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+ Copyright 2012 Zachary G. Wright
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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+ a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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+ "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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+ without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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+ distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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+ permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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+ the following conditions:
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+
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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+ included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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+ EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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+ MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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+ NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
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+ LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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+ OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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+ WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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+ # Bootstrap2FormBuilder
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+
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+ *Supports Bootstrap 2*
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+
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+ This gem adds a helper to all of your views called bootstrap_form_for, which generates a form for a given model object
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+ and fields with HTML and CSS markup that works with the [Twitter bootstrap](http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/)
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+ library.
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+
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+ ## Install
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+ Add to your gemfile:
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+
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+ ```ruby
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+ gem "bootstrap2_form_builder"
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+ ```
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+
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+ After bundling the gem run
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+
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+ ```console
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+ rails g bootstrap2_form_builder:install
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+ ```
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+
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+ This will create a partial called error_messages that will contain formatted errors on the object the form is for. This
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+ generator also takes an option to use HAML (it uses erb by default):
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+
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+ ```console
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+ rails g bootstrap2_form_builder:install -t haml
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Usage
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+
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+ Lets say you have a Person model with required attributes name and email, and an optional attribute of website.
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+ In your persons_controller in the new action you would set a variable @person = Person.new, which would be handed off
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+ to your view.
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+
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+ In your view, call bootstrap_form_for just like you would a regular form_for, except leave out labels and most other
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+ typical markup.
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+
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+ For exmaple:
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+
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+ ```ruby
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+ <%= bootstrap_form_for @person do |form| %>
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+ <%= form.text_field :name %>
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+ <%= form.text_field :email %>
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+ <%= form.text_field :website %>
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+ <% end %>
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+ ```
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+
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+ This will generate HTML like this:
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+
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+ ```html
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+ <form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/people" class="new_person" id="new_person" method="post">
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+ <div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline">
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+ <input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓">
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+ <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="Edx7gjTOLinEOXqab7LweFhWlJh5uO6Js2l6exeCrwA="></div>
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+ <div class="control-group">
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+ <label class="control-label required" for="person_name">Name</label>
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+ <div class="controls">
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+ <input id="person_name" name="person[name]" size="30" type="text">
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+ </div>
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+ </div>
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+ <div class="control-group">
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+ <label class="control-label required" for="person_email">Email</label>
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+ <div class="controls">
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+ <input id="person_email" name="person[email]" size="30" type="text">
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+ </div>
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+ </div>
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+ <div class="control-group">
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+ <label class="control-label" for="person_website">Website</label>
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+ <div class="controls">
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+ <input id="person_website" name="person[website]" size="30" type="text">
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+ </div>
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+ </div>
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+ ```
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+
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+ See how it automatically generates labels for your inputs? It also marks them as required if there is a
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+ presence validator for that attribute on the model.
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+ It also adds some options to all of the form helpers (form.text_field, form.text_area, etc)
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+
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+ * :label - Lets you define a custom label
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+ * :label_class - Lets you define a custom class for your clabel
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+ * :help_block - A block of text that should appear below your input
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+ * :help_inline - A line of text that should appear next to your input
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+
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+ For example:
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+
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+ ```ruby
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+ <%= form.text_field :name, :label => "Nickname", :label_class => "important",
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+ :help_block => "What do your friends call you?" %>
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+ ```
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+
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+ ##Configuration
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+
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+ When you run the install generator it will create an initializer at config/initializers/bootstrap2_form_builder.rb
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+ Here you can customize certain aspects of the form builder. Check the generated file for the most up to date documentation
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+ and exmaple options.
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+ This project uses MIT-LICENSE.
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+ #!/usr/bin/env rake
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+ begin
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+ require 'bundler/setup'
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+ rescue LoadError
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+ puts 'You must `gem install bundler` and `bundle install` to run rake tasks'
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+ end
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+ begin
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+ require 'rdoc/task'
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+ rescue LoadError
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+ require 'rdoc/rdoc'
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+ require 'rake/rdoctask'
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+ RDoc::Task = Rake::RDocTask
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+ end
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+
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+ RDoc::Task.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
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+ rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
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+ rdoc.title = 'Bootstrap2FormBuilder'
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+ rdoc.options << '--line-numbers'
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+ rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README.rdoc')
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+ rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
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+ end
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+ Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
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+
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+ require 'rake/testtask'
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+
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+ Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
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+ t.libs << 'lib'
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+ t.libs << 'test'
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+ t.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb'
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+ t.verbose = false
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+ end
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+
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+
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+ task :default => :test
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+ require 'rails'
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+ require 'bootstrap2_form_builder/form_builder'
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+
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+ module Bootstrap2FormBuilder
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+ mattr_reader :error_partial
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+ mattr_writer :error_partial
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+ @@error_partial = nil
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+
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+ mattr_reader :default_form_layout
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+ mattr_writer :default_form_layout
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+ @@default_form_layout = nil
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+
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+
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+ def self.setup
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+ yield self
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+ end
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+
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+ module BootstrapFormHelper
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+ def bootstrap_form_for(name, *args, &block)
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+ options = args.extract_options!
