Sequentially step through all of the available initialization routines, in order (view execution order in source).

Source Code

# File initializer.rb, line 62
def process
  check_ruby_version
  set_load_path

  require_frameworks
  set_autoload_paths
  add_plugin_load_paths
  load_environment

  initialize_encoding
  initialize_database

  initialize_cache
  initialize_framework_caches

  initialize_logger
  initialize_framework_logging

  initialize_framework_views
  initialize_dependency_mechanism
  initialize_whiny_nils
  initialize_temporary_session_directory
  initialize_time_zone
  initialize_framework_settings

  add_support_load_paths

  load_plugins

  load_application_initializers

  # the framework is now fully initialized
  after_initialize

  # Routing must be initialized after plugins to allow the former to extend the routes
  initialize_routing

  # Observers are loaded after plugins in case Observers or observed models are modified by plugins.
  load_observers
end