Ruby on Rails Manual CRUD Guide
Project Setup
1. Create new Rails app:
rails new blog_app --skip-javascript --skip-hotwire
cd blog_app
Model and Migration
2. Generate Post model:
rails generate model Post title:string content:text
rails db:migrate
Controller
3. Create Posts controller:
rails generate controller Posts
In app/controllers/posts_controller.rb:
class PostsController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_post, only: %i[show edit update destroy]
def index
@posts = Post.all
end
def show; end
def new
@post = Post.new
end
def create
@post = Post.new(post_params)
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if @post.save
redirect_to @post, notice: 'Post was successfully created.'
else
render :new
end
end
def edit; end
def update
if @post.update(post_params)
redirect_to @post, notice: 'Post was successfully updated.'
else
render :edit
end
end
def destroy
@post.destroy
redirect_to posts_path, notice: 'Post was successfully deleted.'
end
private
def set_post
@post = Post.find(params[:id])
end
def post_params
params.require(:post).permit(:title, :content)
end
end
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Routes
4. In config/routes.rb:
resources :posts
root "posts#index"
Views
5. Create app/views/posts/ with these files:
index.html.erb:
<h1>All Posts</h1>
<%= link_to 'New Post', new_post_path %>
<ul>
<% @posts.each do |post| %>
<li>
<%= link_to post.title, post %> |
<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_post_path(post) %> |
<%= link_to 'Delete', post, method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' } %>
</li>
<% end %>
</ul>
_form.html.erb (shared):
<%= form_with(model: @post, local: true) do |form| %>
<p>
<%= form.label :title %><br>
<%= form.text_field :title %>
</p>
<p>
<%= form.label :content %><br>
<%= form.text_area :content %>
</p>
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<p>
<%= form.submit %>
</p>
<% end %>
new.html.erb:
<h1>New Post</h1>
<%= render 'form', post: @post %>
<%= link_to 'Back', posts_path %>
edit.html.erb:
<h1>Edit Post</h1>
<%= render 'form', post: @post %>
<%= link_to 'Back', posts_path %>
show.html.erb:
<h1><%= @post.title %></h1>
<p><%= @post.content %></p>
<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_post_path(@post) %> |
<%= link_to 'Back', posts_path %>
Summary
CRUD Actions:
- Create: new, create
- Read: index, show
- Update: edit, update
- Delete: destroy
This guide walks through full manual CRUD setup for a simple Post model in Rails.
