Rails Tooling

devenv setup

1. Install nix
2. Set up cachix:

nix profile install nixpkgs#cachix
cachix use devenv
# Note: it's ok to run the command to make your user a nix admin

3. Install devenv:

nix profile install --accept-flake-config github:cachix/devenv/latest

4. Install OrbStack
5. Install direnv:

brew install direnv

6. Add the following lines to your ~/.zshrc:

export DIRENV_LOG_FORMAT=
eval "$(direnv hook zsh)"

7. Change to your repository
8. direnv allow
9. Watch as devenv builds your environment.

App setup

1. bundle install
2. yarn install
3. docker compose up -d (starts databases in docker containers)
4. bin/setup
5. dev up -df (starts rails, etc)
6. Open localhost:3000 in your browser

dev reference

Commands

• dev up -df starts containers and processes in the background (that's the -d) and follows the output (that's the -f)
• dev down shuts down containers and processes
• dev logs Displays process and container logs
• dev restart restarts any combination of processes and containers
• dev ps displays the status of all containers and processes