app_kit 0.0.1

data/config/initializers/devise.rb

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+# Use this hook to configure devise mailer, warden hooks and so forth.
+# Many of these configuration options can be set straight in your model.
+Devise.setup do |config|
+
+  config.parent_controller = 'AppKit::ApplicationController'
+
+  Rails.application.config.to_prepare do
+    Devise::SessionsController.layout "simple"
+    Devise::RegistrationsController.layout proc{ |controller| user_signed_in? ? "application" : "layouts/simple" }
+    Devise::ConfirmationsController.layout "layouts/simple"
+    Devise::UnlocksController.layout "layouts/simple"
+    Devise::PasswordsController.layout "layouts/simple"
+  end
+
+  # The secret key used by Devise. Devise uses this key to generate
+  # random tokens. Changing this key will render invalid all existing
+  # confirmation, reset password and unlock tokens in the database.
+  # config.secret_key = 'be3556852d70de468bf9b0c986e41ebdc67bd89ca38a51d51cb2564a3e000f7bc961782e80f9c979364b53726d2548cc22c28f21906770fd9aaae3a439927c6e'
+
+  # ==> Mailer Configuration
+  # Configure the e-mail address which will be shown in Devise::Mailer,
+  # note that it will be overwritten if you use your own mailer class
+  # with default "from" parameter.
+  config.mailer_sender = 'please-change-me-at-config-initializers-devise@example.com'
+
+  # Configure the class responsible to send e-mails.
+  # config.mailer = 'Devise::Mailer'
+
+  # ==> ORM configuration
+  # Load and configure the ORM. Supports :active_record (default) and
+  # :mongoid (bson_ext recommended) by default. Other ORMs may be
+  # available as additional gems.
+  require 'devise/orm/active_record'
+
+  # ==> Configuration for any authentication mechanism
+  # Configure which keys are used when authenticating a user. The default is
+  # just :email. You can configure it to use [:username, :subdomain], so for
+  # authenticating a user, both parameters are required. Remember that those
+  # parameters are used only when authenticating and not when retrieving from
+  # session. If you need permissions, you should implement that in a before filter.
+  # You can also supply a hash where the value is a boolean determining whether
+  # or not authentication should be aborted when the value is not present.
+  # config.authentication_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # Configure parameters from the request object used for authentication. Each entry
+  # given should be a request method and it will automatically be passed to the
+  # find_for_authentication method and considered in your model lookup. For instance,
+  # if you set :request_keys to [:subdomain], :subdomain will be used on authentication.
+  # The same considerations mentioned for authentication_keys also apply to request_keys.
+  # config.request_keys = []
+
+  # Configure which authentication keys should be case-insensitive.
+  # These keys will be downcased upon creating or modifying a user and when used
+  # to authenticate or find a user. Default is :email.
+  config.case_insensitive_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # Configure which authentication keys should have whitespace stripped.
+  # These keys will have whitespace before and after removed upon creating or
+  # modifying a user and when used to authenticate or find a user. Default is :email.
+  config.strip_whitespace_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # Tell if authentication through request.params is enabled. True by default.
+  # It can be set to an array that will enable params authentication only for the
+  # given strategies, for example, `config.params_authenticatable = [:database]` will
+  # enable it only for database (email + password) authentication.
+  # config.params_authenticatable = true
+
+  # Tell if authentication through HTTP Auth is enabled. False by default.
+  # It can be set to an array that will enable http authentication only for the
+  # given strategies, for example, `config.http_authenticatable = [:database]` will
+  # enable it only for database authentication. The supported strategies are:
+  # :database      = Support basic authentication with authentication key + password
+  # config.http_authenticatable = false
+
+  # If 401 status code should be returned for AJAX requests. True by default.
+  # config.http_authenticatable_on_xhr = true
+
+  # The realm used in Http Basic Authentication. 'Application' by default.
+  # config.http_authentication_realm = 'Application'
+
+  # It will change confirmation, password recovery and other workflows
