Create records

- [Kevin] In this movie, we'll use the Rails console…to access our models and to create new records…in the database.…I'm going to show you two different techniques…to accomplish this.…The first I refer to as new/save.…It's a three-step process.…First, we instantiate an object.…Instantiate means to create a new object of the class.…This object is also called an instance of the class.…And then we can set values on that instance.…And then when we have all the values set,…we save the object to the database.…

It's a three-step process:…create a new object, set its values, and then save it.…The second technique is to do it…all in one step using Create.…That is that we instantiate an object,…set its values, and save it all in one step.…Let's try both out starting with the new/save technique.…From the root of your Rails project,…you'll enter the Rails console with rails console.…And then let's access our subject using subject =…Subject, capital, .new.…

This is gonna create a new instance of my subject class.…Now, Active Record has a number of methods built-in to it…