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Rails ToolsDan Bunker

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Gem!le


Gem!le

Keeps track of all dependencies in your project


Gem!le

Keeps track of all dependencies in your project Specify alternate gem repositories (like a corporate gem repo)


Gem!le

Keeps track of all dependencies in your project Specify alternate gem repositories (like a corporate gem repo) Group dependencies by environment


Add a gem dependency gem ‘gem_name’ gem ‘gem_name’, ‘version’ gem ‘gem_name’, ‘git_repo’

Gem!le

Keeps track of all dependencies in your project Specify alternate gem repositories (like a corporate gem repo) Group dependencies by environment


Database Migrations in Depth

Keep your database structure in sync in all environments Development (Bleeding Edge) Testing (Close to development or slightly behind) Production (Behind testing and development)




schema_migrations table used to track versions




Development

Version 9

Apprelease 1.3





Testing

Version 6

Apprelease 1.2

Development

Version 9

Apprelease 1.3





Production

Version 3

Apprelease 1.1

Testing

Version 6

Apprelease 1.2

Development

Version 9

Apprelease 1.3



Data Seeding

Load preferences, lookups or other needed data


Data Seeding

Load preferences, lookups or other needed data Seed data goes in db/seeds.rb


Data Seeding

Load preferences, lookups or other needed data Seed data goes in db/seeds.rb rake db:seed


Generators Overview


Generators Overview

Generators create boilerplate code for pieces of your application


Rails provides a set of default generators “rails generate” or “rails generate --help”

Generators Overview



Rails provides a set of default generators “rails generate” or “rails generate --help”

Generators Overview


Gems can provide generators and you can write your own custom generators


Generating Models


Generating Models

Model generator creates an ActiveRecord model and a migration


Generating Models

Model generator creates an ActiveRecord model and a migration Pass in attributes and their data types to leverage more code

generation


Generating Models

Model generator creates an ActiveRecord model and a migration Pass in attributes and their data types to leverage more code

generation

rails generate model model_name attr1:string attr2:integer etc.


Generating Controllers



Controller generator will create a controller and folder stubs for its views



Controller generator will create a controller and folder stubs for its views Pass in actions to have the generator create view stub !les for the actions



Controller generator will create a controller and folder stubs for its views Pass in actions to have the generator create view stub !les for the actions rails generate controller contr_name action1 action 2


Rails Console Overview



Interactive interpreter with your rails project loaded



Interactive interpreter with your rails project loaded Good way to become familiar with code or features or to debug



Interactive interpreter with your rails project loaded

Start the rails console with the following command rails console rails console production

Good way to become familiar with code or features or to debug


Rails DB Console


Rails DB Console

A wrapper around your database console


Rails DB Console

A wrapper around your database console An easy way to deal with MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite


Rails DB Console

A wrapper around your database console

Start the rails db console with the following command rails dbconsole rails dbconsole production -p

An easy way to deal with MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite


Other Rake Tasks


Other Rake Tasks

rake about


Other Rake Tasks

rake about rake stats


Other Rake Tasks

rake about rake stats rake test


Asset Pipeline Overview



Framework for images, JS and CSS resources



Framework for images, JS and CSS resources Rails asset pipeline will auto minify and compress JS and CSS



Framework for images, JS and CSS resources Rails asset pipeline will auto minify and compress JS and CSS Asset pipeline supports enhanced languages such as CoffeeScript and

SASS


Summary


Summary

Gem!les and dependencies


Summary

Gem!les and dependencies Database Migrations


Summary

Gem!les and dependencies Database Migrations Data seeding


Summary

Gem!les and dependencies Database Migrations Data seeding Generators overview - Model, Controller


Summary

Gem!les and dependencies Database Migrations Data seeding Generators overview - Model, Controller rails console and rails dbconsole


Summary

Gem!les and dependencies Database Migrations Data seeding Generators overview - Model, Controller rails console and rails dbconsole Other rake tasks


Summary

Gem!les and dependencies Database Migrations Data seeding Generators overview - Model, Controller rails console and rails dbconsole Other rake tasks Asset pipeline


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