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  9. data/LICENSE.txt +22 -0
  10. data/README.md +271 -0
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  12. data/app/models/axel/api_proxy.rb +86 -0
  13. data/app/models/axel/associations/base.rb +64 -0
  14. data/app/models/axel/associations/belongs_to.rb +43 -0
  15. data/app/models/axel/associations/has_many.rb +29 -0
  16. data/app/models/axel/associations/has_one.rb +30 -0
  17. data/app/models/axel/payload.rb +4 -0
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  22. data/app/models/axel/router.rb +119 -0
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  25. data/app/models/axel/service_resource/attributes.rb +23 -0
  26. data/app/models/axel/service_resource/automatic_resource.rb +23 -0
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  30. data/app/models/axel/service_resource/payload_parser.rb +46 -0
  31. data/app/models/axel/service_resource/queries.rb +25 -0
  32. data/app/models/axel/service_resource/requesters.rb +49 -0
  33. data/app/models/axel/service_resource/routes.rb +19 -0
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  52. data/lib/axel/engine.rb +14 -0
  53. data/lib/axel/inspector.rb +91 -0
  54. data/lib/axel/payload/remote_error.rb +14 -0
  55. data/lib/axel/request_options.rb +26 -0
  56. data/lib/axel/uri.rb +47 -0
  57. data/lib/axel/version.rb +3 -0
  58. data/lib/generators/axel/install_generator.rb +16 -0
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  60. data/lib/generators/templates/axel.rb +81 -0
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  67. data/spec/dummy/app/controllers/application_controller.rb +3 -0
  68. data/spec/dummy/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb +6 -0
  69. data/spec/dummy/app/helpers/application_helper.rb +2 -0
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  100. data/spec/helpers/axel/application_helper_spec.rb +31 -0
  101. data/spec/lib/axel/associations/base_spec.rb +28 -0
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  104. data/spec/lib/axel/associations/has_one_spec.rb +23 -0
  105. data/spec/lib/axel/configurations/resource_spec.rb +15 -0
  106. data/spec/lib/axel/configurations/service_spec.rb +31 -0
  107. data/spec/lib/axel/configurator_spec.rb +26 -0
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  112. data/spec/lib/axel/request_options_spec.rb +50 -0
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  114. data/spec/lib/axel_spec.rb +64 -0
  115. data/spec/models/axel/api_proxy_spec.rb +66 -0
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  117. data/spec/models/axel/payload/metadata_spec.rb +141 -0
  118. data/spec/models/axel/querier_spec.rb +158 -0
  119. data/spec/models/axel/router_spec.rb +115 -0
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  121. data/spec/models/axel/service_resource/builder_spec.rb +64 -0
  122. data/spec/models/axel/service_resource/payload_parser_spec.rb +60 -0
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@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
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+ module Axel
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+ class Uri < Typhoid::Uri
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+ def config
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+ (
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+ Axel._config.environment_uri_config || {}
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+ ).with_indifferent_access
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+ end
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+
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+ def to(config_key, staging_number = nil)
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+ new_base = apply_suffix dashed_app_name,
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+ staging_number,
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+ config_for(config_key)[:host]
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+ base.host = new_base
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+ base.scheme = config_for(config_key)[:scheme]
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+ self
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+ end
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+
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+ def app_name
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+ dashed_app_name.underscore.humanize.titleize
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+ end
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+
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+ def dashed_app_name
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+ base.host.to_s.gsub(/\..*$/, "")
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+ end
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+
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+ def config_for(config_key)
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+ config[config_key] || default_handler
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+ end
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+ private :config_for
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+
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+ def default_handler
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+ config[:default] || { host: ".dev", scheme: "http" }
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+ end
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+ private :default_handler
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+
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+ def apply_suffix(base_name, staging_number, config_handler)
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+ config_handler = convert_string_to_proc config_handler
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+ config_handler.call base_name, staging_number
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+ end
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+ private :apply_suffix
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+
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+ def convert_string_to_proc(handler)
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+ handler.is_a?(Proc) ? handler : Proc.new { |base, n| "#{base}#{handler}" }
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+ end
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+ private :convert_string_to_proc
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Axel
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+ VERSION = "0.0.1"
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+ end
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+ module Axel
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+ module Generators
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+ class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
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+ source_root File.expand_path("../../templates", __FILE__)
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+ desc "Creates a Axel initializer."
