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8,665 Pointsirb vs rails c
In the Ruby Foundations course with Jason, he used the terminal command "irb" to use the console. Hampton uses "rails c". Is there a notable difference?
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Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 PointsRails console is like loading IRB with your whole Rails application code inside, allowing you to interact with the app's database etc.
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Pointsirb
is Ruby console; rails c
is Rails console, TWO different things; even though Rails console uses irb
, they serve different purposes.
John Cunningham
8,665 PointsJohn Cunningham
8,665 PointsAwesome.. that helps! Thanks for the info.