# A list of server-side functions for weekend/novice Discourse developers?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-list-of-server-side-functions-for-weekend-novice-discourse-developers/45259>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [4. Juni 2016 um 21:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-list-of-server-side-functions-for-weekend-novice-discourse-developers/45259 "2016-06-04T21:41:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![tarek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tarek/32/124831_2.png) [@tarek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tarek)\
**Post date:** [5. Juni 2016 um 17:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-list-of-server-side-functions-for-weekend-novice-discourse-developers/45259/4 "2016-06-05T17:55:46Z")

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OK, time to swallow some pride here.

Is it possible that no list of functions exists because Rails is so straightforward and predictable? I tried this and it worked:

```plaintext
(byebug) p = Post.find_by_id 29
(byebug) u = User.find_by_id p.user_id
(byebug) u.email

```

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