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Reference: cdesch cheatsheet on GitHub

Rails Generators

Generating a model

rails g model [model name in singular] field_name:field_type

Common field types are

:string, :text, :integer, :float, :decimal, :datetime, :timestamp, :time, :date, :binary, :boolean, :references

Special examples

  • prices:decimal{8.2} can be used for prices
  • address:references will automatically create a relationship between your model and another model. In this example, you're creating a reference from your model to the address table

Note

You can use the same syntax for generating a scaffold which also includes the creation of controllers and views as well

Generating a migration

Reference: Ruby Docs

Migrations are changes made to existing models

rails g migration [Some context]To[Model name] field_name:field_type

Foreign References

rails generate migration AddAddressRefToContacts address:references

Dates

Reference: Ruby Docs

Creating a date

variable_name = Date.parse('December 23, 2019')

Returning values

variable_name.strftime('%B') returns 'December'

See RubyDocs for more examples

Relationships

References

Generating References

You can generate a reference through a rails generator

rails g migration AddPostToUsers post:references

By default, Rails 5 will make this relationship a required field by the model. However, you can override it at the model level

class User < ApplicationRecord
end

class Post < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :user, required: true
end

Reference: thejspr

You may want to create a reference that has a different name from the model name. To do that, you will need to tweak the migration file

class AddCreatorToOrders < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
  def change
    add_reference :orders, :creator, foreign_key: { to_table: :users }
  end
end

You will then need to modify the models to reflect the relationship

belongs_to :creator, class_name: 'User'

ActiveRecord