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Go Rails Getting Started

Setup Link to heading

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 Link to heading

rails new <project_name>

To run the webserver

rails s

Links in the project Link to heading

Use the helper

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