Rails Workflow

Today, I made a couple (tiny) Rails apps.

Granted, Rails generators handled a lot of the black magic; but I was able to establish a simple workflow to get up and running quickly, and I would like to share it with you.

Do the following in your terminal. Use vim. Be a rockstar.

Rails Workflow #

A few simple steps when starting a new Rails project #

• rails new <app_name>

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• Update Gemfile to include gems for testing

  • e.g. RSpec, FactoryGirl, Capybara

  group :development, :test do
      gem "rspec-rails"   
  end
  
  group :test do
      gem "capybara"
      gem "launchy"
      gem "factory_girl_rails"
      gem "database_cleaner"
  end
  

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• Generate RSpec stuff

  • bundle exec rails generate rspec:install

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• Generate controller

  • rails generate controller <controller_name>

• Generate model

  • rails generate model <model_name>

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• Write a (failing) controller test inside spec/controllers/

  • vim spec/controllers/*_controller_spec.rb

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• Update routes in config/routes.rb

  • get '/jiggy' => 'willenium#dance'

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• Add controller actions (methods) model that satisfy controller test

  def dance
      @jig = Jig.create(jig_params)
  end
  
  private
  
  def jig_params
      params.require(:jig).permit(:style, :level)
  end
  

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