Ramaze Command

Ramaze ships with a relatively simple command, named "ramaze". This command can be used to create new applications as well as starting them. To make reading this guide easier we'll call this command "bin/ramaze" from now on.

Creating Applications

As mentioned earlier bin/ramaze can be used to create new applications. In order to create a new application in the current directory all you have to do is executing the following command:

$ ramaze create APPNAME

APPNAME is the name of your new application and will also be used as the directory name. If the application was named "blog" there would now be a directory called "blog" in the current one. This directory will contain all basic files that can be used for a Ramaze powered application.

Application Prototypes

Due to Ramaze's nature it's very easy to create your own application prototype if you dislike the default one. For example, I've made some small modifications to the default prototype so that it looks like the followng:

.__ app.rb
|__ config
|   |__ config.rb
|   |__ database.rb
|   |__ middlewares.rb
|   |__ requires.rb
|
|__ config.ru
|__ controller
|__ layout
|   |__ default.xhtml
|
|__ log
|__ public
|__ spec
|__ start.rb
|__ view

This prototype is basically a minimal version of the default one but with a special directory for all configuration files. In order to use this prototype I had to make some small changes to app.rb, the look like the following:

require 'ramaze'

# Load the file that in turn will load all gems, keeps this file clean
require __DIR__('config/requires')

# Configure our application
require __DIR__('config/config')

# Load our database settings
require __DIR__('config/database')

# Load all Rack middlewares
require __DIR__('config/middlewares')

# Load all controllers
Dir.glob(__DIR__('controller') + '/**/*.rb').each do |f|
  require f
end

This is only a basic example of the flexibility of Ramaze, I highly recommend you playing around with your own prototypes as it's a great way to learn the basics of Ramaze and to really understand how flexible Ramaze is.

Running Applications

When you've created an application there are three ways of running it. You can either use your server's command such as thin or unicorn but you can also use a supplied Rake task:

$ rake ramaze:start

If you want to stop the running application you can simply close it by using the key combination Ctrl+C.

Ramaze Console

By default Ramaze allows you to start a console using either IRB or Pry. These consoles can be started by running rake ramaze:irb and rake ramaze:pry respectively.