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Ruby ActiveRecord Basics Migrations and Relationships Single Table Inheritance

Posted by John Cunningham
John Cunningham
8,665 Points

irb 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?

2 Answers

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Rails console is like loading IRB with your whole Rails application code inside, allowing you to interact with the app's database etc.

John Cunningham
John Cunningham
8,665 Points

Awesome.. that helps! Thanks for the info.

William Li
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William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

irb is Ruby console; rails c is Rails console, TWO different things; even though Rails console uses irb, they serve different purposes.