Example Ruby on Rails application using AWS::Record

Here is an example application using the Aws::Record gem from AWS.

Getting Started

Instructions for macOS using RVM.

1. Install RVM

   curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash
   

2. (Fork and) clone this repository

   git clone git@github.com:pas256/aws-record-example-ruby.git
   

3. Change into this directory let RVM install Ruby and create a Gemset

   cd aws-record-example-ruby
   rvm use .
   

4. Install bundler so we can use that to manage dependencies

   gem install bundler --no-document
   

5. Install the dependencies

   bundle install
   

6. Configure AWS credentials if you haven't already.

7. Create DynamoDB tables

   rails ddb:migrate
   

8. Run the server

   rails server
   

9. Check out the site on localhost:3000

Versions

• Ruby 2.3 and Rails 5

How was this created?

This is loosely based on the Rails Getting Started Guide.

mkdir aws-record-example-ruby
cd aws-record-example-ruby
rails new .
bundle install
rails generate controller Welcome index
rails g scaffold Articles title text
# Delete and edit some files

License

Apache License Version 2.0