/GrinnellPlans

Replicate the features of GrinnellPlans.com

Primary LanguageRuby

Grinnell Plans

Quickstart

  1. Install git.

  2. Install ruby & rails.

  3. bundler will manage the gems for the project

    gem install bundler
    

    or

    sudo gem install bundler
    
  4. Checkout the project

    git clone git@github.com:annaswims/GrinnellPlans.git
    cd GrinnellPlans
    
  5. Install the gems that are specified in Gemfile

    bundle install
    
  6. Create the database (specified in database yml) and seed it with data

    rake db:setup (can also be done with 'bundle exec rake db:schema:load')

Rails Project Tasks

  • Start the server (GrinnellPlans will be at localhost:3000):

    rails server
    
  • Run the tests:

    bundle exec rake spec
    
  • To use the Rails console (for debugging, playing with data, etc):

    rails console
    

Other Helpful Tasks

  • To generate diagrams (in doc/):

    rake diagram:all
    

    diagrams are also generated after rake db:migrate.

  • To annotate models (that is, to add the column info to the models as comments):

    annotate
    
  • To pretty up the display of data when you’re using the console:

    Hirb.enable