ModelProbe

ActiveRecord schema visualization and model organization made easy 🙌

Colorized table info for columns, types, nullables, indexes... and the actual DDL used by the database to create the table. All this and more with ModelProbe!

  1. Get a clear picture of your model's underlying schema with beautiful and informative schema introspection.
  2. Generate model class definitions with a well organized, logical structure.
  3. Create sensible text fixture stubs.

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Quick Start

  1. Add the GEM to your project

    bundle add model_probe
    

ModelProbe auto initializes in the Rails development environment.

  1. Use in a Rails console

    # examples for a User model
    User.probe
    User.print_model
    User.print_fixture
    
  2. Use with Rails (Rake) tasks

    # examples for a User model
    bin/rails model_probe:probe[User]
    bin/rails model_probe:print_model[User]
    bin/rails model_probe:print_fixture[User]
    

Supported Databases

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite
  • ...more? contributions welcome ;)

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Introspect your ActiveRecord models to build a deep understanding of the underlying database structure.

ModelProbe probe

Generate a well organized template for your ActiveRecord model's class definition.

ModelProbe print_model

Create fixture stubs to use in the test suite.

ModelProbe print_fixture