Rails console is a great tool when you are experimenting with your code, but if we have a lot of data it can become a bit complicated and time consuming.
Currently I'm working on a chat app and while creating users the output in console became a bit verbose since it's all smashed together.
Today I learned
You can fix this by adding a gem called hirb to your gemfile.
Hirb is a 'mini view framework' that formats output console according to its type. So you go from something like this:
To this:
After installing it, run the rails console command and write Hirb.enable on console.
Tip-on-tip: make sure the H is capital when using console. For adding to gemfile lowercase hirb it's okay.
That's it, you're set.
What did you learn today?
Top comments (2)
The table rendering looks very MySQL/MariaDB. Does Hirb work with Sqlite?
Apparently they changed the spelling from Hirb to hirb.
Hi Lorraine! Yes, it works on it. I tested it both on Postgresql and SQLite.
About the capitalizing, it'd be lowercase when adding to Gemfile but when using it in console capital H otherwise it prompts you to see if you're trying to say irb.