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+
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+ target = name
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+ if target.kind_of?(Array)
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+ target = name[1]
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+ end
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+
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+ #Default form class to form-horizontal.
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+ form_html = {:html => {:class => Bootstrap2FormBuilder.default_form_layout}}
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+
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+ #Work our default class back into the form options. Defer to whatever is passed in if present
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+
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+ options.merge!(form_html) do |html_key, passed_in_html, default_html|
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+ passed_in_html.merge(default_html) do |key, oldval, newval|
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+ oldval
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ partial_location = Bootstrap2FormBuilder.error_partial || "bootstrap2_form_builder/error_messages"
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+ render(partial_location, :target => target) + form_for(name, *(args << options.merge(:builder => Bootstrap2FormBuilder::FormBuilder)), &block)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_view) do
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+ include Bootstrap2FormBuilder::BootstrapFormHelper
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+ end
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+ module Bootstrap2FormBuilder
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+ class FormBuilder < ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
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+ #Replace form submit input with styled buttons
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+ def submit(label, *args)
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+ options = args.extract_options!
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+ new_class = options[:class] || "btn btn-primary"
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+ @template.content_tag("div",
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+ super(label, *(args << options.merge(:class => new_class))), :class => "form-actions")
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+ end
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+
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+ =begin
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+ Generates form fields that work with Twitter Bootstrap. Automatically marks required things as required and places errors
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+ on matching inputs.
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+ =end
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+ def self.create_tagged_field(method_name)
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+ define_method(method_name) do |label, *args|
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+ options = args.extract_options!
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+ custom_label = options[:label] || label.to_s.humanize
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+ label_class = options[:label_class] || "control-label"
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+
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+ if @object.class.validators_on(label).collect(&:class).include? ActiveModel::Validations::PresenceValidator
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+ if label_class.nil?
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+ label_class = "required"
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+ else
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+ label_class = label_class + " required"
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+ end
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+ end
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+ control_group_class = "control-group"
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+ if @object.errors.messages[label]
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+ control_group_class = control_group_class + " error"
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+ end
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+
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+ @template.content_tag("div",
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+ @template.content_tag("label",
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+ custom_label,
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+ :for => "#{@object_name}_#{label}",
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+ :class => label_class) +
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+ @template.content_tag("div",
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+ super(label, *(args << options)) +
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+ (@template.content_tag("p", options[:help_block], :class => "help-block") if options[:help_block]) +
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+ (@template.content_tag("span", options[:help_inline], :class => "help-inline") if options[:help_inline]),
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+ :class => "controls"),
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+ :class => control_group_class)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ field_helpers.each do |name|
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+ create_tagged_field(name)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Bootstrap2FormBuilder
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+ VERSION = "0.0.2"
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+ end
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+ module Bootstrap2FormBuilder
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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/bootstrap2_form_builder", __FILE__)
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+ class_option :view_engine, :type => :string, :aliases => "-t", :desc => "Template engine for the views. Available options are 'erb' and 'haml'.", :default => "erb"
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+ class_option :haml, :type => :boolean, :default => false
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+
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+ # all public methods in here will be run in order
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+ def add_my_initializer
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+ template "initializer.rb", "config/initializers/bootstrap2_form_builder.rb"
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+ end
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+
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+ def create_error_partials
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+ if options[:view_engine] == "haml" || options[:haml]
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+ copy_file "_error_messages.html.haml", "app/views/bootstrap2_form_builder/_error_messages.html.haml"
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+ elsif
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+ copy_file "_error_messages.html.erb", "app/views/bootstrap2_form_builder/_error_messages.html.erb"
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ <% if target.errors.any? %>
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+ <div class="alert-message block-message error fade in">
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+ <a href="#">
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+ *
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+ </a>
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+ <strong>
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+ <%= "#{pluralize(target.errors.count, "error")} prohibited this record from being saved:" %>
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+ </strong>
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+ <ul>
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+ <% targer.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
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+ <li>
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+ <%= msg %>
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+ </li>
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+ </ul>
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+ </div>
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+ <% end %>
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+ - if target.errors.any?
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+ %div.alert-message.block-message.error.fade.in
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+ %a.close(href="#")×
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+ %strong
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+ =pluralize(target.errors.count, "error") + " prohibited this record from being saved:"
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+ %ul
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+ - target.errors.full_messages.each do |msg|
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+ %li
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+ =msg
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+ Bootstrap2FormBuilder.setup do |config|
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+ # The error messages partial to render with the form
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+ config.error_partial = "bootstrap2_form_builder/error_messages"
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+ # The default class to give generated forms.
