activerecord_uuid_as_pk 1.0.0

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  8. data/lib/activerecord_uuid_as_pk/railtie.rb +17 -0
  9. data/lib/activerecord_uuid_as_pk/version.rb +3 -0
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+ *.gem
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+ *.rbc
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+ .bundle
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+ .config
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+ .rspec
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+ .yardoc
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+ Gemfile.lock
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+ InstalledFiles
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+ _yardoc
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+ coverage
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+ doc/
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+ lib/bundler/man
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+ log
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+ pkg
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+ rdoc
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+ spec/reports
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+ test/tmp
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+ test/version_tmp
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+ tmp
data/Gemfile ADDED
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+ source 'https://rubygems.org'
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+
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+ # Specify your gem's dependencies in rails_uuid_primarykey.gemspec
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+ gemspec
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+ Copyright (c) 2013 Shou Takenaka
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+
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+ MIT License
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+
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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+ a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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+ "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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+ without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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+ distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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+ permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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+ the following conditions:
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+
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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+ included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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+ EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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+ MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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+ NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
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+ LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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+ OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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+ WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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+ # ActiveRecordUUIDAsPK
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+
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+ `activerecord_uuid_as_pk` is a extension for ActiveRecord to enable to use uuid for `id` attribute (**v1.0.0 tested only MySQL**).
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+
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+
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+ ## Installation
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+
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+ Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
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+
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+ gem 'activerecord_uuid_as_pk'
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+
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+ And then execute:
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+
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+ $ bundle
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+
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+ Or install it yourself as:
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+
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+ $ gem install activerecord_uuid_as_pk
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+
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+
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+ ## Usage
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+
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+ 1. In a migration file, prevent generate id column and add uuid column (tinyblob).
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+
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+ class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
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+ def up
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+ create_table :users, :id => false do |t|
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+ t.column :uuid, :tinyblob
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+ t.string :user_name
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+ end
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+ execute "ALTER TABLE users ADD PRIMARY KEY (`uuid`(16))"
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+ end
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+ def down
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+ drop_table :users
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ 2. Call `uuid_as_primary_key` method in a model class.
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+
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+ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ uuid_as_primary_key
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+ end
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+
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+ 3. The `uuid_as_primary_key` method hooks `before_create` callback to set automatically generated uuid as 16 byte binary data to id attirbute. And this method adds `#formatted_id` to the model to refer formatted uuid.
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+
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+ user = User.create(:user_name => "foo")
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+ user.id #=> "3~\x05v\xCBfAQ\xA2\xE1\xE0\xFC\x04\xFB3\xD1"
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+ user.formatted_id #=> "337e0576-cb66-4151-a2e1-e0fc04fb33d1"
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+
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+ 4. Of course you can set arbitrary uuid if you set 16 byte binary, a formatted uuid string or UUIDTools::UUID object to `id` attribute. A formatted uuid string and UUIDTools::UUID object will be converted 16 byte binary data when you save a model.
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+
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+ user1 = User.create(:id => UUIDTools::UUID.parse("f311427a-954c-46f5-92df-3d37f56b5b41").raw, :user_name => "user1")
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+ user1.formatted_id
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+ #=> "f311427a-954c-46f5-92df-3d37f56b5b41"
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+ user2 = User.create(:id => "206b38d7-3b5f-4645-b5b2-5e7efea1d3ca", :user_name => "user2")
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+ user2.formatted_id
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+ #=> "206b38d7-3b5f-4645-b5b2-5e7efea1d3ca"
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+ user3 = User.create(:id => UUIDTools::UUID.parse("c81836c5-309a-4608-bf1a-5fe343081a92"), :user_name => "user3")
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+ user3.formatted_id
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+ #=> "c81836c5-309a-4608-bf1a-5fe343081a92"
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+
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+ 5. The `uuid_as_primary_key` method also adds `find_by_formatted_id` class method to retrive model from data store with a formatted uuid string.
