Masatoshi Nishiguchi

Rake tasks basics

Basic commands

# List all the tasks
bundle exec rake -T

Rake tasks in Rails

be rake db:migrate:redo

be rake log:clear

be rake db:migrate db:seed log:clear

# List all the TODOs and FIXMEs
be rake notes

be rake rails:update  # Rails 4
be rake app:update    # Rails 5
# d - diff
# Y - yes
# n - no
# q - quit

first_or_create! in db/seed.rb

This allows us to run the be rake db:seed command without deleting any data.

# db/seed.rb
Post.where(
  title: "The title",
  body:  "Hello world"
).first_or_create!

Write custom tasks

# Rakefile
namespace :masatoshi do
  desc "Say hello"
  task :hello do
    puts "Hello"
  end

  desc "Say world"
  task :world do
    puts "World"
  end

  desc "Say hello and world"
  task :hello_world => [:hello, :world]

  desc "Take parameter"
  task :custom_hello, [:name] do |t, args|
    puts "Hello, #{args[:name]}!"
  end
end

Calling tasks from a terminal

$ be rake masatoshi:hello
Hello
$ be rake masatoshi:world
World
$ be rake masatoshi:hello_world
Hello
World

Calling tasks from a ruby file

# rake_include.rb
require "rubygems"
require "bundler"
require "rake"

Bundler.require
load "Rakefile"
Rake::Task["masatoshi:custom_hello"].invoke("Mr. Nishiguchi")

ruby rake_include.rb
Hello, Mr. Nishiguchi!

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