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HowToUse/RubyOnRails/4.1


_ Prerequisite

_ Install&Setup

Step.1
Check if the rails has already been installed.
$ rails --version
Step.2
If the rails has not been installed yet, execute the following command
$ gem install rails

_ HowToUse

_ Create new application

Step.1
Create new application.
$ rails new <Application Name>
Step.2
Launch application.
$ cd <Application Name>
$ rails server

In case you encounter the error message of "Could not find a JavaScript runtime.", execute the following commands.

$ gem install execjs
$ gem install therubyracer

Open the Gemfile and append the following lines.

$ vi Gemfile
gem ‘execjs’
gem ‘therubyracer’
$ bundle install
Step.3
Access the following page.
http://localhost:3000/
CreateApplication_fig1.png
Step.4
Create controller and view files.
$ rails generate controller <Controller Name> <Method(View)> <Method(View)>
(Example)
$ rails generate controller Say hello goodbye
Step.5
Access the following page.
http://localhost:3000/say/hello/

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_ Upload to Heroku

Step.1
Create new account in Heroku (https://id.heroku.com/login)
Heroku_fig1.png
Step.2
Install Ruby 2.2.2
$ rvm install ruby-2.2.2
Step.3
Install Heroku Toolbelt.
$ wget -O- https://toolbelt.heroku.com/install-ubuntu.sh | sh

When you encounter error, you can use standalone edition with the following commands.

$ wget -qO- https://toolbelt.heroku.com/install.sh | bash
$ echo 'PATH="/usr/local/heroku/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
Step.4
Login to Heroku
$ heroku login
Step.5
Prepare Git repository.
$ git clone <Git Repository>

or

$ cd <Ruby On Rails Project>
$ git init
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "initial commit"
Step.6
Edit Gemfile because Heroku doesn't allow sqlite3, but PostgreSQL
$ vi config/Gemfile
+gem 'pg'
-gem 'sqlite3'
+gem 'sqlite3', group: %w(test development), require: false
+gem 'pg', group: %w(production), require: false
Step.7
Install gem file.
$ bundle install
Step.8
Edit database.yml
$ vi db/database.yml
production:
  <<: *default
-  database: db/production.sqlite3
+  adapter: pg
+  database: db/production.pg
Step.9
Create application in Heroku
$ heroku create <application name>
Step.10
Push files.
$ git push heroku master

_ Author

S.Yatsuzuka