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+
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+ User.find_by_formatted_id("337e0576-cb66-4151-a2e1-e0fc04fb33d1")
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+
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+
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+ ## Contributing
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+
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+ 1. Fork it
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+ 2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
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+ 3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
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+ 4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
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+ 5. Create new Pull Request
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+ require "bundler/gem_tasks"
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+ # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
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+ lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
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+ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
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+ require 'activerecord_uuid_as_pk/version'
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+
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+ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
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+ gem.name = "activerecord_uuid_as_pk"
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+ gem.version = ActiveRecordUUIDAsPK::VERSION
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+ gem.authors = ["Shou Takenaka"]
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+ gem.email = ["shou_takenaka@guihua.jp"]
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+ gem.description = %q{activerecord_uuid_as_pk is a extension for ActiveRecord to enable to use uuid for id attribute.}
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+ gem.summary = %q{ActiveRecord extension to use uuid for id attribute}
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+ gem.homepage = ""
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+
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+ gem.files = `git ls-files`.split($/)
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+ gem.executables = gem.files.grep(%r{^bin/}).map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
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+ gem.test_files = gem.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
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+ gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
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+
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+ gem.add_dependency "uuidtools"
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+ gem.add_development_dependency "rails"
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+ gem.add_development_dependency "mysql2"
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+ gem.add_development_dependency "rspec"
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+ gem.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails"
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+ gem.add_development_dependency "simplecov"
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+ end
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+ require "uuidtools"
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+ require "activerecord_uuid_as_pk/version"
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+
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+
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+ module ActiveRecordUUIDAsPK
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+
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+ require "activerecord_uuid_as_pk/railtie" if defined?(Rails)
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+
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+
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+ def self.included(base)
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+ base.send :extend, ClassMethods
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+ end
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+
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+
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+ module ClassMethods
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+
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+ def uuid_as_primary_key()
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+ self.primary_key = "uuid"
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+
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+ define_method "formatted_id" do
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+ return self.id.present? ? UUIDTools::UUID.parse_raw(self.id).to_s : nil
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+ end
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+
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+ define_method "hex_id" do
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+ return self.id.present? ? UUIDTools::UUID.parse_raw(self.id).hexdigest : nil
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+ end
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+
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+ before_create do
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+ if self.id.nil?
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+ self.id = UUIDTools::UUID.timestamp_create.raw
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+ elsif self.id.is_a?(UUIDTools::UUID)
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+ self.id = self.id.raw
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+ elsif self.id.is_a?(String)
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+ if self.id.size != 16
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+ if self.id =~ /^([0-9a-f]{8})-([0-9a-f]{4})-([0-9a-f]{4})-([0-9a-f]{2})([0-9a-f]{2})-([0-9a-f]{12})$/
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+ self.id = UUIDTools::UUID.parse(self.id).raw
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+ else
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+ self.id = UUIDTools::UUID.timestamp_create.raw
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+ end
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+ end
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+ else
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+ self.id = UUIDTools::UUID.timestamp_create.raw
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ (class << self; self end).class_eval do
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+
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+ define_method "find_by_formatted_id" do |uuid|
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+ raw_uuid = UUIDTools::UUID.parse(uuid).raw
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+ return self.find_by_uuid(raw_uuid)
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ require "activerecord_uuid_as_pk"
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+ require "rails"
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+
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+
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+ module ActiveRecordUUIDAsPK
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+
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+ class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
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+ initializer "activerecord_uuid_as_pk.initialize" do
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+ ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record) do
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+ ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, ActiveRecordUUIDAsPK
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ module ActiveRecordUUIDAsPK
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+ VERSION = "1.0.0"
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+ end
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+ require "spec_helper"
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+
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+
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+ describe ActiveRecordUUIDAsPK, ".find_by_formatted_id" do
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+
