1# Simple queries return collections of instances 2 Article.find(3) # id=3 3 Article.where(author: 'admin') 4 Article.where("likes_count = ?", value_for_count) 5 Article.find_by(title: 'Rails 4', author: 'admin') 6 Article.find_or_create_by(title: 'Beatles') 7 8# Working with collections 9 Article.where(author: 'pito').last # choosing 10 Article.where(author: 'pito').order(created_at: :desc) # sorting 11 12# Working with associated Models 13article = Article.comments.where(author: 'georg') 14