+  # to behave the same regardless if the e-mail provided was right or wrong.
+  # Does not affect registerable.
+  # config.paranoid = true
+
+  # By default Devise will store the user in session. You can skip storage for
+  # particular strategies by setting this option.
+  # Notice that if you are skipping storage for all authentication paths, you
+  # may want to disable generating routes to Devise's sessions controller by
+  # passing skip: :sessions to `devise_for` in your config/routes.rb
+  config.skip_session_storage = [:http_auth]
+
+  # By default, Devise cleans up the CSRF token on authentication to
+  # avoid CSRF token fixation attacks. This means that, when using AJAX
+  # requests for sign in and sign up, you need to get a new CSRF token
+  # from the server. You can disable this option at your own risk.
+  # config.clean_up_csrf_token_on_authentication = true
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :database_authenticatable
+  # For bcrypt, this is the cost for hashing the password and defaults to 10. If
+  # using other encryptors, it sets how many times you want the password re-encrypted.
+  #
+  # Limiting the stretches to just one in testing will increase the performance of
+  # your test suite dramatically. However, it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to not use
+  # a value less than 10 in other environments. Note that, for bcrypt (the default
+  # encryptor), the cost increases exponentially with the number of stretches (e.g.
+  # a value of 20 is already extremely slow: approx. 60 seconds for 1 calculation).
+  config.stretches = Rails.env.test? ? 1 : 10
+
+  # Setup a pepper to generate the encrypted password.
+  # config.pepper = '2578bc1145b492e6c878b180c08337bcf931bf2137a58050ab55af2dd6b348d5784b6f818f5f1ab14011b97d23f20521c569b3324ecbfec387d018eb6d20f695'
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :confirmable
+  # A period that the user is allowed to access the website even without
+  # confirming their account. For instance, if set to 2.days, the user will be
+  # able to access the website for two days without confirming their account,
+  # access will be blocked just in the third day. Default is 0.days, meaning
+  # the user cannot access the website without confirming their account.
+  # config.allow_unconfirmed_access_for = 2.days
+
+  # A period that the user is allowed to confirm their account before their
+  # token becomes invalid. For example, if set to 3.days, the user can confirm
+  # their account within 3 days after the mail was sent, but on the fourth day
+  # their account can't be confirmed with the token any more.
+  # Default is nil, meaning there is no restriction on how long a user can take
+  # before confirming their account.
+  # config.confirm_within = 3.days
+
+  # If true, requires any email changes to be confirmed (exactly the same way as
+  # initial account confirmation) to be applied. Requires additional unconfirmed_email
+  # db field (see migrations). Until confirmed, new email is stored in
+  # unconfirmed_email column, and copied to email column on successful confirmation.
+  config.reconfirmable = true
+
+  # Defines which key will be used when confirming an account
+  # config.confirmation_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :rememberable
+  # The time the user will be remembered without asking for credentials again.
+  # config.remember_for = 2.weeks
+
+  # Invalidates all the remember me tokens when the user signs out.
+  config.expire_all_remember_me_on_sign_out = true
+
+  # If true, extends the user's remember period when remembered via cookie.
+  # config.extend_remember_period = false
+
+  # Options to be passed to the created cookie. For instance, you can set
+  # secure: true in order to force SSL only cookies.
+  # config.rememberable_options = {}
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :validatable
+  # Range for password length.
+  config.password_length = 8..128
+
+  # Email regex used to validate email formats. It simply asserts that
+  # one (and only one) @ exists in the given string. This is mainly
+  # to give user feedback and not to assert the e-mail validity.
+  # config.email_regexp = /\A[^@]+@[^@]+\z/
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :timeoutable
+  # The time you want to timeout the user session without activity. After this
+  # time the user will be asked for credentials again. Default is 30 minutes.
+  # config.timeout_in = 30.minutes
+
+  # If true, expires auth token on session timeout.
+  # config.expire_auth_token_on_timeout = false
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :lockable
