Let's navigate to the TODO folder to check how our application's folder structure looks like:
Let me explain to you some of the important folders here:
The first one is the
appfolder, which we will be focusing on the most throughout this book. All our application's content will be present inside this folder.The
assetsfolder inside theappfolder is the location to store all the static files like JavaScript, CSS, and Images. You can take a sneak peek inside them to look at the various files.The
controllersfolder handles various requests and responses of the browser.The
helpersfolder contains various helper methods both for theviewsandcontrollers.The next folder
mailers, contains all the necessary files to send an e-mail.The
modelsfolder contains files that interact with the database.Finally, we have the
viewsfolder, which contains all the.erbfiles that will be complied to HTML files.
So, let's start the Rails server and check out our application on the browser:
Navigate to the
TODOfolder in the terminal and then type the following command to start a server:rails serverYou can also use the following command:
rails sYou will see that the server is deployed under the port
3000. So, type the following URL to view the application:http://localhost:3000.You can also use the following URL:
http://0.0.0.0:3000.If your application is properly set up, you should see the default page of Rails in the browser:
