One of the really great things that Rails has done is provided us with script/console. This is such a handy utility and it works really well.
It’s no secret what I think of rack, but still, I’ll say it again. I think Rack is awesome, and although the spec is simple, when we conform to the spec we get new things from out of left field 
Enter (from field left) racksh This is pure gold IMHO. Install in the usual way:
$ gem install rackshIf we go back to the app we built up in my last post lets see how we can get a console for it.
∴ racksh
~ Loading Development Environment
Rack::Shell v0.9.4 started in development environment.
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See the awesomeness of rack there? Racksh does a very nice job at providing a console to all rack applications who follow the spec and also provide a config.ru file. Also, since it’s an awesome tool, it makes your fully stacked up application available at $rack including goodness from Rack::Test so you get a whole bunch of methods for free 
Lets try a few out.
∴ racksh
~ Loading Development Environment
Rack::Shell v0.9.4 started in development environment.
>> WagyuBlog::BlogEntry.all
=> [#]
>> VegetableBlog::BlogEntry.all
=> [#]
>> response = $rack.get("/wagyu")
# snip response
>> response.status
=> 200
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I’d suggest everyone checkout the docs and readme for both Racksh and Rack::Test to see what you can do with these great tools, and try them out. Use them with such frameworks as Sinatra, Rango, Pancake and many others
