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  1. data/MIT-LICENSE +20 -0
  2. data/README.md +72 -0
  3. data/Rakefile +40 -0
  4. data/app/assets/stylesheets/current_user/application.css +13 -0
  5. data/app/controllers/current_user/application_controller.rb +4 -0
  6. data/app/controllers/current_user/sessions_controller.rb +44 -0
  7. data/app/helpers/current_user/application_helper.rb +4 -0
  8. data/app/views/current_user/sessions/new.html.erb +44 -0
  9. data/app/views/layouts/current_user/application.html.erb +12 -0
  10. data/config/initializers/extend_controllers.rb +1 -0
  11. data/config/routes.rb +6 -0
  12. data/lib/current_user.rb +32 -0
  13. data/lib/current_user/constants.rb +3 -0
  14. data/lib/current_user/controller/helpers.rb +40 -0
  15. data/lib/current_user/engine.rb +5 -0
  16. data/lib/current_user/version.rb +3 -0
  17. data/lib/generators/current_user/install_generator.rb +29 -0
  18. data/lib/generators/templates/README +14 -0
  19. data/lib/generators/templates/current_user.rb +13 -0
  20. data/lib/tasks/current_user_tasks.rake +13 -0
  21. data/test/dummy/README.rdoc +261 -0
  22. data/test/dummy/Rakefile +7 -0
  23. data/test/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js +13 -0
  24. data/test/dummy/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css +13 -0
  25. data/test/dummy/app/controllers/application_controller.rb +3 -0
  26. data/test/dummy/app/controllers/my_protected_pages_controller.rb +7 -0
  27. data/test/dummy/app/helpers/application_helper.rb +2 -0
  28. data/test/dummy/app/models/user.rb +3 -0
  29. data/test/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb +14 -0
  30. data/test/dummy/app/views/my_protected_pages/show.html.erb +1 -0
  31. data/test/dummy/config.ru +4 -0
  32. data/test/dummy/config/application.rb +65 -0
  33. data/test/dummy/config/boot.rb +10 -0
  34. data/test/dummy/config/current_user/key +1 -0
  35. data/test/dummy/config/database.yml +25 -0
  36. data/test/dummy/config/environment.rb +5 -0
  37. data/test/dummy/config/environments/development.rb +37 -0
  38. data/test/dummy/config/environments/production.rb +67 -0
  39. data/test/dummy/config/environments/test.rb +37 -0
  40. data/test/dummy/config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb +7 -0
  41. data/test/dummy/config/initializers/current_user.rb +13 -0
  42. data/test/dummy/config/initializers/inflections.rb +15 -0
  43. data/test/dummy/config/initializers/mime_types.rb +5 -0
  44. data/test/dummy/config/initializers/secret_token.rb +7 -0
  45. data/test/dummy/config/initializers/session_store.rb +8 -0
  46. data/test/dummy/config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb +14 -0
  47. data/test/dummy/config/locales/en.yml +5 -0
  48. data/test/dummy/config/routes.rb +7 -0
  49. data/test/dummy/public/404.html +26 -0
  50. data/test/dummy/public/422.html +26 -0
  51. data/test/dummy/public/500.html +25 -0
  52. data/test/dummy/public/favicon.ico +0 -0
  53. data/test/dummy/script/rails +6 -0
  54. data/test/dummy/test/fixtures/users.yml +5 -0
  55. data/test/integration/login_test.rb +72 -0
  56. data/test/integration_test_helper.rb +19 -0
  57. data/test/test_helper.rb +17 -0
  58. metadata +191 -0
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+ Copyright 2012 Pavel Mitin
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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.
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+ # CurrentUser
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+
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+ Dev phase auth for Rails.
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+
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+ ## What it is
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+
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+ * A simple authentication gem for the development (pre-production) phase
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+ * Familiar rails conventions: #current_user, #signed_in?
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+ * A minimalistic signin page with a list of all available users (just click on a user and you will be logged in under the user)
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+ * An opportunity to replace it with one of the mature solution (assuming Devise)
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+
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+ ## What it is not
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+
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+ * An authentication solution for the production phase of the application lifecycle
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+ * An authorization gem (although in the future it might get some authorization features to mimic Devise)
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+
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+ ## Getting started
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+
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+ CurrentUser works with Rails 3.2. Add to your Gemfile:
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+
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+ ```ruby
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+ gem 'current_user', :git => 'git://github.com/MitinPavel/current_user.git'
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+ ```
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+
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+ Install it using bundler:
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+
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+ ```console
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+ bundle install
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+ ```
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+
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+ __Note__: CurrentUser assumes your application already has a few users.
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+ So if the assumption is false, create User active record class AND/OR add several users to the database.
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+
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+ Run the generator:
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+
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+ ```console
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+ rails generate current_user:install
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+ ```
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+
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+ The generator:
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+ * creates a file with a unique authentication key for your application
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+ * creates an initializer
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+ * inject routing to your application
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+ * show README
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+
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+ Specify root in `config/routes.rb`:
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+
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+ ```ruby
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+ root :to => 'dashboards#show'
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+ ```
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+
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+ Add before filter to `app/controllers/application_controller.rb`:
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+
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+ ```ruby
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+ before_filter :authenticate_user!