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+ before do
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+ uuid = UUIDTools::UUID.parse("488995f0-a0b4-11e2-9e96-0800200c9a66")
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+ Account.create!(:id => uuid.raw, :name => "user1")
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+ end
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+
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+
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+ it "returns a found model" do
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+ o = Account.find_by_formatted_id("488995f0-a0b4-11e2-9e96-0800200c9a66")
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+ o.name.should == "user1"
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+ end
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+
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+
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+ it "returns nil when no model found" do
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+ o = Account.find_by_formatted_id("dba654cd-c798-483b-9eff-a0e68ce10846")
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+ o.should be_nil
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+
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+ describe ActiveRecordUUIDAsPK, "#before_create" do
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+ context "when uuid is set UUIDTools::UUID" do
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+ it "converts the uuid to raw" do
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+ uuid = UUIDTools::UUID.parse("28316607-02d0-4069-917a-8c29b25674d4")
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+ o = Account.create!(:id => uuid, :name => "user1")
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+ o.id.should == uuid.raw
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+
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+ context "when uuid is set raw uuid string" do
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+ it "does nothing" do
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+ uuid = UUIDTools::UUID.parse("ec9621be-5293-4f35-aa27-f993c754ec5c")
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+ o = Account.create!(:id => uuid.raw, :name => "user1")
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+ o.id.should == uuid.raw
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+
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+ context "when uuid is set uuid format string" do
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+ it "converts the uuid string to raw" do
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+ o = Account.create!(:id => "5864d76a-2738-415d-9e76-87326ae9d73d", :name => "user1")
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+ o.id.should == UUIDTools::UUID.parse("5864d76a-2738-415d-9e76-87326ae9d73d").raw
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "when uuid is set other string" do
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+ it "generates a new uuid" do
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+ uuid = UUIDTools::UUID.parse("a7b62e8f-02ea-4ee2-adbd-ce579e2a1ab2")
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+ UUIDTools::UUID.stub(:timestamp_create).and_return(uuid)
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+ o = Account.create!(:id => "other_string", :name => "user1")
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+ o.id.should == uuid.raw
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "when uuid is neither Stirng nor UUIDTools::UUID" do
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+ it "generates a new uuid" do
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+ uuid = UUIDTools::UUID.parse("3acab61b-1dbc-4636-8aa5-726a777b64b7")
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+ UUIDTools::UUID.stub(:timestamp_create).and_return(uuid)
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+ o = Account.create!(:id => 1, :name => "user1")
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+ o.id.should == uuid.raw
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "when uuid is nil" do
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+ it "generates a new uuid" do
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+ uuid = UUIDTools::UUID.parse("a7b62e8f-02ea-4ee2-adbd-ce579e2a1ab2")
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+ UUIDTools::UUID.stub(:timestamp_create).and_return(uuid)
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+ o = Account.create!(:id => nil, :name => "user1")
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+ o.id.should == uuid.raw
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ describe ActiveRecordUUIDAsPK, "#formatted_id" do
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+
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+ context "when uuid is set value" do
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+ it "returns a uuid string" do
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+ o = Account.create!(:id => "71366243-a184-418f-bce1-3d1f5c28d669")
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+ o.formatted_id.should == "71366243-a184-418f-bce1-3d1f5c28d669"
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "when uuid is nil" do
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+ it "returns nil" do
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+ o = Account.new
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+ o.formatted_id.should be_nil
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ describe ActiveRecordUUIDAsPK, "#hex_id" do
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+ context "when uuid is set value" do
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+ it "returns a uuid string" do
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+ uuid = UUIDTools::UUID.parse("a3ea6c43-3971-426f-b488-99c5d141bce5")
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+ o = Account.create!(:id => uuid.to_s)
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+ o.hex_id.should == uuid.hexdigest
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "when uuid is nil" do
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+ it "returns nil" do
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+ o = Account.new
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+ o.hex_id.should be_nil
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ require "rubygems"
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+ require "bundler/setup"
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+
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+ require "simplecov"
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+ SimpleCov.start do
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+ add_filter "spec"
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+ add_filter "test_app"
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+ add_filter "vendor"
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+ end
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+
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+ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "lib")
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+
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+ ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "test"
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+ require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../test_app/config/environment"
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+ require "rspec/rails"
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+ require "rspec/autorun"
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+
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+ RSpec.configure do |config|
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+ config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
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+ end
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+ source 'https://rubygems.org'
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+
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+ gem 'rails', '3.2.13'
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+ gem 'mysql2'
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+
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+
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+ # Gems used only for assets and not required
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+ # in production environments by default.