+  # Defines which strategy will be used to lock an account.
+  # :failed_attempts = Locks an account after a number of failed attempts to sign in.
+  # :none            = No lock strategy. You should handle locking by yourself.
+  # config.lock_strategy = :failed_attempts
+
+  # Defines which key will be used when locking and unlocking an account
+  # config.unlock_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # Defines which strategy will be used to unlock an account.
+  # :email = Sends an unlock link to the user email
+  # :time  = Re-enables login after a certain amount of time (see :unlock_in below)
+  # :both  = Enables both strategies
+  # :none  = No unlock strategy. You should handle unlocking by yourself.
+  # config.unlock_strategy = :both
+
+  # Number of authentication tries before locking an account if lock_strategy
+  # is failed attempts.
+  # config.maximum_attempts = 20
+
+  # Time interval to unlock the account if :time is enabled as unlock_strategy.
+  # config.unlock_in = 1.hour
+
+  # Warn on the last attempt before the account is locked.
+  # config.last_attempt_warning = true
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :recoverable
+  #
+  # Defines which key will be used when recovering the password for an account
+  # config.reset_password_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # Time interval you can reset your password with a reset password key.
+  # Don't put a too small interval or your users won't have the time to
+  # change their passwords.
+  config.reset_password_within = 6.hours
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :encryptable
+  # Allow you to use another encryption algorithm besides bcrypt (default). You can use
+  # :sha1, :sha512 or encryptors from others authentication tools as :clearance_sha1,
+  # :authlogic_sha512 (then you should set stretches above to 20 for default behavior)
+  # and :restful_authentication_sha1 (then you should set stretches to 10, and copy
+  # REST_AUTH_SITE_KEY to pepper).
+  #
+  # Require the `devise-encryptable` gem when using anything other than bcrypt
+  # config.encryptor = :sha512
+
+  # ==> Scopes configuration
+  # Turn scoped views on. Before rendering "sessions/new", it will first check for
+  # "users/sessions/new". It's turned off by default because it's slower if you
+  # are using only default views.
+  # config.scoped_views = false
+
+  # Configure the default scope given to Warden. By default it's the first
+  # devise role declared in your routes (usually :user).
+  # config.default_scope = :user
+
+  # Set this configuration to false if you want /users/sign_out to sign out
+  # only the current scope. By default, Devise signs out all scopes.
+  # config.sign_out_all_scopes = true
+
+  # ==> Navigation configuration
+  # Lists the formats that should be treated as navigational. Formats like
+  # :html, should redirect to the sign in page when the user does not have
+  # access, but formats like :xml or :json, should return 401.
+  #
+  # If you have any extra navigational formats, like :iphone or :mobile, you
+  # should add them to the navigational formats lists.
+  #
+  # The "*/*" below is required to match Internet Explorer requests.
+  # config.navigational_formats = ['*/*', :html]
+
+  # The default HTTP method used to sign out a resource. Default is :delete.
+  config.sign_out_via = :delete
+
+  # ==> OmniAuth
+  # Add a new OmniAuth provider. Check the wiki for more information on setting
+  # up on your models and hooks.
+  # config.omniauth :github, 'APP_ID', 'APP_SECRET', scope: 'user,public_repo'
+
+  # ==> Warden configuration
+  # If you want to use other strategies, that are not supported by Devise, or
+  # change the failure app, you can configure them inside the config.warden block.
+  #
+  # config.warden do |manager|
+  #   manager.intercept_401 = false
+  #   manager.default_strategies(scope: :user).unshift :some_external_strategy
+  # end
+
+  # ==> Mountable engine configurations
+  # When using Devise inside an engine, let's call it `MyEngine`, and this engine
+  # is mountable, there are some extra configurations to be taken into account.
+  # The following options are available, assuming the engine is mounted as:
+  #
+  #     mount MyEngine, at: '/my_engine'
+  #
+  # The router that invoked `devise_for`, in the example above, would be:
+  config.router_name = :app_kit
+  #
+  # When using omniauth, Devise cannot automatically set Omniauth path,
+  # so you need to do it manually. For the users scope, it would be:
+  # config.omniauth_path_prefix = '/my_engine/users/auth'
+end