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+ ```
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+
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+ Try to visit one of protected pages of your application (for example root). You will see "Unauthorized" error page.
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+
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+ Run a rake task what shows a path to your sign in page:
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+ ```console
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+ rake current_user:sign_in_path
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+ ```
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+
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+ Visit your sign in page. You will see a list of users of your application. Click on a user and the link
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+ will take you to the root page of the application.
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+
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+ Congratulations. Your application has a simple authentication solution.
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+
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+ ## License
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+
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+ It uses MIT license. See MIT-LICENSE file in the root directory.
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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 = 'CurrentUser'
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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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+ APP_RAKEFILE = File.expand_path("../test/dummy/Rakefile", __FILE__)
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+ load 'rails/tasks/engine.rake'
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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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+ /*
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+ * This is a manifest file that'll be compiled into application.css, which will include all the files
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+ * listed below.
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+ *
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+ * Any CSS and SCSS file within this directory, lib/assets/stylesheets, vendor/assets/stylesheets,
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+ * or vendor/assets/stylesheets of plugins, if any, can be referenced here using a relative path.
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+ *
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+ * You're free to add application-wide styles to this file and they'll appear at the top of the
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+ * compiled file, but it's generally better to create a new file per style scope.
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+ *
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+ *= require_self
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+ *= require_tree .
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+ */
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+ module CurrentUser
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+ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require_dependency "current_user/application_controller"
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+
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+ module CurrentUser
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+ class SessionsController < ApplicationController
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+ before_filter :check_key, :except => :destroy
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+
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+ def new
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+ sign_out
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+ @users = users
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+ end
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+
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+ def create
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+ user = ::User.find params[:user_id]
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+ sign_in user
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+ redirect_to main_app.root_url
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+ end
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+
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+ def destroy
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+ new
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+ render :new
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def check_key
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+ key = ::CurrentUser.authentication_key
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+
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+ if key.blank? || key != params[:key]
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+ render_unauthorized
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # TODO: move it from the controller
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+ def users
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+ identifier = ::CurrentUser.identifier
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+
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+ if identifier.respond_to? :call
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+ ::User.all.sort { |x,y| identifier.call(x) <=> identifier.call(y) }
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+ else
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+ ::User.order identifier.to_s
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module CurrentUser
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+ module ApplicationHelper
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+ end
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+ end
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+ <style type="text/css">
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+ /* Grabbed from here: http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201110/styling_button_elements_to_look_like_links/ */
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+ .current_user_signin_button {
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+ overflow:visible; /* Shrinkwrap the text in IE7- */
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+ margin:0;
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+ padding:0;
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+ border:0;
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+ background:transparent;
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+ font:inherit; /* Inherit font settings (doesn’t work in IE7-) */
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+ line-height:normal; /* Override line-height to avoid spacing issues */
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+ text-decoration:underline; /* Make it look linky */
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+ cursor:pointer; /* Buttons don’t make the cursor change in all browsers */
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+ -moz-user-select:text; /* Make button text selectable in Gecko */
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+ }
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+ /* Make sure keyboard users get visual feedback */
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+ .current_user_signin_button:hover,
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+ .current_user_signin_button:focus {
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+ color:#800000;
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+ background-color:#e3e0d1;
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+ }
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+ /* Remove mystery padding in Gecko browsers.
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+ * See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140562
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+ */
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+ .current_user_signin_button::-moz-focus-inner {
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+ padding:0;
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+ border:0;
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+ }
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+ </style>
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+
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+
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+ <% if @users.any? %>
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+ <h1>Sign in as</h1>
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+
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+ <% @users.each do |user| %>
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+ <%= form_tag request.path do %>
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+ <%= hidden_field_tag 'user_id', user.id %>
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+ <%= submit_tag ::CurrentUser.identifier_for(user), :class => 'current_user_signin_button' %>
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+ <% end %>
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+ <% end %>
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+ <% else %>
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+ <h1>Sign in</h1>
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+
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+ Your database doesn't contain users. Please insert a few and reload the page.
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+ <% end %>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html>
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+ <html>
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+ <head>
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+ <title>Sign in</title>
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+ <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
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+ </head>
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+ <body>
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+
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+ <%= yield %>
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+
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+ </body>
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+ </html>
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+ ActionController::Base.send :include, ::CurrentUser::Controller::Helpers
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+ CurrentUser::Engine.routes.draw do
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+ match ':key/sign_in' => 'sessions#new', :via => :get, :as => 'sign_in'
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+ match ':key/sign_in' => 'sessions#create', :via => :post
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+ match :destroy, :path => 'sign_out', :controller => 'sessions', :action => 'destroy', :as => "destroy", :via => :get
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+
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+ end
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+ require 'current_user/constants'
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+ require 'current_user/controller/helpers'
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+ require 'current_user/engine'
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+
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+ module CurrentUser
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+ def self.setup
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+ yield self
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+ end
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+ mattr_accessor :authentication_key
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+ mattr_accessor :identifier
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+
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+ def identifier_for(user)
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+ identifier = ::CurrentUser.identifier
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+
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+ if identifier.respond_to? :call
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+ identifier.call user
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+ else
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+ user.send identifier
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module_function :identifier_for
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+
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+ def read_authentication_key
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+ key_file_path = File.expand_path 'config/current_user/key', Rails.root
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+ if File.exist? key_file_path
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+ File.open(key_file_path) { |f| f.readline }
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module_function :read_authentication_key
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+ end
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+ module CurrentUser
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+ USER_SESSION_KEY = '__current_user_session_key__'
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+ end
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+ module CurrentUser
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+ module Controller
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+ module Helpers
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+ def self.included(base)
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+ helpers = %w(authenticate_user! current_user sign_in sign_out signed_in? user_signed_in?)
