Using Heroku on Windows

1. Install git on windows:

I found that msysgit is the most user friendly git implmentation on windows. Download the msysgit installer from http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/

2. install heroku gem (Assume that you already have ruby, rails, mysql ready, if not please refer to the previous post):

$ gem install heroku

3. Generate SSH key ( if you have not done so):

- You can download and run puttygen.exe from here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

- Follow the step and save the private key to /Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa.ppk (Yes, I am using windows 7)

- Paste the contents of the greyed out box into id_rsa.pub

4. Create heroku app:

$ gem heroku create <myapp>

and heroku will prompt for your email and password of your heroku account (please signup if you dont have one) and return to you:

Created http://<myapp>.heroku.com/ | git@heroku.com:<myapp>.git

Good luck!