data/config/initializers/simple_form.rb

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+# Use this setup block to configure all options available in SimpleForm.
+SimpleForm.setup do |config|
+  # Wrappers are used by the form builder to generate a
+  # complete input. You can remove any component from the
+  # wrapper, change the order or even add your own to the
+  # stack. The options given below are used to wrap the
+  # whole input.
+  config.wrappers :default, class: :input,
+    hint_class: :field_with_hint, error_class: :field_with_errors do |b|
+    ## Extensions enabled by default
+    # Any of these extensions can be disabled for a
+    # given input by passing: `f.input EXTENSION_NAME => false`.
+    # You can make any of these extensions optional by
+    # renaming `b.use` to `b.optional`.
+
+    # Determines whether to use HTML5 (:email, :url, ...)
+    # and required attributes
+    b.use :html5
+
+    # Calculates placeholders automatically from I18n
+    # You can also pass a string as f.input placeholder: "Placeholder"
+    b.use :placeholder
+
+    ## Optional extensions
+    # They are disabled unless you pass `f.input EXTENSION_NAME => true`
+    # to the input. If so, they will retrieve the values from the model
+    # if any exists. If you want to enable any of those
+    # extensions by default, you can change `b.optional` to `b.use`.
+
+    # Calculates maxlength from length validations for string inputs
+    b.optional :maxlength
+
+    # Calculates pattern from format validations for string inputs
+    b.optional :pattern
+
+    # Calculates min and max from length validations for numeric inputs
+    b.optional :min_max
+
+    # Calculates readonly automatically from readonly attributes
+    b.optional :readonly
+
+    ## Inputs
+    b.use :label_input
+    b.use :hint,  wrap_with: { tag: :span, class: :hint }
+    b.use :error, wrap_with: { tag: :span, class: :error }
+
+    ## full_messages_for
+    # If you want to display the full error message for the attribute, you can
+    # use the component :full_error, like:
+    #
+    # b.use :full_error, wrap_with: { tag: :span, class: :error }
+  end
+
+  # The default wrapper to be used by the FormBuilder.
+  config.default_wrapper = :default
+
+  # Define the way to render check boxes / radio buttons with labels.
+  # Defaults to :nested for bootstrap config.
+  #   inline: input + label
+  #   nested: label > input
+  config.boolean_style = :nested
+
+  # Default class for buttons
+  config.button_class = 'btn'
+
+  # Method used to tidy up errors. Specify any Rails Array method.
+  # :first lists the first message for each field.
+  # Use :to_sentence to list all errors for each field.
+  # config.error_method = :first
+
+  # Default tag used for error notification helper.
+  config.error_notification_tag = :div
+
+  # CSS class to add for error notification helper.
+  config.error_notification_class = 'error_notification'
+
+  # ID to add for error notification helper.
+  # config.error_notification_id = nil
+
+  # Series of attempts to detect a default label method for collection.
+  # config.collection_label_methods = [ :to_label, :name, :title, :to_s ]
+
+  # Series of attempts to detect a default value method for collection.
+  # config.collection_value_methods = [ :id, :to_s ]
+
+  # You can wrap a collection of radio/check boxes in a pre-defined tag, defaulting to none.
