Cheating is fun with the cheat gem!

errtheblog.com released a great gem called cheat.

Installation is a snap

$ sudo gem install cheat

Now you have access to a wide array of cheat sheets. Cheat sheets are basically like wiki pages that can be accessed from the command line, editable and all. Don't believe me? Give it a try

$ cheat rspec | less

rspec:
  INSTALL
  =======
    INSTALL rspec
    =============
  $ sudo gem install rspec
    OR  
  $ ./script/plugin install git://github.com/dchelimsky/rspec.git
  
    INSTALL rspec_on_rails plugin
    =============================
  $ ./script/plugin install git://github.com/dchelimsky/rspec-rails.git
  
  
  BOOTSTRAP THE APP
  =================
  $ ./script/generate rspec
        create  spec
        create  spec/spec_helper.rb
        create  spec/spec.opts
        create  previous_failures.txt
        create  script/spec_server
        create  script/spec

  ....

Cheat is not even rails specific. There are a whole slue of helpful commands that you can refer to as you go about your everyday programming. Just use the cheat sheets command to list them all.

$ cheat sheets
All Cheat Sheets:
  acts_as_authenticated
  acts_as_state_machine
  acts_as_taggable_on
  address
  administrateme
  agile
  alias
  ambition
  ansi
  arts
  as3_formulas
  ascii
  assert
  assertions
  assert_block

  ....and it keeps going and going