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+++ b/guides/source/command_line.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+**DO NOT READ THIS FILE IN GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED IN http://guides.rubyonrails.org.**
+
The Rails Command Line
======================
@@ -7,7 +9,6 @@ After reading this guide, you will know:
* How to generate models, controllers, database migrations, and unit tests.
* How to start a development server.
* How to experiment with objects through an interactive shell.
-* How to profile and benchmark your new creation.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ There are a few commands that are absolutely critical to your everyday usage of
* `rails dbconsole`
* `rails new app_name`
-All commands can run with ```-h or --help``` to list more information.
+All commands can run with `-h` or `--help` to list more information.
Let's create a simple Rails application to step through each of these commands in context.
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ With no further work, `rails server` will run our new shiny Rails app:
$ cd commandsapp
$ bin/rails server
=> Booting WEBrick
-=> Rails 4.0.0 application starting in development on http://0.0.0.0:3000
+=> Rails 5.0.0 application starting in development on http://localhost:3000
=> Call with -d to detach
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server
[2013-08-07 02:00:01] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ The server can be run on a different port using the `-p` option. The default dev
$ bin/rails server -e production -p 4000
```
-The `-b` option binds Rails to the specified IP, by default it is 0.0.0.0. You can run a server as a daemon by passing a `-d` option.
+The `-b` option binds Rails to the specified IP, by default it is localhost. You can run a server as a daemon by passing a `-d` option.
### `rails generate`
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ Example:
`rails generate controller CreditCards open debit credit close`
Credit card controller with URLs like /credit_cards/debit.
- Controller: app/controllers/credit_card_controller.rb
+ Controller: app/controllers/credit_cards_controller.rb
Test: test/controllers/credit_cards_controller_test.rb
Views: app/views/credit_cards/debit.html.erb [...]
Helper: app/helpers/credit_cards_helper.rb
@@ -150,13 +151,11 @@ $ bin/rails generate controller Greetings hello
create test/controllers/greetings_controller_test.rb
invoke helper
create app/helpers/greetings_helper.rb
- invoke test_unit
- create test/helpers/greetings_helper_test.rb
invoke assets
invoke coffee
- create app/assets/javascripts/greetings.js.coffee
+ create app/assets/javascripts/greetings.coffee
invoke scss
- create app/assets/stylesheets/greetings.css.scss
+ create app/assets/stylesheets/greetings.scss
```
What all did this generate? It made sure a bunch of directories were in our application, and created a controller file, a view file, a functional test file, a helper for the view, a JavaScript file and a stylesheet file.
@@ -237,18 +236,16 @@ $ bin/rails generate scaffold HighScore game:string score:integer
create test/controllers/high_scores_controller_test.rb
invoke helper
create app/helpers/high_scores_helper.rb
- invoke test_unit
- create test/helpers/high_scores_helper_test.rb
invoke jbuilder
create app/views/high_scores/index.json.jbuilder
create app/views/high_scores/show.json.jbuilder
invoke assets
invoke coffee
- create app/assets/javascripts/high_scores.js.coffee
+ create app/assets/javascripts/high_scores.coffee
invoke scss
- create app/assets/stylesheets/high_scores.css.scss
+ create app/assets/stylesheets/high_scores.scss
invoke scss
- identical app/assets/stylesheets/scaffolds.css.scss
+ identical app/assets/stylesheets/scaffolds.scss
```
The generator checks that there exist the directories for models, controllers, helpers, layouts, functional and unit tests, stylesheets, creates the views, controller, model and database migration for HighScore (creating the `high_scores` table and fields), takes care of the route for the **resource**, and new tests for everything.
@@ -289,11 +286,36 @@ If you wish to test out some code without changing any data, you can do that by
```bash
$ bin/rails console --sandbox
-Loading development environment in sandbox (Rails 4.0.0)
+Loading development environment in sandbox (Rails 5.0.0)
Any modifications you make will be rolled back on exit
irb(main):001:0>
```
+#### The app and helper objects
+
+Inside the `rails console` you have access to the `app` and `helper` instances.
+
+With the `app` method you can access url and path helpers, as well as do requests.
