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data/MIT-LICENSE ADDED
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+ Copyright 2012 John Parker
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+
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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.
data/README.rdoc ADDED
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+ = BootstrapFormBuilder
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+
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+ A Rails form builder that outputs forms structured for use with the
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+ Twitter Bootstrap library. Labels are automatically created, and errors
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+ are displayed inline.
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+
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+ BootstrapFormBuilder is built using syntax specific to Ruby 1.9. It
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+ will not work on Ruby 1.8.
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+
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+ = Usage
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+
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+ The builder conforms generally to the generic Rails form builder API.
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+
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+ <%= bootstrap_form_for @widget do |f| %>
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+ <%= f.text_field :name %>
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+ <%= f.collection_select :category_id, Category.all, :id, :name, include_blank: true %>
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+ <%= f.submit nil, class: 'primary' %>
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+ <% end %>
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+
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+ Labels are automatically created for the field. The label and the input
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+ are wrapped inside of divs classed according to Twitter Bootstrap library's
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+ conventions.
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+
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+ The field helpers also accept a block to which it yields the input or
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+ select tag. This can be used to decorate the input fields.
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+
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+ <%= f.text_field :price do |input_tag| %>
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+ <div class="input-append">
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+ <%= input_tag %>
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+ <label class="add-on">
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+ <%= f.check_box :taxable %>
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+ <span>Sales tax</span>
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+ </label>
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+ </div>
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+ <% end %>
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+
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+ = More information
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+
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+ http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap
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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 = 'BootstrapFormBuilder'
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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 'bootstrap_form_builder/form_builder'
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+ require 'bootstrap_form_builder/helpers'
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+
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+ ActionView::Base.class_eval do
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+ include BootstrapFormBuilder::Helpers
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+ end
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+ module BootstrapFormBuilder
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+ class FormBuilder < ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
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+ def text_field(attribute, options = {}, &block)
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+ input_tag = block_given? ? template.capture(super, &block) : super
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+ field(input_tag, attribute, options)
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+ end
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+
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+ def password_field(attribute, options = {}, &block)
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+ input_tag = block_given? ? template.capture(super, &block) : super
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+ field(input_tag, attribute, options)
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+ end
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+
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+ def file_field(attribute, options = {}, &block)
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+ input_tag = block_given? ? template.capture(super, &block) : super
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+ field(input_tag, attribute, options)
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+ end
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+
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+ def collection_select(attribute, collection, value_method, text_method, options = {})
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+ select_tag = super
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+ field(select_tag, attribute, options)
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+ end
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+
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+ def uneditable_field(attribute, options = {})
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+ span_tag = template.content_tag(:span, object.send(attribute), class: 'uneditable-input', id: "#{object.class.model_name.underscore}_#{attribute}")
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+ field(span_tag, attribute, options)
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+ end
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+
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+ def submit(value = nil, options = {})
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+ # This version of #submit differs slightly from the ActionView version in that
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+ # the model name is titleized to maintain consistent capitalization, e.g., for
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+ # a model named QuoteRequest the button label is "Create Quote Request" rather
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+ # than "Create Quote request".
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+ value ||= "#{object.new_record? ? 'Create' : 'Update'} #{object.class.model_name.titleize}"
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+ button_class = ['btn', *options.delete(:class)].join(' ')
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+ template.content_tag :div, class: 'clearfix' do
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+ template.content_tag :div, class: 'actions' do
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+ super(value, options.merge(class: button_class))
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def field(input_tag, attribute, options)
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+ errors = object.errors[attribute].uniq.to_sentence
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+ outer_class = errors.blank? ? 'clearfix' : 'clearfix error'
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+ inner_class = errors.blank? ? 'input' : 'input error'
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+
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+ template.content_tag(:div, id: "#{object.class.model_name.underscore}_#{attribute}_input", class: outer_class) do
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+ label(attribute, options[:label]) << template.content_tag(:div, class: inner_class) do
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+ input_div = input_tag
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+ input_div << template.content_tag(:span, options[:hint], class: 'help-block') if options[:hint]
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+ input_div << template.content_tag(:span, errors, class: 'help-inline') if errors.present?
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+ input_div
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+ attr_reader :template
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module BootstrapFormBuilder
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+ module Helpers
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+ def bootstrap_form_for(*args, &block)
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+ options = args.extract_options!
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+ form_for(*args, options.merge(builder: BootstrapFormBuilder::FormBuilder), &block)
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+ end
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+
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+ def bootstrap_fields_for(*args, &block)
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+ options = args.extract_options!
