Basic Commands in Ruby On Rails

article by Srirangan

Starting a Rails Application

rails {app_name}
rails {app_path}

Starting Webrick Server

..change cwd to the app_directory..
ruby script/server

Starting Mongrel Server

mongrel_start rails

Generating a Controller

ruby script/generate controller {controller_name} [method_name]
rails script/generate controller {controller_name} [method_name]

Generate a Model

rails script/generate model {model_name}

Generate a Scaffold

rails script/generate scaffold {model_name} {controller_name}