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+ # The different types can be found here: http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/base-css.html#forms
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+ config.default_form_layout = "form-horizontal"
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+ end
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+ # desc "Explaining what the task does"
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+ # task :bootstrap2_form_builder do
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+ # # Task goes here
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+ # end
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+ require 'test_helper'
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+ class Bootstrap2FormBuilderTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
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+ test "truth" do
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+ assert_kind_of Module, Bootstrap2FormBuilder
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+ end
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+ end
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+ Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
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+ database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern.
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+ This pattern splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb"
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+ templates that are primarily responsible for inserting pre-built data in between
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+ HTML tags. The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as Account,
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+ Product, Person, Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to
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+ persist themselves to a database. The controller handles the incoming requests
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+ (such as Save New Account, Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model
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+ and directing data to the view.
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+ In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping
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+ layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
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+ database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic
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+ methods. You can read more about Active Record in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html.
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+ The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both
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+ layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers
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+ are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is
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+ unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much
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+ more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of
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+ Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.
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+
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+
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+ == Getting Started
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+ 1. At the command prompt, create a new Rails application:
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+ <tt>rails new myapp</tt> (where <tt>myapp</tt> is the application name)
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+ 2. Change directory to <tt>myapp</tt> and start the web server:
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+ <tt>cd myapp; rails server</tt> (run with --help for options)
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+ 3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and you'll see:
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+ "Welcome aboard: You're riding Ruby on Rails!"
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+ 4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application. You can find
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+ the following resources handy:
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+ * The Getting Started Guide: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html
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+ * Ruby on Rails Tutorial Book: http://www.railstutorial.org/
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+
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+
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+ == Debugging Rails
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+ Sometimes your application goes wrong. Fortunately there are a lot of tools that
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+ will help you debug it and get it back on the rails.
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+ First area to check is the application log files. Have "tail -f" commands
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+ running on the server.log and development.log. Rails will automatically display
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+ debugging and runtime information to these files. Debugging info will also be
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+ shown in the browser on requests from 127.0.0.1.
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+ You can also log your own messages directly into the log file from your code
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+ using the Ruby logger class from inside your controllers. Example:
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def destroy
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+ @weblog = Weblog.find(params[:id])
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+ @weblog.destroy
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+ logger.info("#{Time.now} Destroyed Weblog ID ##{@weblog.id}!")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ The result will be a message in your log file along the lines of:
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+ Mon Oct 08 14:22:29 +1000 2007 Destroyed Weblog ID #1!
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+ More information on how to use the logger is at http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/
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+
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+ Also, Ruby documentation can be found at http://www.ruby-lang.org/. There are
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+ several books available online as well:
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+
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+ * Programming Ruby: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ (Pickaxe)
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+ * Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (a beginners guide)
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+
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+ These two books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language and also on
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+ programming in general.
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+
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+ == Debugger
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+
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+ Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your
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+ Mongrel or WEBrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of
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+ execution at any point in the code, investigate and change the model, and then,
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+ resume execution! You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging
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+ mode. With gems, use <tt>sudo gem install ruby-debug</tt>. Example:
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+
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def index
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+ @posts = Post.all
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+ debugger
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ So the controller will accept the action, run the first line, then present you
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+ with a IRB prompt in the server window. Here you can do things like:
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+
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+ >> @posts.inspect
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+ => "[#<Post:0x14a6be8
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+ @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>,
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+ #<Post:0x14a6620
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+ @attributes={"title"=>"Rails", "body"=>"Only ten..", "id"=>"2"}>]"
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+ >> @posts.first.title = "hello from a debugger"
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+ => "hello from a debugger"
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+
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+ ...and even better, you can examine how your runtime objects actually work:
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+
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+ >> f = @posts.first
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+ => #<Post:0x13630c4 @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>
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+ >> f.
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+ Display all 152 possibilities? (y or n)
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+ Finally, when you're ready to resume execution, you can enter "cont".
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+
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+ == Console
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+
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+ The console is a Ruby shell, which allows you to interact with your
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+ application's domain model. Here you'll have all parts of the application
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+ configured, just like it is when the application is running. You can inspect
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+ domain models, change values, and save to the database. Starting the script
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+ without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ To start the console, run <tt>rails console</tt> from the application
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+ directory.
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+ Options:
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+ * Passing the <tt>-s, --sandbox</tt> argument will rollback any modifications
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+ made to the database.
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+ * Passing an environment name as an argument will load the corresponding
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+ environment. Example: <tt>rails console production</tt>.
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run
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+ <tt>reload!</tt>
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+ More information about irb can be found at:
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+ link:http://www.rubycentral.org/pickaxe/irb.html
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+
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+
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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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+ 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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+
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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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+
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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.