+  # config.collection_wrapper_tag = nil
+
+  # You can define the class to use on all collection wrappers. Defaulting to none.
+  # config.collection_wrapper_class = nil
+
+  # You can wrap each item in a collection of radio/check boxes with a tag,
+  # defaulting to :span. Please note that when using :boolean_style = :nested,
+  # SimpleForm will force this option to be a label.
+  # config.item_wrapper_tag = :span
+
+  # You can define a class to use in all item wrappers. Defaulting to none.
+  # config.item_wrapper_class = nil
+
+  # How the label text should be generated altogether with the required text.
+  # config.label_text = lambda { |label, required, explicit_label| "#{required} #{label}" }
+
+  # You can define the class to use on all labels. Default is nil.
+  # config.label_class = nil
+
+  # You can define the default class to be used on forms. Can be overriden
+  # with `html: { :class }`. Defaulting to none.
+  # config.default_form_class = nil
+
+  # You can define which elements should obtain additional classes
+  # config.generate_additional_classes_for = [:wrapper, :label, :input]
+
+  # Whether attributes are required by default (or not). Default is true.
+  # config.required_by_default = true
+
+  # Tell browsers whether to use the native HTML5 validations (novalidate form option).
+  # These validations are enabled in SimpleForm's internal config but disabled by default
+  # in this configuration, which is recommended due to some quirks from different browsers.
+  # To stop SimpleForm from generating the novalidate option, enabling the HTML5 validations,
+  # change this configuration to true.
+  config.browser_validations = false
+
+  # Collection of methods to detect if a file type was given.
+  # config.file_methods = [ :mounted_as, :file?, :public_filename ]
+
+  # Custom mappings for input types. This should be a hash containing a regexp
+  # to match as key, and the input type that will be used when the field name
+  # matches the regexp as value.
+  # config.input_mappings = { /count/ => :integer }
+
+  # Custom wrappers for input types. This should be a hash containing an input
+  # type as key and the wrapper that will be used for all inputs with specified type.
+  # config.wrapper_mappings = { string: :prepend }
+
+  # Namespaces where SimpleForm should look for custom input classes that
+  # override default inputs.
+  # config.custom_inputs_namespaces << "CustomInputs"
+
+  # Default priority for time_zone inputs.
+  # config.time_zone_priority = nil
+
+  # Default priority for country inputs.
+  # config.country_priority = nil
+
+  # When false, do not use translations for labels.
+  # config.translate_labels = true
+
+  # Automatically discover new inputs in Rails' autoload path.
+  # config.inputs_discovery = true
+
+  # Cache SimpleForm inputs discovery
+  # config.cache_discovery = !Rails.env.development?
+
+  # Default class for inputs
+  # config.input_class = nil
+
+  # Define the default class of the input wrapper of the boolean input.
+  config.boolean_label_class = 'checkbox'
+
+  # Defines if the default input wrapper class should be included in radio
+  # collection wrappers.
+  # config.include_default_input_wrapper_class = true
+
+  # Defines which i18n scope will be used in Simple Form.
+  # config.i18n_scope = 'simple_form'
+end

