Dozerslist Create A Rails App
Create A Rails App DIRECTIONS:Follow along as you begin learning the basics of Ruby on Rails, a powerful framework for creating dynamic, data-driven websites. ❏
Login to Cloud9
● Go to https://c9.io/web/login
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Open Workspace
● Click OPEN on your ruby-on-rails workspace tile
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Make Sure You Are In Your Workspace Directory
● The command-line should show (substitute your own username for bobleeswagger ):
Install Rails
● Use the gem command provided by the RubyGems package manager:
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bobleeswagger@ruby-on-rails:~/workspace $
$ gem install rails
You should see the following: Successfully installed rails-X.X.X X gems installed
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Create New Dozerslist Application
● Create a new Rails application, named dozerslist , with a default directory structure:
Change Directory to New Application
● The rails command created a directory for your application; change directory, i.e., cd , to it:
$ rails new dozerslist -T --skip-turbolinks
$ cd dozerslist
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List the Contents of Application Directory
● Perform a directory listing, i.e., ls : $ ls -lart
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The results of the listing should resemble the following: total 68 -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 249 Jul 19 00:30 Rakefile -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 478 Jul 19 00:30 README.rdoc drwxrwxr-x 4 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jul 19 00:30 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 153 Jul 19 00:30 config.ru -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 1345 Jul 19 00:30 Gemfile -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 474 Jul 19 00:30 .gitignore drwxr-xr-x 8 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jul 19 00:30 app/ drwxr-xr-x 4 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jul 19 00:30 lib/ drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jul 19 00:30 db/ drwxr-xr-x 5 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jul 19 00:30 config/ drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jul 19 00:30 log/ drwxr-xr-x 3 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jul 19 00:30 vendor/ drwxr-xr-x 3 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jul 19 00:30 tmp/ drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jul 19 00:30 public/ -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 3772 Jul 19 00:31 Gemfile.lock drwxr-xr-x 11 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jul 19 00:31 ./ drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jul 19 00:31 bin/
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Launch a New Terminal
● Click the green plus icon to launch a new command-line terminal
This will be used exclusively for running the Rails server and viewing any messages it outputs to the screen ❏
Start the Rails Server
● Change directory to dozerslist , your application’s directory: $ cd dozerslist
● Launch the Rails server: $ rails s -b $IP -p $PORT
You should see output similar to the following: => Booting WEBrick => Rails 4.2.3 application starting in development on http://0.0.0.0:8080 => Run `rails server -h` for more startup options => Ctrl-C to shutdown server [2015-07-19 00:44:46] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1
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[2015-07-19 00:44:46] INFO ruby 2.2.1 (2015-02-26) [x86_64-linux] [2015-07-19 00:44:46] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=1596 port=8080
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Verify the Application is Running
● In your browser, go to the URL specified in the Cloud9 pop-up
You should see the Welcome aboard message:
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Go to the Filesystem Navigator
● Before moving on, navigate to the project’s directory in the filesystem navigator
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Save and Close the Project
● FILE Menu > Save All ● Cloud9 > Quit Cloud9
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