Three quick Rails console tips

# Generate paths and URLs
> app.project_path(Project.last)
=> "/projects/34"

# Make requests
> app.get '/projects/34'
=> 200
> app.response.body
=> "<html> ..."

# Use helpers
helper.truncate("Foobar", length: 5)
=> "Fo..."

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Henning Koch

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2026-08-11

Dominik Schöler

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Source code in this card is licensed under the MIT License.

Posted by Henning Koch to makandra dev (2012-05-17 15:34)