data/config/locales/devise.en.yml

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+# Additional translations at https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/wiki/I18n
+
+en:
+  devise:
+    confirmations:
+      confirmed: "Your email address has been successfully confirmed."
+      send_instructions: "You will receive an email with instructions for how to confirm your email address in a few minutes."
+      send_paranoid_instructions: "If your email address exists in our database, you will receive an email with instructions for how to confirm your email address in a few minutes."
+    failure:
+      already_authenticated: "You are already signed in."
+      inactive: "Your account is not activated yet."
+      invalid: "Invalid %{authentication_keys} or password."
+      locked: "Your account is locked."
+      last_attempt: "You have one more attempt before your account is locked."
+      not_found_in_database: "Invalid %{authentication_keys} or password."
+      timeout: "Your session expired. Please sign in again to continue."
+      unauthenticated: "You need to sign in or sign up before continuing."
+      unconfirmed: "You have to confirm your email address before continuing."
+    mailer:
+      confirmation_instructions:
+        subject: "Confirmation instructions"
+      reset_password_instructions:
+        subject: "Reset password instructions"
+      unlock_instructions:
+        subject: "Unlock instructions"
+    omniauth_callbacks:
+      failure: "Could not authenticate you from %{kind} because \"%{reason}\"."
+      success: "Successfully authenticated from %{kind} account."
+    passwords:
+      no_token: "You can't access this page without coming from a password reset email. If you do come from a password reset email, please make sure you used the full URL provided."
+      send_instructions: "You will receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password in a few minutes."
+      send_paranoid_instructions: "If your email address exists in our database, you will receive a password recovery link at your email address in a few minutes."
+      updated: "Your password has been changed successfully. You are now signed in."
+      updated_not_active: "Your password has been changed successfully."
+    registrations:
+      destroyed: "Bye! Your account has been successfully cancelled. We hope to see you again soon."
+      signed_up: "Welcome! You have signed up successfully."
+      signed_up_but_inactive: "You have signed up successfully. However, we could not sign you in because your account is not yet activated."
+      signed_up_but_locked: "You have signed up successfully. However, we could not sign you in because your account is locked."
+      signed_up_but_unconfirmed: "A message with a confirmation link has been sent to your email address. Please follow the link to activate your account."
+      update_needs_confirmation: "You updated your account successfully, but we need to verify your new email address. Please check your email and follow the confirm link to confirm your new email address."
+      updated: "Your account has been updated successfully."
+    sessions:
+      signed_in: "Signed in successfully."
+      signed_out: "Signed out successfully."
+      already_signed_out: "Signed out successfully."
+    unlocks:
+      send_instructions: "You will receive an email with instructions for how to unlock your account in a few minutes."
+      send_paranoid_instructions: "If your account exists, you will receive an email with instructions for how to unlock it in a few minutes."
+      unlocked: "Your account has been unlocked successfully. Please sign in to continue."
+  errors:
+    messages:
+      already_confirmed: "was already confirmed, please try signing in"
+      confirmation_period_expired: "needs to be confirmed within %{period}, please request a new one"
+      expired: "has expired, please request a new one"
+      not_found: "not found"
+      not_locked: "was not locked"
+      not_saved:
+        one: "1 error prohibited this %{resource} from being saved:"
+        other: "%{count} errors prohibited this %{resource} from being saved:"

data/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml

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+en:
+  simple_form:
+    "yes": 'Yes'
+    "no": 'No'
+    required:
+      text: 'required'
+      mark: '*'
+      # You can uncomment the line below if you need to overwrite the whole required html.
+      # When using html, text and mark won't be used.
+      # html: '<abbr title="required">*</abbr>'
+    error_notification:
+      default_message: "Please review the problems below:"
+    # Examples
+    # labels:
+    #   defaults:
+    #     password: 'Password'
+    #   user:
+    #     new:
+    #       email: 'E-mail to sign in.'
+    #     edit:
+    #       email: 'E-mail.'
+    # hints:
+    #   defaults:
+    #     username: 'User name to sign in.'
+    #     password: 'No special characters, please.'
+    # include_blanks:
+    #   defaults:
+    #     age: 'Rather not say'
+    # prompts:
+    #   defaults:
+    #     age: 'Select your age'

data/config/routes.rb

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+AppKit::Engine.routes.draw do
+  devise_for :users, class_name: "AppKit::User", module: :devise
+  root to: "dashboard#show"
+  get "/" => "dashboard#show", :as => :dashboard
+end

