Speed up the process

rake_tasks.rb

desc "load all files in app/models to irb"
task :console do
  file_list = Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/app/models/*.rb"].map { |f| "-r #{f}" }
  exec "irb #{file_list.join(' ')}"
end
 
 

desc "generate new migration file"
task :generate do
  timestamp = Time.now.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
  exec "touch db/migrate/#{timestamp}_#{ARGV.last}.rb"
end

#  $ rake generate migration add_column_people  ('migration' portion is optional)
# => 20131024214106_add_column_people.rb