# rails

> Ruby on Rails, or Rails, is a server-side MVC framework written in Ruby under the MIT License.

- Check current version of rails:

`rails --version`

- Create a new rails project:

`rails new "{{name_of_project}}"`

- Start local server for current project on port 3000 (while in projects root directory):

`rails server`

- Start local server for current project on a specified port:

`rails server -p "{{port_number}}"`

- Open console to interact with applicaiton from command line (while in projects root directory):

`rails console`