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+ base.hide_action *helpers
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+ base.helper_method *helpers
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+ end
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+
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+ def authenticate_user!
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+ if current_user.nil?
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+ render_unauthorized
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def current_user
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+ user_id = session[::CurrentUser::USER_SESSION_KEY]
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+
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+ ::User.find_by_id user_id
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+ end
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+
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+ def sign_in(user)
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+ session[::CurrentUser::USER_SESSION_KEY] = user.id
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+ end
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+
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+ def sign_out
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+ session[::CurrentUser::USER_SESSION_KEY] = nil
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+ end
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+
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+ def signed_in?; end
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+ def user_signed_in?; end
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def render_unauthorized
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+ render :text => 'Unauthorized', :status => :unauthorized
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module CurrentUser
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+ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
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+ isolate_namespace CurrentUser
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module CurrentUser
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+ VERSION = "0.0.1"
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+ end
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+ require 'rails/generators/base'
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+ module CurrentUser
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+ module Generators
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+ class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
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+ source_root File.expand_path("../../templates", __FILE__)
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+
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+ desc "Creates a CurrentUser initializer and a authentication key file to your application."
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+ def create_authentication_key
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+ create_file "config/current_user/key", ::SecureRandom.hex(20)
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+ end
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+
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+ def copy_initializer
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+ template "current_user.rb", "config/initializers/current_user.rb"
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+ end
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+
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+ def mount_routing
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+ inject_into_file 'config/routes.rb', :after => "routes.draw do" do
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+ "\n mount CurrentUser::Engine => '/current_user'\n\n"
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def show_readme
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+ readme "README" if behavior == :invoke
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ ===============================================================================
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+ 1. Ensure you have root_url in your config/routes.rb.
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+ For example: root :to => "home#index"
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+ 2. Run 'rake current_user:sign_in_path' to see a path to your sign in page.
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+ 3. Customize configuration using 'config/initializers/current_user.rb'
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+ 4. Customize a unique authentication token for your application
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+ by changing 'config/current_user/key'
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+ Note: only the first line of the key file will be taken into account.
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+ ===============================================================================
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+ ::CurrentUser.setup do |config|
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+ # Setup an authentication key.
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+ # If you want to have a custom key, it might look like:
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+ # config.authentication_key = '4242424242424242'
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+ config.authentication_key = ::CurrentUser.read_authentication_key
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+ # Setup how users might be distinguished via UI.
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+ # It might be a symbol, a string or a lambda.
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+ # For the last case it might be:
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+ # config.identifier = lambda { |u| "User with email #{u.email}" }
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+ config.identifier = :email
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+ end
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+ namespace :current_user do
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+ desc "Show a path to the sign in page"
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+ task :sign_in_path => :environment do
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+ key = ::CurrentUser.authentication_key
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+ unless key.blank?
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+ # TODO: use route helpers.
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+ puts "/current_user/#{key}/sign_in"
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+ else
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+ puts 'Error: there is no authentication key. Check out config/current_user/key file.'
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+ 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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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def destroy
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+ end
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+ end
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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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+ * Programming Ruby: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ (Pickaxe)
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+ * Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (a beginners guide)
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+ These two books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language and also on
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+ programming in general.
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+
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+
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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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+ >> f = @posts.first
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+ => #<Post:0x13630c4 @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>
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+ >> f.
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+ Display all 152 possibilities? (y or n)
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+ Finally, when you're ready to resume execution, you can enter "cont".
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+ == Console
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+
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+ The console is a Ruby shell, which allows you to interact with your
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+ application's domain model. Here you'll have all parts of the application
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+ configured, just like it is when the application is running. You can inspect
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+ domain models, change values, and save to the database. Starting the script
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+ without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ To start the console, run <tt>rails console</tt> from the application
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+ directory.
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+ Options:
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+ * Passing the <tt>-s, --sandbox</tt> argument will rollback any modifications
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+ made to the database.
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+ * Passing an environment name as an argument will load the corresponding
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+ environment. Example: <tt>rails console production</tt>.
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run
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+ <tt>reload!</tt>
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+ More information about irb can be found at:
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+ link:http://www.rubycentral.org/pickaxe/irb.html
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+ == 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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+ |-- 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.