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+ #!/usr/bin/env ruby
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+ # This command will automatically be run when you run "rails" with Rails 3 gems installed from the root of your application.
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+ require 'rails/commands'
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+ require 'spec_helper'
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+
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+ describe SharedEngine::PlainObjectsController do
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+ include ApiTestHelpers
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+
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+ before(:each) do
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+ class SharedEngine::PlainObjectsController
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+ include SimpleFixtures
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ describe 'get all users as a an array of plain objects, autodetecting the root node name' do
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+
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+ before(:each) do
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+ get :index, :format => 'json', :api_template => :name_only
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should have a root node named users" do
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+ response_body_json.should have_key("plain_objects")
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should contain all users" do
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+ response_body_json["plain_objects"].should be_a(Array)
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should contain the specified attributes" do
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+ response_body_json["plain_objects"].first.should have_key("first_name")
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+ response_body_json["plain_objects"].first.should have_key("last_name")
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should contain the specified values" do
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+ response_body_json["plain_objects"].first["first_name"].should eql("Han")
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+ response_body_json["plain_objects"].first["last_name"].should eql("Solo")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require 'spec_helper'
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+ #
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+ # RSpec.configure do |config|
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+ # config.include SharedEngine::Engine.routes.url_helpers
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+ # end
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+
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+ describe SharedEngine::RespondWithUsersController do
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+
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+ before(:each) do
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+ setup_models
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+ end
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+
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+ after(:each) do
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+ clean_up_models
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+ end
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+
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+ # see spec/support/controller_examples.rb
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+ it_behaves_like "a controller with ActsAsApi responses"
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+
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+ describe "default ActionController::Responder behavior" do
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+
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+ context 'json responses' do
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+
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+ context "creating valid models" do
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+
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+ before(:each) do
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+ post :create, :user => { :first_name => "Luke", :last_name => "Skywalker" }, :api_template => :name_only, :format => 'json'
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should return HTTP 201 status" do
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+ response.code.should == "201"
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should contain the specified attributes" do
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+ response_body_json["user"].should have_key("first_name")
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+ response_body_json["user"].should have_key("last_name")
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should contain the specified values" do
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+ response_body_json["user"]["first_name"].should eql("Luke")
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+ response_body_json["user"]["last_name"].should eql("Skywalker")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ context "creating invalid models" do
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+ before(:each) do
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+ post :create, :user => {}, :api_template => :name_only, :format => 'json'
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should return HTTP 422 status" do
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+ response.code.should == "422"
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should return errors as json" do
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+ response_body_json['errors']['first_name'].should include("can't be blank")
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+ response_body_json['errors']['last_name'].should include("can't be blank")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ context "returning all models without default root and no order" do
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+ before(:each) do
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+ get :index_no_root_no_order, :api_template => :name_only, :format => 'json'
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+ end
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+ it "should return HTTP 200 status" do
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+ response.code.should == "200"
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+ end
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+ it "should contain the specified attributes" do
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+ response_body_json["users"].each do |user|
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+ user.should have_key( "first_name" )
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ context 'xml responses' do
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+ context "creating valid models" do
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+ before(:each) do
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+ post :create, :user => { :first_name => "Luke", :last_name => "Skywalker" }, :api_template => :name_only, :format => 'xml'
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+ end
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+ it "should return HTTP 201 status" do
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+ response.code.should == "201"
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+ end
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+ it "should include HTTP Location header" do
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+ response.headers["Location"].should match "/shared/users/#{User.last.id}"
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+ end
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+ it "should contain the specified attributes" do
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+ response_body.should have_selector("user > first-name")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ context "creating invalid models" do
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+ post :create, :user => {}, :api_template => :name_only, :format => 'xml'
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+ end
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+ it "should return HTTP 422 status" do
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+ response.code.should == "422"
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+ end
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+ it "should return errors as xml" do
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+ end
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+ end
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+ context "returning all models without default root and no order" do
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+ before(:each) do
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+ get :index_no_root_no_order, :api_template => :name_only, :format => 'xml'
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+ end
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+ it "should return HTTP 200 status" do
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+ response.code.should == "200"
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+ end
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+ it "should contain the specified attributes" do
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+ response_body.should have_selector( "users > user > first-name", :count => 3 )
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+ response_body.should have_selector( "users > user > last-name", :count => 3 )
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require 'spec_helper'
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+ describe SharedEngine::UsersController do
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+ setup_models
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+ end
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+ clean_up_models
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+ end
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+ # see spec/support/controller_examples.rb
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+ it_behaves_like "a controller with ActsAsApi responses"
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+ end
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+ require 'spec_helper'
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+ describe "Models" do
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+ before(:each) do
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+ setup_models
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+ end
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+ after(:each) do
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+ clean_up_models
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+ end
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+ describe :act_as_api do
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+ it_supports "including an association in the api template"
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+ it_supports "calling a closure in the api template"
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+ it_supports "conditional if statements"
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+ it_supports "conditional unless statements"
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+ it_supports "acts_as_api is enabled"
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+ it_supports "extending a given api template"
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+ it_supports "calling a method in the api template"
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+ it_supports "renaming"
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+ it_supports "listing attributes in the api template"
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+ it_supports "creating a sub hash in the api template"
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+ it_supports "trying to render an api template that is not defined"
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+ it_supports "untouched models"
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+ it_supports "options"
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+ end
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+ end
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+ # or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
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+ # git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
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+ # Ignore bundler config
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+ /.bundle
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+ # Ignore the default SQLite database.
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+ source 'https://rubygems.org'
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+ gem "bson_ext"
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+ gem "mongoid", ">= 3.0.0.rc"
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+ gem 'shared_engine', :path => '../shared_engine'
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+ gem 'acts_as_api', :path => '../../'
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+ group :test do
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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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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+ 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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+ 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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+
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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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+ 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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+
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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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+
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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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+ 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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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+ == Debugger
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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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+ 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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+ So the controller will accept the action, run the first line, then present you
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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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+ ...and even better, you can examine how your runtime objects actually work:
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+ >> f = @posts.first
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+ | `-- 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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+ | |-- pids
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+ | |-- sessions
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+ | `-- sockets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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.