dive into some complications and nuances with handling fixtures in ActionText and ActiveStorage.

In a later Rails release, dev container configurations will be provided by default. In this episode, we will explore how to use dev containers as well as modifying them to fit our application's needs.