web-console VS Spring

Compare web-console vs Spring and see what are their differences.

Spring

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web-console Spring
3 8
1,384 2,790
1.1% 0.3%
4.5 6.1
14 days ago 8 days ago
Ruby Ruby
MIT License MIT License
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web-console

Posts with mentions or reviews of web-console. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-25.
  • Active_storage first time need help!
    11 projects | /r/rails | 25 Sep 2022
    # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem "rails", github: "rails/rails", branch: "main" gem "rails", "~> 7.0.4" # The original asset pipeline for Rails [https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails] gem "sprockets-rails" # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4" # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma] gem "puma", "~> 5.0" # Use JavaScript with ESM import maps [https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails] gem "importmap-rails" # Hotwire's SPA-like page accelerator [https://turbo.hotwired.dev] gem "turbo-rails" # Hotwire's modest JavaScript framework [https://stimulus.hotwired.dev] gem "stimulus-rails" # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder] gem "jbuilder" # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[ mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby ] # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem "bootsnap", require: false # Use Sass to process CSS # gem "sassc-rails" # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images] # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2" group :development, :test do # See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#debugging-with-the-debug-gem gem "debug", platforms: %i[ mri mingw x64_mingw ] end group :development do # Use console on exceptions pages [https://github.com/rails/web-console] gem "web-console" # Add speed badges [https://github.com/MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler] # gem "rack-mini-profiler" # Speed up commands on slow machines / big apps [https://github.com/rails/spring] # gem "spring" end group :test do # Use system testing [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/testing.html#system-testing] gem "capybara" gem "selenium-webdriver" gem "webdrivers" end
  • Meu processo de atualização do Ruby on Rails
    2 projects | dev.to | 19 Mar 2022
  • New to rails and need some apllication.css importing help
    6 projects | /r/ruby | 2 Mar 2022
    group :development do # Use console on exceptions pages [https://github.com/rails/web-console] gem 'pg', '1.2.3' gem 'web-console'

