Create Rails application elements

Press Ctrl twice and start typing rails g controller. Select rails g controller and press Enter.

In the invoked Add New Controller dialog, specify the controller name. Optionally, add the action names separated by spaces (for example, new create). Click OK.

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Additional options allow you to provide additional arguments. For example, you can add the --no-test-framework argument.

RubyMine generates required files (a controller, view, and other) and displays output in the Run tool window.

You can click any file to quickly open it in the editor.

Open a controller file in the editor.

Locate the desired action and click the icon in the left gutter of the editor.

If a view associated with the method exists, it is opened in the editor. If a view doesn't exist, RubyMine suggests creating a new one.

Specify the name of the view file and click OK. Note that you can create ERB or Haml view.

Press Ctrl twice and start typing rails g model. Select rails g model and press Enter.

In the invoked Add New Model dialog, specify the model name, attributes and its types (for example, Article title:string text:text). Click OK.

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Press Ctrl+Space to complete attribute types.

RubyMine generates required files (a model and migration) and displays output in the Run tool window.

You can click any file to quickly open it in the editor.

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To see a dependency diagram for the created model, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U, select Rails Model Dependency Diagram in the invoked popup and press Enter. Learn more at Show a Rails model diagram.