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+
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+ def copy_initializer
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+ template "axel.rb", "config/initializers/axel.rb"
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+ end
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+
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+ def show_readme
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+ readme "README.md" if behavior == :invoke
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ --------------------------------------
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+
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+ # Welcome to Axel
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+
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+ ## Configuration
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+
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+ In your `app/controllers/application_controller.rb` change to:
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+
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+ ```ruby
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+ class ApplicationController < Axel::BaseController
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+ layout "axel" # For json and xml API output
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+ #.......
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+ #.......
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+ end
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+ ```
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+
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+ Please see `config/initializers/axel.rb` to configure inter-service connection.
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+
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+ You'll also want to have a look at the README.md found at the project homepage:
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+ http://github.com/tstmedia/axel. There you'll find more information about what the
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+ `Axel::BaseController` can do for your API controllers and how to operate inter-
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+ service requests.
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+ Axel.config do |config|
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+ # The API Proxy's `/registry` endpoint holds information about
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+ # what resources connect to what services and where. We can leverage
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+ # that endpoint to automatically configure objects for data retrieval
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+ # and creation. To start, you'll want to configure the API Proxy location for
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+ # automatically retrieving resource location configs:
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+ #
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+ # config.set_proxy_url "http://api.your-platform.com"
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+ #
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+ # Services may be added manually:
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+ #
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+ # config.add_service "github", "http://api.github.com/v3/"
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+ #
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+ # Service locations can be forced to a specific URL:
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+ #
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+ # config.service_configs[:user_service].url = "http://localhost:1337"
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+ #
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+ # Because of the API Proxy, many resources should be available automatically.
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+ # You can then start setting what attributes you want easier access
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+ # to for certain resources:
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+ #
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+ # config.resources[:users].attributes << :user_name
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+ # config.resources[:personas].attributes = [:first_name, :last_name]
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+ #
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+ # While many resources are automatically created, you can also manually add
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+ # resources:
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+ #
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+ # config.add_resource "github", "repos" # `, service: { url: ".." } needed if the service was not added previously
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+ #
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+ # Resources can set their paths manually:
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+ #
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+ # config.resources[:personas].path = "people"
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+ #
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+ # The Api proxy config and configs for altering resources/services will make
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+ # it so when you inherit from Axel::ServiceResource::Base you get some
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+ # free configuration. Example:
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+ #
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+ # module MyApp
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+ # class User
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+ # resource # => <#Axel::Configurations::Resource users service: #<Axel::Configurations::Service user-service>>
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+ # path # => "/users"
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+ # site # => "https://user-service.your-platform.com"
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+ # end
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+ # end
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+ #
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+ # To configure URI conversion to certain environment URIs. Strategies
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+ # are either suffix strings or Procs that accept a base-name (usually app name)
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+ # and a number (for staging numbers). Define strategies here like so:
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+ #
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+ # config.environment_uri_config = {
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+ # dev: {
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+ # host: ".dev",
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+ # scheme: "http"
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+ # },
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+ # stage: {
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+ # host: ->(base, n) { "#{base}.stage#{n}.ngin-staging.com" },
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+ # scheme: "https"
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+ # },
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+ # prod: {
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+ # host: ".your-platform.com",
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+ # scheme: "https"
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+ # }
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+ # }
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+ #
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+ # This now means you can do:
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+ #
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+ # Axel::Uri.new("http://user-service.dev/users").to(:prod).to_s
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+ # # => "http://user-service.your-platform.com/users"
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+ #
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+ # With that set you can quickly convert all URLs in objects that use axel
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+ # for resource location to another environment:
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+ #
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+ # config.set_environment :stage, 2
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+ #
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+ # Do you use rails-api instead of Rails proper? Set:
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+ #
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+ # config.uses_rails_api = true # Default: false
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+ #
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+ # This ensures that you use the ActionController::API rather than Rails' default
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+ # ActionController::Base
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+ end
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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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+
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+ ENGINE_PATH = File.expand_path('../..', __FILE__)
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+ load File.expand_path('../../spec/dummy/script/rails', __FILE__)
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+ require 'spec_helper'
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+ Page = Class.new
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+ describe PagesController do
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+ it "gets json" do
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+ get :show, format: :json
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+ subject.send(:_layout).should == "axel"
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+ end
