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So far we’ve built a Rails app containing a static page. To do this, we used a controller, a route, and a view. The request/response cycle summarizes how these three parts work together.
However, a Rails app with static pages looks the same for all users. How can we create apps that save information? We do this with a database. Here’s how a database fits into the request-response cycle. Check out the diagram in the browser.
- When you type
http://localhost:8000/welcome
, the browser makes a request for the URL/welcome
. - The request hits the Rails router.
- The router maps the URL to a controller action to handle the request.
- The controller action recieves the request, and asks the model to fetch data from the database.
- The model returns data to the controller action.
- The controller action passes the data on to the view.
- The view renders the page as HTML.
- The controller sends the HTML back to the browser.
Instructions
1.
Let’s see how to incorporate a database by building a Rails app for a messaging service.
Create a new Rails app named MessengerApp
using the rails new
command.
2.
Install the gems in Gemfile.
3.
Run the local server with the command, rails s
to view the app at http://localhost:8000
.
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