CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ruby-on-rails
Kprof
Kprof

Reputation: 752

RoR: "rails server" Lingering Load?

I'm new to RoR, and am building a few beginner's projects - but am unfamiliar with the error processing on RoR. For instance, I am working on this project right here, even though the site I found it through warned it had a few errors (if you know of a program that shortens urls based on a domain you own, that has NO errors, let me know and I'll use it). The problem I'm having is on the step:

rails server

It produces the result that the writer shows, then brings up a SECURITY WARNING. Underneath the security warning it has three timestamps with INFO WEBBrick and INFO ruby. However, an hour later, it's still here - and it hasn't brought the application back to the original location of the code (ie: C:\Location).

Is this an error? Or is it supposed to load? I ask because from the article it seems like I could just move on to the next step (after thirty minutes I hit ENTER just to see what happens, but no response), but - unless I open up a new command prompt - I don't see that happening.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 68

Answers (1)

Dave Newton
Dave Newton

Reputation: 160170

Have you made any requests?

After the Rails server starts, it will sit "forever" waiting to service client requests (e.g., from a browser). Under Windows, that command prompt won't be useful until the server is shut down, e.g., with a Ctrl-C.

You can either open a new command window, as you've done, or shut the server down and use the same window. It's worth nothing that sometimes you'll need to restart the server, much of the time you won't. Figuring out when, and under what circumstances, is deterministic, but occasionally confusing.

Upvotes: 2

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