audit_trail 0.0.1

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  2. data/Gemfile +9 -0
  3. data/Gemfile.lock +99 -0
  4. data/LICENSE.txt +20 -0
  5. data/README +0 -0
  6. data/README.md +19 -0
  7. data/Rakefile +36 -0
  8. data/VERSION +1 -0
  9. data/app/models/change_event.rb +3 -0
  10. data/audit_trail.gemspec +110 -0
  11. data/lib/audit_trail.rb +11 -0
  12. data/lib/audit_trail/change_tracking.rb +64 -0
  13. data/lib/audit_trail/engine.rb +4 -0
  14. data/lib/audit_trail/model.rb +31 -0
  15. data/lib/generators/audit_trail/install_generator.rb +18 -0
  16. data/lib/generators/audit_trail/templates/migration.rb +16 -0
  17. data/test/audit_trail_test.rb +5 -0
  18. data/test/change_tracking_test.rb +242 -0
  19. data/test/test_app_3_1/Gemfile +8 -0
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  21. data/test/test_app_3_1/README +261 -0
  22. data/test/test_app_3_1/Rakefile +7 -0
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  26. data/test/test_app_3_1/app/controllers/application_controller.rb +3 -0
  27. data/test/test_app_3_1/app/helpers/application_helper.rb +2 -0
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  29. data/test/test_app_3_1/config.ru +4 -0
  30. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/application.rb +48 -0
  31. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/boot.rb +6 -0
  32. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/database.yml +42 -0
  33. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/environment.rb +5 -0
  34. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/environments/development.rb +30 -0
  35. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/environments/production.rb +60 -0
  36. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/environments/test.rb +42 -0
  37. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb +7 -0
  38. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/initializers/inflections.rb +10 -0
  39. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/initializers/mime_types.rb +5 -0
  40. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/initializers/secret_token.rb +7 -0
  41. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/initializers/session_store.rb +8 -0
  42. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb +14 -0
  43. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/locales/en.yml +5 -0
  44. data/test/test_app_3_1/config/routes.rb +58 -0
  45. data/test/test_app_3_1/db/schema.rb +15 -0
  46. data/test/test_app_3_1/db/seeds.rb +7 -0
  47. data/test/test_app_3_1/log/development.log +3 -0
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  55. data/test/test_app_3_1/script/rails +6 -0
  56. data/test/test_app_3_1/test/test_helper.rb +13 -0
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+ class CreateAuditTrails < ActiveRecord::Migration
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+ def self.up
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+ create_table(:change_events) do |t|
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+ t.integer :changed_object_id, :changed_by_id, :integer_value, :previous_integer_value
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+ t.string :changed_object_type, :changed_attribute, :string_value, :previous_string_value, :additional_info, :changer_ip_address
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+ t.date :date_value, :previous_date_value
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+ t.datetime :created_at, :datetime_value, :previous_datetime_value
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+ t.decimal :decimal_value, :previous_decimal_value, :precision => 14, :scale => 2
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+ t.boolean :boolean_value, :previous_boolean_value
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.down
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+ drop_table :change_events
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require 'test_helper'
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+
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+ class AuditTrailTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
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+
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+ end
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+ require 'test_helper'
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+
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+ class ChangeTrackingTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
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+
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+ setup :declare_tracked_model
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+ teardown :cleanup_tracked_model
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+
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+ def test_methods_defined
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+ assert TrackedModel.respond_to?(:audit_trail_for)
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+ end
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+
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+ def test_audit_trail_for
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+ TrackedModel.class_eval do
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+ audit_trail_for :count, :price
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+ end
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+
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+ obj = TrackedModel.new
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+
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+ assert obj.respond_to?(:record_change_event_for_count)
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+ assert obj.respond_to?(:record_change_event_for_price)
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+
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+ assert_equal :integer, TrackedModel.audit_trail_types['count']
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+ assert_equal :decimal, TrackedModel.audit_trail_types['price']
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ def test_record_change_events__changes_on_non_tracked_attributes
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+ TrackedModel.class_eval do
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+ audit_trail_for :note
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+ end
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+
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+ obj = TrackedModel.new
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+ obj.untracked_column = "foobar"
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+
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+ assert_no_difference 'ChangeEvent.count' do
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+ obj.save!
