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.

Table of Contents

• Quick Start
• Supported Databases
• Videos
• Screenshots

Quick Start

1. Add the GEM to your project

   bundle add model_probe

   ModelProbe auto initializes in the Rails development environment.

2. Use in a Rails console

   # examples for a User model
   User.probe
   User.print_model
   User.print_fixture

3. 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 ;)

Videos

Screenshots

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

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

Create fixture stubs to use in the test suite.