Tips for rails console

rails_console.rb

# add a .pryrc file or .irbrc
class Object
  def me
    User.find_by(email: '[email protected]')
  end
  
  def slmn
    SomeLongModelName
  end
  
  def an_array
    (1..5).to_a
  end
  
  def a_hash
    {a: 'b', c: 'd'}
  end
end

# prevent console from spending time rendering output we don’t care about
users = User.all; nil

# sandbox
rails console --sandbox

# The variable _ refers to the result of the last command run
my_variable = _