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+
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+ it "gets xml" do
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+ get :show, format: :xml
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+ subject.send(:_layout).should == "axel"
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+ end
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+
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+ it "doesn't get any" do
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+ get :show # This helper defailts to html which we haven't specified to handle
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+ response.code.should == "406"
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+ end
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+
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+ its(:metadata) { should be_a Axel::Payload::Metadata }
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+
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+ context "rescue error" do
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+ context "list of errors and 403" do
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+ let(:messages) { ["Broke 1", "Broke 2"] }
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+ let(:params) { { format: :json } }
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+ before do
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+ subject.stub respond_to: true
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+ subject.rescue_error messages: messages, status: :forbidden
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+ end
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+
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+ it "sets error object" do
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+ subject.errors.display.should == { status: 403, messages: messages }
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "query helpers" do
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+ its(:query_params) { should be_a HashWithIndifferentAccess }
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+ its(:post_params) { should be_a HashWithIndifferentAccess }
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+ end
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+
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+ context "formatters" do
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+ context "format" do
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+ its(:format) { should == :json }
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+ its(:render_nil_format) { should be_nil }
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+ context "with format param" do
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+ before { subject.stub params: { format: :xml } }
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+
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+ its(:format) { should == :xml }
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+ its(:render_nil_format) { should == "" }
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "rabl render" do
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+ let(:string) { "" }
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+ it "asks rabl to render" do
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+ Rabl.should_receive(:render).with string, "view", view_path: "app/views", scope: subject
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+ subject.rabl_render string, "view"
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "xml_clean" do
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+ let(:non_dirty) { <<-XML
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+ <document>
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+ <metadata>
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+ <current_user nil="true"/>
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+ </metadata>
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+ <result>
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+ </result>
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+ </document>
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+ XML
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+ }
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+
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+ let(:dirty) { <<-XML
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+ <document>
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+ <metadata>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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+ <hash>
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+ <current_user nil="true"/>
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+ </hash>
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+ </metadata>
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+ <result>
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+ </result>
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+ </document>
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+ XML
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+ }
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+
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+ let(:cleaned) { <<-XML
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+ <document>
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+ <metadata>
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+
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+ <current_user nil="true"/>
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+ </metadata>
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+ <result>
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+ </result>
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+ </document>
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+ XML
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+ }
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+
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+ it "doesn't touch the non_dirty" do
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+ subject.xml_clean(non_dirty).should == non_dirty.strip
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+ end
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+
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+ it "cleans the dirty payload" do
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+ subject.xml_clean(dirty).should == cleaned.strip
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "render action" do
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+ context "method" do
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+ let(:formatter) { double }
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+ it "calls formatter with action" do
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+ subject.should_receive(:respond_with).and_yield formatter
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+ subject.should_receive(:render).with({ action: :show}).twice
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+ formatter.should_receive(:json).and_yield
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+ formatter.should_receive(:xml).and_yield
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+ subject.respond_with_action(:show)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "id param" do
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+ let(:page) { Page.new }
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+ context "found record" do
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+ before do
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+ subject.stub params: { id: 1 }
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+ Page.should_receive(:where).with(:id => 1).and_return [page]
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+ end
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+
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+ its(:find_resource) { should == page }
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+ end
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+
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+ context "no record" do
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+ let(:page) { Page.new }
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+ before do
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+ subject.stub params: { id: 1 }
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+ Page.should_receive(:where).with(:id => 1).and_return []
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+ end
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+
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+ it "raises not found" do
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+ expect { subject.find_resource }.to raise_error Axel::RecordNotFound
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "with custom finder and value" do
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+ before do
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+ subject.stub params: { id: 1 }
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+ Page.should_not_receive(:where).with(:id => 1)
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+ Page.should_receive(:where).with(:name => "two").and_return [page]
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+ end
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+
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+ it "raises not found" do
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+ subject.find_resource(finder: :name, value: "two").should == page
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "drop meta" do
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+ context "doesn't drop meta" do
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+ its(:drop_meta?) { should be_falsey }
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+ end
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+
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+ context "drops meta" do
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+ before do
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+ subject.drop_meta!
