Folders Flashcards
app/
Contains the controllers, models, views, helpers, mailers and assets for your application.
bin/
Binary executable files
config/
Configure your application’s runtime rules, routes, database, and more.
config.ru
Rack configuration for Rack-based servers used to start the application
db/
Contains your current database schema, as well as the database migrations
“Gemfile”, “Gemfile.lock”
These files allow you to specify what gem dependencies are needed for your Rails application. These files are used by the Bundler gem.
lib/
Extended modules for your application
log/
Application log files
public/
The only folder seen to the world as-is. Contains the static files and compiled assets.
Rakefile
This file locates and loads tasks that can be run from the command line. The task definitions are defined throughout the components of Rails. Rather than changing Rakefile, you should add your own tasks by adding files to the lib/tasks directory of your application.
README.rdoc
This is a brief instruction manual for your application. You should edit this file to tell others what you application does, how to set it up, and so on.
test/
Unit tests, fixtures, and other test apparatus.
tmp/
Temporary files (like cache, “pid”, and session files.)
vendor/
A place for all third-party code. In a typical Rails application, this includes Ruby Gems and the Rails source code (if you optionally install it into your project.)
app/assets
Application assets such as cascading style sheets (CSS), JavaScript files, and images
