Developer Console Feature#1755
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- `bin/console` opens an IRB console, with factory_bot already loaded. - The session method `reload!` will reload all gem files.
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Adds an interactive reload! helper in the IRB configuration to unload and reload the factory_bot gem during a console session without restarting.
- Implements
reload!in.irbrcto remove theFactoryBotconstant and related loaded features - Re-requires
factory_botand signals success to the user
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Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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This is awesome. Thank you!
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Developer helper to quickly open an IRB console with the gem code already loaded:
bin/consoleIt also has a built-in
reload!method that will reload a fresh copy of the files.There is no change to any gem code.
reload!method is define in.irbbin/console.setupensures the shell environment:It's easier to debug using an IDE with an integrated debugger, but sometimes you just want to play with the code 🚀