data/lib/app_kit/action.rb

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+module AppKit
+    # The action class is used to generate custom actions that can be performed on a given record.
+    # These actions are displayed when viewing a specific record.
+    # Actions are defiend in the main Resource DSL.
+    #
+    #
+    # == DSL Examples
+    # === Inline example
+    #   action :deactivate, :if => :active
+    #
+    # === Block example
+    #
+    #   action :deactivate, :if => :active do |record|
+    #       record.update(active: false)
+    #   end
+    class Action
+        # The name of the aciton. This will be used to display the link title of the action itself.
+        # It will also be used as a the name of the method on the model class to execute if a block is
+        # not given.
+        #
+        #   action :consolidate_items
+        #
+        # This action would create a custom action visible when viewing a resource record. This action will
+        # also execute a method named +consolidate_items+ on the model instance.
+        attr_accessor :name
+
+        # The block to be executed when the aciton is performed.
+        #   action :deactive do |record|
+        #      record.update(active: false)
+        #   end
+        attr_accessor :block
+
+        # The resoruce this action belongs to.
+        attr_accessor :resource
+
+        # A method to call on the model to determin if this action should be displayed.
+        #   action :deactivate, :if => :active
+        attr_accessor :if_method
+
+        # This class should be created from the Resource DSL and should not be created manually.
+        # @param name [Symbol] The name of the action and the name of the model method to call (if no block is given).
+        # @param resource [AppKit::Resource] The resource this action belongs to.
+        # @param options [Hash] A optin hash for the action.A
+        # @parma &block [Block] A block to execute when the action is performed. This block is passed a model instance.
+        def initialize(name, resource, options = {}, &block)
+            @name = name
+            @block = block if block_given?
+            @resource = resource
+            @if_method = options[:if]
+        end
+    
+        # The display name to use when displaying a link to the action.
+        # @return [String] A humanized version fo the name.
+        def display_name 
+            name.humanize
+        end
+        
+        # Determines if the action should be displayed
+        # @param record [Model] A model instance to test.
+        # @return [Boolean] Returns true if the if_method returns true or is not defined.
+        def enabled_for_record?(record)
+            return true unless if_method
+            true if record.send(if_method) 
+        end
+    
+        # Determines if the action should call to a method or execute a block.
+        # @return [Symbol] Returns either +:block+ or +:method_call+
+        def action_type
+            (block.present? ? :block : :method_call)
+        end
+    
+        # Convienence method that detmines if the action should call a model method. 
+        def is_method_action?
+            action_type == :method_call
+        end
+    
+        # Convienence method that detmines if the action should call a block. 
+        def is_block_action?
+            action_type == :block
+        end
+        
+        # The method name to call on the model.
+        # @return [Symbol] Returns the name of the action.
+        def method_name
+            name
+        end
+
+    end
+end

data/lib/app_kit/application.rb

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+class AppKit::Application
+  include AppKit::Dsl::ApplicationDsl
+  attr_accessor :dashboard_view
+  attr_accessor :config
+  attr_accessor :resources
+  attr_writer :navigation_items
+
+  def initialize
+    @config = AppKit::Configuration.new
+    @resources = []
+    @navigation_items = []
+    @dashboard_view = AppKit::Views::Dashboard.new
+  end
+
+  def navigation_items(position = :all)
+    return @navigation_items if position == :all
+    navigation_items.select { |i| i.position == position }
+  end
+
+  def setup!(&block)
+    AppKit::LOAD_PATH.each do |path|
+      AppKit::Engine.config.watchable_dirs[path] = [:rb]
+    end
+    # setup load paths
+    ActiveSupport::Dependencies.autoload_paths -= AppKit::LOAD_PATH
+    Rails.application.config.eager_load_paths  -= AppKit::LOAD_PATH
+
+    # reload the rails routes after initialization has completed.
+    Rails.application.config.after_initialize do
+      ActionDispatch::Reloader.to_prepare do
+        Rails.application.reload_routes!
+      end
+
+      # load DSL files
+      files = AppKit::LOAD_PATH.flatten.compact.uniq.map{ |path| Dir["#{path}/**/*.rb"] }.flatten
+      files.each { |file| load file }
+
+      # process application dsl
+      AppKit.application.instance_exec(&block)
+      if config.authentication_enabled?
+        require "app_kit/user_resource"
+        AppKit::ApplicationController.class_eval("before_filter :authenticate_user!")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/app_kit/configuration.rb

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+class AppKit::Configuration
+  attr_accessor :application_title, :authentication_enabled
+
+  def initialize
+    @authentication_enabled = true
+  end
+
+  def authentication_enabled?
+    authentication_enabled
+  end
+end