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+ #group :assets do
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+ # gem 'sass-rails', '~> 3.2.3'
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+ # gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.1'
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+ #
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+ # # See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
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+ # # gem 'therubyracer', :platforms => :ruby
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+ #
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+ # gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3'
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+ #end
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+ #
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+ #gem 'jquery-rails'
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+
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+ # To use ActiveModel has_secure_password
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+ # gem 'bcrypt-ruby', '~> 3.0.0'
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+
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+ # To use Jbuilder templates for JSON
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+ # gem 'jbuilder'
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+
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+ # Use unicorn as the app server
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+ # gem 'unicorn'
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+
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+ # Deploy with Capistrano
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+ # gem 'capistrano'
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+
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+ # To use debugger
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+ # gem 'debugger'
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+
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+ Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
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+ database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern.
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+
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+ This pattern splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb"
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+ templates that are primarily responsible for inserting pre-built data in between
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+ HTML tags. The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as Account,
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+ Product, Person, Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to
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+ persist themselves to a database. The controller handles the incoming requests
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+ (such as Save New Account, Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model
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+ and directing data to the view.
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+ In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping
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+ layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
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+ database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic
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+ methods. You can read more about Active Record in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html.
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+
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+ The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both
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+ layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers
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+ are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is
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+ unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much
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+ more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of
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+ Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.
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+
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+
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+ == Getting Started
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+ 1. At the command prompt, create a new Rails application:
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+ <tt>rails new myapp</tt> (where <tt>myapp</tt> is the application name)
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+ 2. Change directory to <tt>myapp</tt> and start the web server:
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+ <tt>cd myapp; rails server</tt> (run with --help for options)
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+
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+ 3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and you'll see:
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+ "Welcome aboard: You're riding Ruby on Rails!"
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+ 4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application. You can find
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+ the following resources handy:
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+ * The Getting Started Guide: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html
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+ * Ruby on Rails Tutorial Book: http://www.railstutorial.org/
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+
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+
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+ == Debugging Rails
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+ Sometimes your application goes wrong. Fortunately there are a lot of tools that
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+ will help you debug it and get it back on the rails.
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+ First area to check is the application log files. Have "tail -f" commands
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+ running on the server.log and development.log. Rails will automatically display
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+ debugging and runtime information to these files. Debugging info will also be
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+ shown in the browser on requests from 127.0.0.1.
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+ You can also log your own messages directly into the log file from your code
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+ using the Ruby logger class from inside your controllers. Example:
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+
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def destroy
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+ @weblog = Weblog.find(params[:id])
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+ @weblog.destroy
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+ logger.info("#{Time.now} Destroyed Weblog ID ##{@weblog.id}!")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ The result will be a message in your log file along the lines of:
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+ Mon Oct 08 14:22:29 +1000 2007 Destroyed Weblog ID #1!
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+ More information on how to use the logger is at http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/
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+ Also, Ruby documentation can be found at http://www.ruby-lang.org/. There are
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+ several books available online as well:
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+
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+ * Programming Ruby: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ (Pickaxe)
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+ * Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (a beginners guide)
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+ These two books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language and also on
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+ programming in general.
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+
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+ == Debugger
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+
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+ Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your
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+ Mongrel or WEBrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of
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+ execution at any point in the code, investigate and change the model, and then,
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+ resume execution! You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging
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+ mode. With gems, use <tt>sudo gem install ruby-debug</tt>. Example:
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+
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def index
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+ @posts = Post.all
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+ debugger
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ So the controller will accept the action, run the first line, then present you
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+ with a IRB prompt in the server window. Here you can do things like:
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+
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+ >> @posts.inspect
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+ => "[#<Post:0x14a6be8
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+ @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>,
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+ #<Post:0x14a6620
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+ @attributes={"title"=>"Rails", "body"=>"Only ten..", "id"=>"2"}>]"
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+ >> @posts.first.title = "hello from a debugger"
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+ => "hello from a debugger"
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+
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+ ...and even better, you can examine how your runtime objects actually work:
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+
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+ >> f = @posts.first
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+ => #<Post:0x13630c4 @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>
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+ >> f.
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+ Display all 152 possibilities? (y or n)
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+ Finally, when you're ready to resume execution, you can enter "cont".
