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Rails Backend Cheatsheet

This document is a comprehensive cheat sheet for Ruby on Rails backend development, covering project setup, model generation, database commands, migrations, validations, querying methods, controller actions, routing, views, and forms. It provides command-line instructions, code examples, and explanations of key concepts and best practices. The cheat sheet is structured to serve as a quick reference for developers working with Ruby on Rails.

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Rails Backend Cheatsheet

This document is a comprehensive cheat sheet for Ruby on Rails backend development, covering project setup, model generation, database commands, migrations, validations, querying methods, controller actions, routing, views, and forms. It provides command-line instructions, code examples, and explanations of key concepts and best practices. The cheat sheet is structured to serve as a quick reference for developers working with Ruby on Rails.

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Ruby on Rails Comprehensive Backend Cheat Sheet

1. Project initiation and setup

$ rails new my_app -d postgresql --skip-javascript --skip-hotwire


$ cd my_app
$ bundle install
$ rails db:create
$ rails server

Environment structure:
- app/: core logic (MVC)
- config/: environment, routes, DB, initializers
- db/: seeds, schema, migrations
- test/ or spec/: unit/integration tests

2. Model generation, options and data types

$ rails g model Article title:string content:text published:boolean views:integer


published_at:datetime

Common data types:


:string, :text, :integer, :float, :decimal, :datetime, :date, :boolean, :binary, :uuid,
:jsonb

Options:
null: false
default: 0
index: true
foreign_key: true

Associations:
belongs_to, has_many, has_one, has_and_belongs_to_many

Self-reference:
class Employee < ApplicationRecord
belongs_to :manager, class_name: 'Employee', optional: true
has_many :subordinates, class_name: 'Employee', foreign_key: :manager_id

Join Tables (HABTM):


rails g migration CreateJoinTableArticlesCategories article category

To_table usage:
add_reference :orders, :buyer, foreign_key: { to_table: :users }

3. Database commands and schema.rb

$ rails db:create # Creates DBs


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$ rails db:drop # Drops DBs


$ rails db:migrate # Migrates
$ rails db:reset # Drops + creates + migrates
$ rails db:seed # Loads db/seeds.rb

schema.rb:
Auto-generated canonical representation of DB (not SQL dump)
Used to recreate structure on new environments

4. Migrations and naming conventions

First-time:
rails g migration CreateProducts name:string price:decimal

Change column:
rails g migration AddViewsToArticles views:integer
rails g migration RemoveViewsFromArticles views:integer
rails g migration RenameViewsToHitsInArticles
rails g migration ChangeDataTypeForViews

Manual editing:
change_table, add_column, remove_column
add_index, add_foreign_key

Timestamps:
t.timestamps # Adds created_at, updated_at

5. Validations

class Post < ApplicationRecord


validates :title, presence: true
validates :slug, uniqueness: true
validates :views, numericality: { greater_than_or_equal_to: 0 }
validates :status, inclusion: { in: %w[draft published archived] }
validate :valid_future_publish_date

def valid_future_publish_date
if publish_at && publish_at < Time.current
errors.add(:publish_at, "must be in the future")
end
end
end

6. Rails console and sample data

$ rails console
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User.create(name: "Alice", email: "[email protected]")


user = User.find(1)
user.posts.create(title: "My Post", body: "Post body")
Post.where(published: true).limit(5).order(created_at: :desc)

7. Common querying methods

Model.find(id)
Model.find_by(email: "x")
Model.where(active: true)
Model.order(created_at: :desc)
Model.limit(10).offset(20)
Model.group(:status).count
Model.joins(:comments)
Model.includes(:user)
Model.select("id, name").where("age > ?", 18)
Model.exists?(conditions)

8. Controller generation

$ rails g controller Articles index show new edit create update destroy

Options:
--skip-routes Don't add routes automatically
--skip-template-engine Avoid view templates

9. Routing

Manual:
get '/posts', to: 'posts#index'

resources :posts

resources :users do
resources :posts
end

resources :articles, only: [:index, :show]


resources :comments, except: [:destroy]

10. Controller actions

def index
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@articles = Article.all
end

def show
@article = Article.find(params[:id])
end

def create
@article = Article.new(article_params)
if @article.save
redirect_to @article
else
render :new, status: :unprocessable_entity
end
end

11. Params, filtering, security

params[:id]
params[:user][:name]

Strong parameters:
def user_params
params.require(:user).permit(:name, :email)
end

12. Views and erb

<%= @user.name %>


<%= link_to "Edit", edit_user_path(@user) %>
<% if @user.admin? %> Admin Panel <% end %>
<%= render 'shared/header' %>

13. Partials

<%= render 'users/user', user: @user %>

_filename.html.erb is a partial

14. Forms and form helpers

<%= form_with model: @user do |f| %>


<%= f.label :name %>
<%= f.text_field :name %>
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<%= f.submit %>


<% end %>

f.text_area, f.check_box, f.select, f.collection_select

15. Rails server

$ rails server
$ rails s -p 3001 -b 0.0.0.0

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