lexruee / learning-rails

Learning Rails

Installation on Arch Linux

Version manager

First, install the version manager asdf-vm:

yay -S asdf-vm

Sqlite

Install sqlite:

yay -S sqlite 

Check:

sqlite3 --version

Ruby

asdf plugin-add ruby
asdf plugin install ruby 2.6.3
asdf global ruby 2.6.3

Check:

ruby --version

Node.js

asdf plugin-add nodejs
asdf plugin install nodejs 12.2.0
asdf global nodejs 12.2.0

Check:

node --version

Rails

Install rails:

gem install rails

Check:

rails --version

In case you need an older rails version use the --version option to specify it:

gem install rails --version 5.1.3

Getting started

Create a demo app

Create a demo app using the rails new command:

rails new demo

Or if you need a specific rails version use this command:

rails _5.1.3_ new demo

Starting the demo app

cd demo

rails server

Alternatively, you can use the following shortcut, to start the app:

rails s

If you need to change the port or the host use the options -p and -b, respectively:

rails s -p 3001 -b 0.0.0.0