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def test_record_change_events__changes_on_tracked_attributes
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+ TrackedModel.class_eval do
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+ audit_trail_for :note, :price
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+ end
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+
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+ obj = TrackedModel.new(:note => "value_new")
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+
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+ assert_difference 'ChangeEvent.count', 1 do
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+ obj.save!
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+ end
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+
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+ assert_change_event ChangeEvent.last, 'note', nil, "value_new", :string, :changed_object => obj
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+
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+ assert_no_difference 'ChangeEvent.count' do
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+ obj.save!
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+ end
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+
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+ assert_difference 'ChangeEvent.count', 2 do
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+ obj.update_attributes!(:note => "new_new_value", :price => 100.00)
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+ end
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+
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+ note_change_event = ChangeEvent.where(:changed_attribute => "note").last
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+ assert_change_event note_change_event, 'note', "value_new", "new_new_value", :string, :changed_object => obj
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+
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+ price_change_event = ChangeEvent.where(:changed_attribute => "price").last
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+ assert_change_event price_change_event, 'price', nil, 100.00, :decimal, :changed_object => obj
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+ end
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+
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+ def test_record_change_events__changes_on_tracked_attributes__with_additional_info
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+ TrackedModel.class_eval do
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+ audit_trail_for :note, :additional_info => :note_additional_info
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+ audit_trail_for :price, :additional_info => Proc.new { |rec| "Price: #{rec.price}"}
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+
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+ def note_additional_info
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+ "note"
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ obj = TrackedModel.create(:note => 'old_value', :price => 1)
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+ obj.note = "new_note"
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+ obj.price = 10
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+
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+ assert_difference 'ChangeEvent.count', 2 do
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+ obj.save!
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+ end
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+
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+ note_change_event = obj.note_change_events.first
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+ price_change_event = obj.price_change_events.first
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+
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+ assert_change_event note_change_event, 'note', 'old_value', "new_note", :string, :changed_object => obj, :additional_info => 'note'
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+ assert_change_event price_change_event, 'price', 1, 10, :decimal, :changed_object => obj, :additional_info => "Price: 10.0"
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+ end
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+
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+ def test_record_change_events__changes_on_tracked_attributes__if_block
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+ TrackedModel.class_eval do
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+ audit_trail_for :note, :if => :some_check
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+ end
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+
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+ obj = TrackedModel.new(:note => "old_value")
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+ obj.stubs(:some_check).returns(true)
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+ obj.save!
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+
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+ obj.note = "new_note"
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+
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+ assert_difference 'ChangeEvent.count', 1 do
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+ obj.save!
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+ end
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+
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+ note_change_event = ChangeEvent.last
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+ assert_change_event note_change_event, 'note', 'old_value', "new_note", :string, :changed_object => obj
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+
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+ obj.stubs(:some_check).returns(false)
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+
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+ assert_no_difference 'ChangeEvent.count' do
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+ obj.update_attributes!(:note => 'new_new_note')
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def test_record_change_events__changes_on_tracked_attributes__if_block_separate_statements_for_each_attr
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+ TrackedModel.class_eval do
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+ audit_trail_for :note, :if => :some_check_1
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+ audit_trail_for :price, :if => Proc.new { |rec| rec.some_check_2 }
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+ end
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+
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+ obj = TrackedModel.new
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+ obj.stubs(:some_check_1).returns(true)
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+ obj.stubs(:some_check_2).returns(false)
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+
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+ obj.note = "new_note"
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+ obj.price = 1
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+
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+ assert_difference 'obj.note_change_events.count', 1 do
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+ assert_no_difference 'obj.price_change_events.count' do
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+ obj.save!