+
+```bash
+>> app.root_path
+=> "/"
+
+>> app.get _
+Started GET "/" for 127.0.0.1 at 2014-06-19 10:41:57 -0300
+...
+```
+
+With the `helper` method it is possible to access Rails and your application's helpers.
+
+```bash
+>> helper.time_ago_in_words 30.days.ago
+=> "about 1 month"
+
+>> helper.my_custom_helper
+=> "my custom helper"
+```
+
### `rails dbconsole`
`rails dbconsole` figures out which database you're using and drops you into whichever command line interface you would use with it (and figures out the command line parameters to give to it, too!). It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and SQLite3.
@@ -348,8 +370,7 @@ Rake is Ruby Make, a standalone Ruby utility that replaces the Unix utility 'mak
You can get a list of Rake tasks available to you, which will often depend on your current directory, by typing `rake --tasks`. Each task has a description, and should help you find the thing you need.
-To get the full backtrace for running rake task you can pass the option
-```--trace``` to command line, for example ```rake db:create --trace```.
+To get the full backtrace for running rake task you can pass the option `--trace` to command line, for example `rake db:create --trace`.
```bash
$ bin/rake --tasks
@@ -365,7 +386,7 @@ rake middleware # Prints out your Rack middleware stack
rake tmp:clear # Clear session, cache, and socket files from tmp/ (narrow w/ tmp:sessions:clear, tmp:cache:clear, tmp:sockets:clear)
rake tmp:create # Creates tmp directories for sessions, cache, sockets, and pids
```
-INFO: You can also use ```rake -T``` to get the list of tasks.
+INFO: You can also use `rake -T` to get the list of tasks.
### `about`
@@ -374,16 +395,11 @@ INFO: You can also use ```rake -T``` to get the list of tasks.
```bash
$ bin/rake about
About your application's environment
-Ruby version 1.9.3 (x86_64-linux)
-RubyGems version 1.3.6
-Rack version 1.3
-Rails version 4.1.1
+Rails version 5.0.0
+Ruby version 2.2.0 (x86_64-linux)
+RubyGems version 2.4.5
+Rack version 1.6
JavaScript Runtime Node.js (V8)
-Active Record version 4.1.1
-Action Pack version 4.1.1
-Action View version 4.1.1
-Action Mailer version 4.1.1
-Active Support version 4.1.1
Middleware Rack::Sendfile, ActionDispatch::Static, Rack::Lock, #<ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware:0x007ffd131a7c88>, Rack::Runtime, Rack::MethodOverride, ActionDispatch::RequestId, Rails::Rack::Logger, ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions, ActionDispatch::DebugExceptions, ActionDispatch::RemoteIp, ActionDispatch::Reloader, ActionDispatch::Callbacks, ActiveRecord::Migration::CheckPending, ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionManagement, ActiveRecord::QueryCache, ActionDispatch::Cookies, ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore, ActionDispatch::Flash, ActionDispatch::ParamsParser, Rack::Head, Rack::ConditionalGet, Rack::ETag
Application root /home/foobar/commandsapp
Environment development
@@ -393,10 +409,7 @@ Database schema version 20110805173523
### `assets`
-You can precompile the assets in `app/assets` using `rake assets:precompile`,
-and remove older compiled assets using `rake assets:clean`. The `assets:clean`
-task allows for rolling deploys that may still be linking to an old asset while
-the new assets are being built.
+You can precompile the assets in `app/assets` using `rake assets:precompile`, and remove older compiled assets using `rake assets:clean`. The `assets:clean` task allows for rolling deploys that may still be linking to an old asset while the new assets are being built.
If you want to clear `public/assets` completely, you can use `rake assets:clobber`.
@@ -483,7 +496,7 @@ Rails comes with a test suite called Minitest. Rails owes its stability to the u
### `tmp`
-The `Rails.root/tmp` directory is, like the *nix /tmp directory, the holding place for temporary files like sessions (if you're using a file store for files), process id files, and cached actions.
+The `Rails.root/tmp` directory is, like the *nix /tmp directory, the holding place for temporary files like sessions (if you're using a file store for sessions), process id files, and cached actions.
The `tmp:` namespaced tasks will help you clear and create the `Rails.root/tmp` directory: