Go Rails Getting Started

Published: 2023-02-05

Setup

I’ve opted to go with VSCode Dev Containers. To install you need

• Docker desktop
• The VSCode extension Dev Containers by Microsoft

For the extensions in the Dev Container to improve the Ruby and Rails experience in VSCode:

• Copilot
• Rails
• Ruby
• VSCode Ruby
• VSCode Gemfile

Ruby

rails new <project_name>

To run the webserver

rails s

Links in the project

Use the helper

<%= link_to "About", about_path, class: "nav-link" %>