praveenkannanm / easy_start

EasyStart

EasyStart will allow users to quickly start the local rails server in a single command. This gem is intended to be used only in development mode.

$ easy_start project_name

the above command will start the rails server in your local machine and you are ready to go to your browser to test or develop your application.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'easy_start'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install easy_start

Usage

After installing the gem, add the projects that needs to be started by the following command

$ easy_start -a project_name -p project_path

Now you are ready to start your project from anywhere in terminal by

$ easy_start project_name

Switching branches are also supported by EasyStart

$ easy_start project_name branch_name

Note: mentioning branch name will switch the application directory to that branch and will automatically pull the latest version of the branch before starting the server.

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/easy_start.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.