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+ end
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+
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+ its(:drop_meta?) { should be_truthy }
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "object_params" do
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+ context "nested in object name" do
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+ before do
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+ subject.stub post_params: { page: { id: 1 } }.with_indifferent_access
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+ end
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+
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+ its(:object_params) { should == { id: 1 }.with_indifferent_access }
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+ end
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+
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+ context "not nested in name" do
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+ before do
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+ subject.stub post_params: { id: 1 }.with_indifferent_access
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+ end
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+
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+ its(:object_params) { should == { id: 1 }.with_indifferent_access }
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "object_name" do
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+ its(:object_name) { should == "page" }
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+ end
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+
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+ context "force_ssl!" do
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+ its(:force_ssl!) { should be_truthy }
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+
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+ context "productionish" do
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+ before do
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+ Rails::Application.stub productionish?: true
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+ end
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+
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+ it "raises force ssl error" do
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+ expect { subject.force_ssl! }.to raise_error Axel::ForceSSL
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ describe "safe_json_load" do
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+ it "loads a string of json" do
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+ subject.safe_json_load("{ \"user\": true }").should == { "user" => true }
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+ end
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+
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+ it "returns nil for no json" do
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+ subject.safe_json_load(nil).should == nil
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+
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+ Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
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+ database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern.
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+
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+ This pattern splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb"
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+ templates that are primarily responsible for inserting pre-built data in between
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+ HTML tags. The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as Account,
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+ Product, Person, Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to
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+ persist themselves to a database. The controller handles the incoming requests
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+ (such as Save New Account, Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model
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+ and directing data to the view.
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+
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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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+ == 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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+
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+ 2. Change directory to <tt>myapp</tt> and start the web server:
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+ <tt>cd myapp; rails server</tt> (run with --help for options)
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+
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+ 3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and you'll see:
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+ "Welcome aboard: You're riding Ruby on Rails!"
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+
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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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+
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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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+ These two books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language and also on
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+ programming in general.
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+
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+ == Debugger
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+ 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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+
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+ >> f = @posts.first
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+ => #<Post:0x13630c4 @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>
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+ >> f.
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+ Display all 152 possibilities? (y or n)
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+ Finally, when you're ready to resume execution, you can enter "cont".
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+
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+ == Console
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+
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+ The console is a Ruby shell, which allows you to interact with your
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+ application's domain model. Here you'll have all parts of the application
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+ configured, just like it is when the application is running. You can inspect
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+ domain models, change values, and save to the database. Starting the script
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+ without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ To start the console, run <tt>rails console</tt> from the application
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+ directory.
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+ Options:
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+ * Passing the <tt>-s, --sandbox</tt> argument will rollback any modifications
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+ made to the database.
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+ * Passing an environment name as an argument will load the corresponding
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+ environment. Example: <tt>rails console production</tt>.
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run
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+ <tt>reload!</tt>
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+ More information about irb can be found at:
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+ link:http://www.rubycentral.org/pickaxe/irb.html
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+
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+
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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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+
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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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+
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+ script
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+ Helper scripts for automation and generation.
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+
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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.