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+ fields_for(*args, options.merge(builder: BootstrapFormBuilder::FormBuilder), &block)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module BootstrapFormBuilder
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+ VERSION = "0.0.1"
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+ end
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+ # desc "Explaining what the task does"
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+ # task :bootstrap_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 BootstrapFormBuilder::FormBuilderTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
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+ include ActionView::Helpers
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+ include BootstrapFormBuilder::Helpers
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+
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+ attr_accessor :output_buffer
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+
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+ def protect_against_forgery?() end
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+
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+ class ::Book
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+ extend ActiveModel::Naming
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+ include ActiveModel::Conversion
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+
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+ attr_accessor :author_id, :title, :passphrase
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+
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+ def persisted?() end
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+ end
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+
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+ def books_path(*args) '/books' end
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+
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+ setup do
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+ @output_buffer = ''
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+ @book = Book.new
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#text_field outputs a clearfix div' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.text_field(:title)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="clearfix" id="book_title_input">}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#text_field outputs a label tag' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.text_field(:title)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<label for="book_title">Title</label>}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#text_field outputs an input tag' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.text_field(:title)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="input"><input id="book_title" name="book\[title\]" size="30" type="text" /></div>}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#text_field with hint option outputs a help block' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.text_field(:title, hint: 'The Hobbit')) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<span class="help-block">The Hobbit</span>}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#text_field with errors wraps field in error class' do
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+ @book.errors.stubs(:[]).returns(["can't be blank"])
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.text_field(:title)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="clearfix error" id="book_title_input">}
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="input error">}
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<span class="help-inline">can't be blank</span>}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#password_field outputs a clearfix div' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.password_field(:passphrase)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="clearfix" id="book_passphrase_input">}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#password_field outputs a label tag' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.password_field(:passphrase)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<label for="book_passphrase">Passphrase</label>}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#password_field outputs an input tag' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.password_field(:passphrase)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="input"><input id="book_passphrase" name="book\[passphrase\]" size="30" type="password" /></div>}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#file_field outputs a clearfix div' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.file_field(:attachment)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="clearfix" id="book_attachment_input">}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#file_field outputs a label tag' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.file_field(:attachment)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<label for="book_attachment">Attachment</label>}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#file_field outputs an input tag' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.file_field(:attachment)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="input"><input id="book_attachment" name="book\[attachment\]" type="file" /></div>}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#collection_select outputs a clearfix div' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.collection_select(:author_id, [], :id, :name)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="clearfix" id="book_author_id_input">}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#collection_select outputs a label tag' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.collection_select(:author_id, [], :id, :name)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<label for="book_author_id">Author</label>}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#collection_select outputs a select tag' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.collection_select(:author_id, [], :id, :name)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="input"><select id="book_author_id" name="book\[author_id\]"></select></div>}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#submit outputs a clearfix div' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.submit) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="clearfix"><div class="actions">}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#submit outputs a submit button' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.submit) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<input class="btn" name="commit" type="submit" value="Create Book" />}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#submit applies provided class to button' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.submit(nil, class: 'primary')) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<input class="btn primary" .* />}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#uneditable_field outputs a clearfix div' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.uneditable_field(:title)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="clearfix" id="book_title_input">}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#uneditable_field outputs a label tag' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.uneditable_field(:title)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<label for="book_title">Title</label>}
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+ end
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+ test '#uneditable_field outputs a span tag with class uneditable-input' do
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+ concat(bootstrap_form_for(@book) { |f| concat(f.uneditable_field(:title)) })
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+ assert_match output_buffer, %r{<div class="input"><span class="uneditable-input" id="book_title"></span></div>}
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+ end
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+ end
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+ class BootstrapFormBuilder::HelpersTest < ActionView::TestCase
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+ test '#bootstrap_form_for calls form_for with a builder option' do
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+ view.expects(:form_for).with(anything, has_entry(:builder, BootstrapFormBuilder::FormBuilder))
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+ view.bootstrap_form_for(stub_everything) {}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#bootstrap_form_for passes other options through to form_for' do
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+ view.expects(:form_for).with(anything, has_entries(builder: BootstrapFormBuilder::FormBuilder, method: :put, html: {multipart: true}))
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+ view.bootstrap_form_for(stub_everything, method: :put, html: {multipart: true}) {}
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+ end
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+
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+ test '#bootstrap_fields_for calls fields_for with a builder option' do
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+ view.expects(:fields_for).with(anything, has_entry(:builder, BootstrapFormBuilder::FormBuilder))
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+ view.bootstrap_fields_for(stub_everything) {}
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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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+ layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
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+ database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic
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+ methods. You can read more about Active Record in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html.
