So, yesterday I figured out that I could connect to the MySQL database using a different port: 3306. Today, I tried using MySQLFront. Bummer, but I still couldn’t connect to a database. I looked for a free MySQL client and found SQL Manager 2005 Lite. That finally worked. So, I created my first database-driven Rails app, following along in Agile Web Development With Rails.
Finally, on my way to learning Rails!