how can i load a file in ruby on rails console?

Question

am trying to load a file where i have all my setting into rails console. i want to do it because when i use the console there is too much repetition . thank you

Answer 1

From within Rails console or IRB you can load a file with the require method. For example require foo.rb will execute all the statements in foo.rb. You can use relative or absolute paths.

Answer 2

You can set configs of IRB using .irbrc file located in your home directory.

You can use load, require and whatever you want there.

Adding something like require 'rubygems' and require 'pp' will help. Some people customize the file more heavily. See this for example.

Answer 3

As stated before you can use .irbrc file, take a look here http://github.com/ryanb/dotfiles to see how to separate your rails specific code into a railsrc file.