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rails new — Create a new Rails application. More information: <https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#

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Problem

How to use the rails new command: Create a new Rails application. More information: <https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#rails-new>.

Solution

rails new — Create a new Rails application. More information: <https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#rails-new>.

Create a Rails app named blog in the current directory:

rails new blog

Create a Rails app with API-only configuration:

rails new {{app_name}} --api

Create a Rails app with postgresql as the database:

rails new {{app_name}} {{[-d|--database]}} postgresql

Create a Rails app without generating JavaScript files:

rails new {{app_name}} {{[-J|--skip-javascript]}}

Display help:

rails new {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Create a Rails app named `blog` in the current directory

rails new blog

Create a Rails app with API-only configuration

rails new {{app_name}} --api

Create a Rails app with `postgresql` as the database

rails new {{app_name}} {{[-d|--database]}} postgresql

Create a Rails app without generating JavaScript files

rails new {{app_name}} {{[-J|--skip-javascript]}}

Display help

rails new {{[-h|--help]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/rails new

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