Ruby hacks/tricks
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03 Oct 2015Get pry
Its like irb with super powers
gem install pry pry-doc
finding where require seeks scripts
ruby -e 'puts $:'
where gem files installed
gem environment
or bundle show [gemname]
inside your rails application
View all available rake tasks
rake --tasks
Showing rails routes in your browser
rake routes
or http://localhost:3000/rails/info/routes
during development in your browser
use gem in ruby script
I wanted to generate some random data for an app I was testing so I opted to use the ffaker gem. I found out it was easier than I expected. All you have to do is to include the gem, possibly the version and then require the gem afterwards.
Use better_errors gem
Its a lot nicer than the default error display in rails
group :development do
gem "better_errors"
end