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+
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+ == Console
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+
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+ The console is a Ruby shell, which allows you to interact with your
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+ application's domain model. Here you'll have all parts of the application
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+ configured, just like it is when the application is running. You can inspect
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+ domain models, change values, and save to the database. Starting the script
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+ without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ To start the console, run <tt>rails console</tt> from the application
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+ directory.
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+ Options:
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+ * Passing the <tt>-s, --sandbox</tt> argument will rollback any modifications
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+ made to the database.
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+ * Passing an environment name as an argument will load the corresponding
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+ environment. Example: <tt>rails console production</tt>.
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run
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+ <tt>reload!</tt>
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+ More information about irb can be found at:
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+ link:http://www.rubycentral.org/pickaxe/irb.html
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+
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+ == dbconsole
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+ You can go to the command line of your database directly through <tt>rails
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+ dbconsole</tt>. You would be connected to the database with the credentials
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+ defined in database.yml. Starting the script without arguments will connect you
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+ to the development database. Passing an argument will connect you to a different
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+ database, like <tt>rails dbconsole production</tt>. Currently works for MySQL,
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+ PostgreSQL and SQLite 3.
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+
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+ == Description of Contents
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+
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+ The default directory structure of a generated Ruby on Rails application:
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+
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+ |-- app
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | | |-- images
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+ | | |-- javascripts
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+ | | `-- stylesheets
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+ | |-- controllers
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+ | |-- helpers
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+ | |-- mailers
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+ | |-- models
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+ | `-- views
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+ | `-- layouts
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+ |-- config
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+ | |-- environments
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+ | |-- initializers
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+ | `-- locales
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+ |-- db
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+ |-- doc
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+ |-- lib
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | `-- tasks
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+ |-- log
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+ |-- public
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+ |-- script
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+ |-- test
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+ | |-- fixtures
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+ | |-- functional
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+ | |-- integration
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+ | |-- performance
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+ | `-- unit
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+ |-- tmp
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+ | `-- cache
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+ | `-- assets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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+ | |-- javascripts
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+ | `-- stylesheets
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+ `-- plugins
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+
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+ app
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+ Holds all the code that's specific to this particular application.
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+ app/assets
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+ Contains subdirectories for images, stylesheets, and JavaScript files.
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+ app/controllers
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+ Holds controllers that should be named like weblogs_controller.rb for
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+ automated URL mapping. All controllers should descend from
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+ ApplicationController which itself descends from ActionController::Base.
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+ app/models
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+ Holds models that should be named like post.rb. Models descend from
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+ ActiveRecord::Base by default.
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+ app/views
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+ Holds the template files for the view that should be named like
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+ weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use
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+ eRuby syntax by default.
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+ app/views/layouts
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+ Holds the template files for layouts to be used with views. This models the
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+ common header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout
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+ using the <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.html.erb.
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+ Inside default.html.erb, call <% yield %> to render the view using this
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+ layout.
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+ app/helpers
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+ Holds view helpers that should be named like weblogs_helper.rb. These are
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+ generated for you automatically when using generators for controllers.
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+ Helpers can be used to wrap functionality for your views into methods.
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+ config
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+ Configuration files for the Rails environment, the routing map, the database,
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+ and other dependencies.
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+ db
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+ Contains the database schema in schema.rb. db/migrate contains all the
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+ sequence of Migrations for your schema.
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+ doc
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+ This directory is where your application documentation will be stored when
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+ generated using <tt>rake doc:app</tt>
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+ lib
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+ Application specific libraries. Basically, any kind of custom code that
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+ doesn't belong under controllers, models, or helpers. This directory is in
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+ the load path.
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+ public
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+ The directory available for the web server. Also contains the dispatchers and the
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+ default HTML files. This should be set as the DOCUMENT_ROOT of your web
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+ server.
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+ script
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+ Helper scripts for automation and generation.
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+ test
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+ Unit and functional tests along with fixtures. When using the rails generate
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+ command, template test files will be generated for you and placed in this
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+ directory.
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+ vendor
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+ External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins
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+ subdirectory. If the app has frozen rails, those gems also go here, under
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+ vendor/rails/. This directory is in the load path.