Spring

Posts with mentions or reviews of Spring. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-03.
  • Spring: Rails Application Preloader
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Apr 2024
  • Could not detect rake tasks
    6 projects | /r/rails | 3 May 2023
    # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma] gem "puma", "~> 5.0" # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder] # gem "jbuilder" gem 'rack-cors' gem "devise" gem "jsonapi-serializer" gem 'devise-jwt' gem 'active_model_serializers' gem 'followability' gem 'dotenv-rails', groups: [:development, :test, :production] gem 'sprockets' # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production # gem "redis", "~> 4.0" # Use Kredis to get higher-level data types in Redis [https://github.com/rails/kredis] # gem "kredis" # Use Active Model has_secure_password [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_model_basics.html#securepassword] # gem "bcrypt", "~> 3.1.7" # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[ mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby ] # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem "bootsnap", require: false # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images] # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2" # Use Rack CORS for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), making cross-origin AJAX possible # gem "rack-cors" group :development, :test do # See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#debugging-with-the-debug-gem gem "debug", platforms: %i[ mri mingw x64_mingw ] end group :development do gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4" # Speed up commands on slow machines / big apps [https://github.com/rails/spring] # gem "spring" end group :production do gem 'pg' end
  • Active_storage first time need help!
    11 projects | /r/rails | 25 Sep 2022
    # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem "rails", github: "rails/rails", branch: "main" gem "rails", "~> 7.0.4" # The original asset pipeline for Rails [https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails] gem "sprockets-rails" # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4" # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma] gem "puma", "~> 5.0" # Use JavaScript with ESM import maps [https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails] gem "importmap-rails" # Hotwire's SPA-like page accelerator [https://turbo.hotwired.dev] gem "turbo-rails" # Hotwire's modest JavaScript framework [https://stimulus.hotwired.dev] gem "stimulus-rails" # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder] gem "jbuilder" # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[ mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby ] # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem "bootsnap", require: false # Use Sass to process CSS # gem "sassc-rails" # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images] # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2" group :development, :test do # See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#debugging-with-the-debug-gem gem "debug", platforms: %i[ mri mingw x64_mingw ] end group :development do # Use console on exceptions pages [https://github.com/rails/web-console] gem "web-console" # Add speed badges [https://github.com/MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler] # gem "rack-mini-profiler" # Speed up commands on slow machines / big apps [https://github.com/rails/spring] # gem "spring" end group :test do # Use system testing [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/testing.html#system-testing] gem "capybara" gem "selenium-webdriver" gem "webdrivers" end
  • New to rails and need some apllication.css importing help
    6 projects | /r/ruby | 2 Mar 2022
    # Speed up commands on slow machines / big apps [https://github.com/rails/spring] # gem "spring" end
  • Unable to build and deploy Rails 6.0.4.1 app on heroku - Throws gyp verb cli error
    7 projects | /r/Heroku | 17 Dec 2021
    source 'https://rubygems.org' git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" } ruby '2.7.3' # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails' gem 'rails', '~> 6.0.3', '>= 6.0.3.7' gem 'mongoid', git: 'https://github.com/mongodb/mongoid.git' # Use Puma as the app server gem 'puma', '~> 4.1' # Use SCSS for stylesheets gem 'sass-rails', '>= 6' # Transpile app-like JavaScript. Read more: https://github.com/rails/webpacker gem 'webpacker', '~> 4.0' # Turbolinks makes navigating your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks gem 'turbolinks', '~> 5' # Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.7' # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production # gem 'redis', '~> 4.0' # Use Active Model has_secure_password # Use Active Storage variant # gem 'image_processing', '~> 1.2' gem 'axlsx' gem 'caxlsx_rails' #Bootstrap for UI gem 'bootstrap', '~> 5.1.0' gem 'bootstrap-timepicker-rails', '~> 0.1.3' gem 'bootstrap-select-rails', '~> 1.6', '>= 1.6.3' #JQuery Rails gem 'jquery-rails' gem 'rails_12factor', group: :production # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.4.2', require: false group :development, :test do # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console gem 'byebug', platforms: [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw] end group :development do # Access an interactive console on exception pages or by calling 'console' anywhere in the code. gem 'web-console', '>= 3.3.0' gem 'listen', '~> 3.2' gem 'pry' # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring gem 'spring' gem 'spring-watcher-listen', '~> 2.0.0' end group :test do # Adds support for Capybara system testing and selenium driver gem 'capybara', '>= 2.15' gem 'selenium-webdriver' # Easy installation and use of web drivers to run system tests with browsers gem 'webdrivers' gem 'cucumber-rails', require: false gem 'database_cleaner' end # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw, :jruby] #HTTParty for RESTful API calls gem 'httparty' #Paperclip for storing files gem 'paperclip' gem "mongoid-paperclip", :require => "mongoid_paperclip" gem "letter_opener", :group => :development r
  • RSpec with FactoryBot keeps increasing ID in the database
    4 projects | /r/rails | 27 Jul 2021
    # frozen_string_literal: true source 'https://rubygems.org' git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" } ruby '3.0.0' gem 'devise-jwt', '~> 0.8.1' gem 'dotenv-rails' # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails', branch: 'main' gem 'rails', '~> 6.1.4' # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record # gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.4' gem 'pg' # Use Puma as the app server gem 'puma', '~> 5.0' gem 'rack-cors' # Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder # gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.7' # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production # gem 'redis', '~> 4.0' # Use Active Model has_secure_password gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1.7' # Use Active Storage variant # gem 'image_processing', '~> 1.2' # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.4.4', require: false # Use Rack CORS for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), making cross-origin AJAX possible # gem 'rack-cors' group :development, :test do # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console gem 'byebug', platforms: %i[mri mingw x64_mingw] gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 5.0.0' gem 'factory_bot_rails' end group :development do gem 'listen', '~> 3.3' # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring gem 'spring' end # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: %i[mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby]
  • Can Zeitwerk only reload files that have been changed?
    1 project | /r/rails | 19 Jul 2021
    Have you tried spring https://github.com/rails/spring ? Designed to do that kind of hot reloading in development.
  • Working on getting a class project up and going into Heroku, keep running into this, any ideas on what’s going on and what to do?
    6 projects | /r/Heroku | 22 Apr 2021
    # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring

What are some alternatives?

When comparing web-console and Spring you can also consider the following projects:

rack-mini-profiler - Profiler for your development and production Ruby rack apps.

Parallel Tests - Ruby: 2 CPUs = 2x Testing Speed for RSpec, Test::Unit and Cucumber

Ruby on Rails - Ruby on Rails

mutant - Automated code reviews via mutation testing - semantic code coverage.

turbo - The speed of a single-page web application without having to write any JavaScript

vcr - Record your test suite's HTTP interactions and replay them during future test runs for fast, deterministic, accurate tests.

jbuilder - Jbuilder: generate JSON objects with a Builder-style DSL

Knapsack - Knapsack splits tests evenly across parallel CI nodes to run fast CI build and save you time.

Wrong - Wrong provides a general assert method that takes a predicate block. Assertion failure messages are rich in detail.

timecop - A gem providing "time travel", "time freezing", and "time acceleration" capabilities, making it simple to test time-dependent code. It provides a unified method to mock Time.now, Date.today, and DateTime.now in a single call.

rubygems - Library packaging and distribution for Ruby.

Appraisal - A Ruby library for testing your library against different versions of dependencies.