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+
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+ The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both
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+ layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers
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+ are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is
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+ unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much
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+ more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of
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+ Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.
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+
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+
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+ == Getting Started
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+ 1. At the command prompt, create a new Rails application:
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+ <tt>rails new myapp</tt> (where <tt>myapp</tt> is the application name)
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+ 2. Change directory to <tt>myapp</tt> and start the web server:
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+ <tt>cd myapp; rails server</tt> (run with --help for options)
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+ 3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and you'll see:
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+ "Welcome aboard: You're riding Ruby on Rails!"
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+ 4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application. You can find
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+ the following resources handy:
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+
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+ * The Getting Started Guide: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html
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+ * Ruby on Rails Tutorial Book: http://www.railstutorial.org/
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+
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+
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+ == Debugging Rails
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+ 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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+ 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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+ == Debugger
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+ Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your
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+ Mongrel or WEBrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of
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+ execution at any point in the code, investigate and change the model, and then,
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+ resume execution! You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging
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+ mode. With gems, use <tt>sudo gem install ruby-debug</tt>. Example:
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def index
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+ @posts = Post.all
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+ debugger
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+ end
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+ end
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+ So the controller will accept the action, run the first line, then present you
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+ 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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+ == Console
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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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+ == dbconsole
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+ You can go to the command line of your database directly through <tt>rails
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+ dbconsole</tt>. You would be connected to the database with the credentials
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+ defined in database.yml. Starting the script without arguments will connect you
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+ to the development database. Passing an argument will connect you to a different
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+ database, like <tt>rails dbconsole production</tt>. Currently works for MySQL,
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+ PostgreSQL and SQLite 3.
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+
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+ == Description of Contents
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+ The default directory structure of a generated Ruby on Rails application:
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+
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+ |-- app
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | |-- images
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+ | |-- javascripts
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+ | `-- stylesheets
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+ | |-- controllers
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+ | |-- helpers
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+ | |-- mailers
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+ | |-- models
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+ | `-- views
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+ | `-- layouts
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+ |-- config
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+ | |-- environments
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+ | |-- initializers
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+ | `-- locales
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+ |-- db
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+ |-- doc
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+ |-- lib
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+ | `-- tasks
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+ |-- log
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+ |-- public
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+ |-- script
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+ |-- test
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+ | |-- fixtures
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+ | |-- functional
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+ | |-- integration
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+ | |-- performance
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+ | `-- unit
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+ |-- tmp
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+ | |-- cache
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+ | |-- pids
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+ | |-- sessions
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+ | `-- sockets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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+ `-- stylesheets
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+ `-- plugins
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+
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+ app
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+ Holds all the code that's specific to this particular application.
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+ app/assets
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+ Contains subdirectories for images, stylesheets, and JavaScript files.
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+ app/controllers
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+ Holds controllers that should be named like weblogs_controller.rb for
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+ automated URL mapping. All controllers should descend from
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+ ApplicationController which itself descends from ActionController::Base.
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+ app/models
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+ Holds models that should be named like post.rb. Models descend from
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+ ActiveRecord::Base by default.
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+ app/views
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+ Holds the template files for the view that should be named like
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+ weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use
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+ eRuby syntax by default.
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+ app/views/layouts
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+ Holds the template files for layouts to be used with views. This models the
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+ common header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout
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+ using the <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.html.erb.
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+ Inside default.html.erb, call <% yield %> to render the view using this
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+ layout.
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+ app/helpers
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+ Holds view helpers that should be named like weblogs_helper.rb. These are
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+ generated for you automatically when using generators for controllers.
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+ Helpers can be used to wrap functionality for your views into methods.
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+ config
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+ Configuration files for the Rails environment, the routing map, the database,
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+ and other dependencies.
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+ db
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+ Contains the database schema in schema.rb. db/migrate contains all the
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+ sequence of Migrations for your schema.
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+ doc
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+ This directory is where your application documentation will be stored when
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+ generated using <tt>rake doc:app</tt>
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+ lib
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+ Application specific libraries. Basically, any kind of custom code that
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+ doesn't belong under controllers, models, or helpers. This directory is in
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+ the load path.
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+ public
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+ The directory available for the web server. Also contains the dispatchers and the
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+ default HTML files. This should be set as the DOCUMENT_ROOT of your web
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+ server.
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+ script
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+ Helper scripts for automation and generation.
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+ test
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+ Unit and functional tests along with fixtures. When using the rails generate
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+ command, template test files will be generated for you and placed in this
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+ directory.
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+ vendor
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+ External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins
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+ subdirectory. If the app has frozen rails, those gems also go here, under
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+ vendor/rails/. This directory is in the load path.