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ obj.stubs(:some_check_1).returns(false)
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+ obj.stubs(:some_check_2).returns(true)
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+
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+ obj.note = "new_new_note"
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+ obj.price = 100
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+
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+ assert_no_difference 'obj.note_change_events.count' do
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+ assert_difference 'obj.price_change_events.count', 1 do
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+ obj.save!
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def test_change_events__different_types
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+ TrackedModel.class_eval do
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+ audit_trail_for :note, :price, :yes_no, :occurred_on, :occurred_at, :count
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+ end
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+
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+ obj = TrackedModel.new
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+ obj.attributes = { :note => "new_note", :price => 10, :yes_no => true, :occurred_at => Time.now, :occurred_on => Date.today, :untracked_column => "hello", :count => 1 }
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+
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+ assert_difference 'ChangeEvent.count', 6 do
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+ obj.save!
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+ end
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+
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+ assert_change_event obj.note_change_events.first, 'note', nil, "new_note", :string
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+ assert_change_event obj.price_change_events.first, 'price', nil, 10, :decimal
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+ assert_change_event obj.count_change_events.first, 'count', nil, 1, :integer
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+ assert_change_event obj.yes_no_change_events.first, 'yes_no', nil, true, :boolean
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+ assert_change_event obj.occurred_on_change_events.first, 'occurred_on', nil, Date.today, :date
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+ end
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+
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+ def test_change_events__records_user
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+ TrackedModel.class_eval do
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+ audit_trail_for :note
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+ end
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+ ChangeEvent.stubs(:changer).returns(stub(:id => 5))
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+
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+ obj = TrackedModel.new(:note => 'note')
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+ obj.save!
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+
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+ changed_event = ChangeEvent.last
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+ assert_equal 5, changed_event.changed_by_id
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+ end
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+
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+ def test_change_events__records_ip_address
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+ TrackedModel.class_eval do
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+ audit_trail_for :note
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+ end
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+
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+ ChangeEvent.stubs(:changer_ip_address).returns("3.4.5.6")
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+
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+ obj = TrackedModel.new(:note => 'note')
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+ obj.save!
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+
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+ changed_event = ChangeEvent.last
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+ assert_equal "3.4.5.6", changed_event.changer_ip_address
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+ end
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+
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+ def test_change_events__supports_different_callbacks
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+ TrackedModel.class_eval do
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+ audit_trail_for :note
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+ audit_trail_for :price, :on => :update
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+ end
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+
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+ obj = TrackedModel.new
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+
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+ assert_difference 'obj.note_change_events.count', 1 do
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+ assert_no_difference 'obj.price_change_events.count' do
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+ obj.update_attributes!(:note => 'note', :price => 1)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ assert_difference 'obj.note_change_events.count', 1 do
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+ assert_difference 'obj.price_change_events.count', 1 do
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+ obj.update_attributes!(:note => 'note2', :price => 100)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ assert_no_difference 'obj.note_change_events.count' do
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+ assert_no_difference 'obj.price_change_events.count' do
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+ obj.update_attributes!(:note => 'note2', :price => 100)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def assert_change_event(change_event, changed_attribute, previous_value, new_value, type, options = {})
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+ assert_equal changed_attribute, change_event.changed_attribute
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+ assert_equal previous_value, change_event.previous_value
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+ assert_equal new_value, change_event.value
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+ assert_equal previous_value, change_event.send("previous_#{type}_value")
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+ assert_equal new_value, change_event.send("#{type}_value")
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+ if options[:additional_info]
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+ assert_equal options[:additional_info], change_event.additional_info
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+ else
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+ assert change_event.additional_info.blank?
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+ end
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+
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+ if options[:changed_object]
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+ assert_equal options[:changed_object], change_event.changed_object
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ source :rubygems
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+ gem 'audit_trail', :path => '../..'
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+
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+ group :development do
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+ gem 'rails', '3.1.0'
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+ gem 'mysql2', '0.3.7'
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+ gem 'mocha', '0.9.8', :require => false
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+ end
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+ PATH
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+ remote: ../..
