Rails Console
April 14th, 2005
One of the most underappreciated tools in the Rails toolshed is the console script. This script lets you interact with your model objects via the powerful irb (yeah, I know that's probably not the most definitive link for irb, but it's certainly the most fun). As quick and easy as it is to develop with Rails, console allows you to stop in the middle and double check that things are working the way you think they are.