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+ specs:
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+ audit_trail (0.0.1)
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+ rails (~> 3.1)
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+
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+ GEM
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+ remote: http://rubygems.org/
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+ remote: https://gems:frifeprexo@gemini.atl.appfolio.net/
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+ specs:
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+ actionmailer (3.1.0)
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+ actionpack (= 3.1.0)
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+ mail (~> 2.3.0)
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+ actionpack (3.1.0)
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+ activemodel (= 3.1.0)
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+ activesupport (= 3.1.0)
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+ builder (~> 3.0.0)
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+ erubis (~> 2.7.0)
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+ i18n (~> 0.6)
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+ rack (~> 1.3.2)
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+ rack-cache (~> 1.0.3)
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+ rack-mount (~> 0.8.2)
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+ rack-test (~> 0.6.1)
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+ sprockets (~> 2.0.0)
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+ activemodel (3.1.0)
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+ activesupport (= 3.1.0)
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+ bcrypt-ruby (~> 3.0.0)
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+ builder (~> 3.0.0)
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+ i18n (~> 0.6)
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+ activerecord (3.1.0)
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+ activemodel (= 3.1.0)
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+ activesupport (= 3.1.0)
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+ arel (~> 2.2.1)
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+ tzinfo (~> 0.3.29)
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+ activeresource (3.1.0)
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+ activemodel (= 3.1.0)
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+ activesupport (= 3.1.0)
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+ activesupport (3.1.0)
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+ multi_json (~> 1.0)
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+ arel (2.2.1)
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+ bcrypt-ruby (3.0.1)
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+ builder (3.0.0)
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+ erubis (2.7.0)
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+ hike (1.2.1)
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+ i18n (0.6.0)
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+ json (1.4.3)
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+ mail (2.3.0)
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+ i18n (>= 0.4.0)
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+ mime-types (~> 1.16)
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+ treetop (~> 1.4.8)
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+ mime-types (1.17.2)
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+ mocha (0.9.8)
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+ rake
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+ multi_json (1.0.4)
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+ mysql2 (0.3.7)
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+ polyglot (0.3.3)
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+ rack (1.3.6)
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+ rack-cache (1.0.3)
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+ rack (>= 0.4)
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+ rack-mount (0.8.3)
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+ rack (>= 1.0.0)
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+ rack-ssl (1.3.2)
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+ rack
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+ rack-test (0.6.1)
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+ rack (>= 1.0)
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+ rails (3.1.0)
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+ actionmailer (= 3.1.0)
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+ actionpack (= 3.1.0)
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+ activerecord (= 3.1.0)
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+ activeresource (= 3.1.0)
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+ activesupport (= 3.1.0)
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+ bundler (~> 1.0)
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+ railties (= 3.1.0)
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+ railties (3.1.0)
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+ actionpack (= 3.1.0)
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+ activesupport (= 3.1.0)
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+ rack-ssl (~> 1.3.2)
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+ rake (>= 0.8.7)
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+ rdoc (~> 3.4)
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+ thor (~> 0.14.6)
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+ rake (0.9.2.2)
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+ rdoc (3.12)
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+ json (~> 1.4)
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+ sprockets (2.0.3)
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+ hike (~> 1.2)
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+ rack (~> 1.0)
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+ tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
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+ thor (0.14.6)
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+ tilt (1.3.3)
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+ treetop (1.4.10)
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+ polyglot
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+ polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
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+ tzinfo (0.3.31)
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+
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+ PLATFORMS
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+ ruby
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+
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+ DEPENDENCIES
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+ audit_trail!
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+ mocha (= 0.9.8)
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+ mysql2 (= 0.3.7)
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+ rails (= 3.1.0)
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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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+ 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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+ <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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+ * 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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+ == Debugging Rails
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+ Sometimes your application goes wrong. Fortunately there are a lot of tools that
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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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+ 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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+ 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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+ == 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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+
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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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+ with a IRB prompt in the server window. Here you can do things like:
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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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+ >> 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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+ == 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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+ 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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+ 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.