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  1. data/.gitignore +4 -4
  2. data/Gemfile +4 -4
  3. data/README.md +3 -3
  4. data/Rakefile +1 -1
  5. data/lib/dynamic_controller/action_controller_extension.rb +17 -0
  6. data/lib/dynamic_controller/class_methods.rb +6 -12
  7. data/lib/dynamic_controller/instance_methods.rb +3 -3
  8. data/lib/dynamic_controller/responder.rb +1 -1
  9. data/lib/dynamic_controller/version.rb +1 -1
  10. data/lib/dynamic_controller.rb +6 -1
  11. data/spec/controller_factory.rb +8 -0
  12. data/spec/controllers/crud_actions_html_spec.rb +1 -0
  13. data/spec/controllers/nested_crud_actions_html_spec.rb +1 -0
  14. data/spec/controllers/two_level_nested_crud_actions_html_spec.rb +1 -0
  15. data/spec/custom_responder_format_spec.rb +13 -0
  16. data/spec/dummy/.gitignore +15 -15
  17. data/spec/dummy/Gemfile +12 -12
  18. data/spec/dummy/README.rdoc +261 -261
  19. data/spec/dummy/Rakefile +7 -7
  20. data/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js +15 -15
  21. data/spec/dummy/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css +13 -13
  22. data/spec/dummy/app/assets/stylesheets/scaffolds.css.scss +69 -69
  23. data/spec/dummy/app/controllers/application_controller.rb +3 -3
  24. data/spec/dummy/app/controllers/countries_controller.rb +86 -86
  25. data/spec/dummy/app/helpers/application_helper.rb +2 -2
  26. data/spec/dummy/app/models/country.rb +5 -5
  27. data/spec/dummy/app/views/cities/edit.html.erb +6 -6
  28. data/spec/dummy/app/views/cities/new.html.erb +5 -5
  29. data/spec/dummy/app/views/cities/show.html.erb +15 -15
  30. data/spec/dummy/app/views/countries/_form.html.erb +21 -21
  31. data/spec/dummy/app/views/countries/edit.html.erb +6 -6
  32. data/spec/dummy/app/views/countries/new.html.erb +5 -5
  33. data/spec/dummy/app/views/countries/show.html.erb +10 -10
  34. data/spec/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb +14 -14
  35. data/spec/dummy/config/application.rb +62 -62
  36. data/spec/dummy/config/boot.rb +6 -6
  37. data/spec/dummy/config/database.yml +25 -25
  38. data/spec/dummy/config/environment.rb +5 -5
  39. data/spec/dummy/config/environments/development.rb +37 -37
  40. data/spec/dummy/config/environments/production.rb +67 -67
  41. data/spec/dummy/config/environments/test.rb +37 -37
  42. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb +7 -7
  43. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/inflections.rb +15 -15
  44. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/mime_types.rb +5 -5
  45. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/secret_token.rb +7 -7
  46. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/session_store.rb +8 -8
  47. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb +14 -14
  48. data/spec/dummy/config/locales/en.yml +5 -5
  49. data/spec/dummy/config.ru +4 -4
  50. data/spec/dummy/db/migrate/20120907174827_create_countries.rb +9 -9
  51. data/spec/dummy/db/migrate/20120907230842_create_cities.rb +11 -11
  52. data/spec/dummy/db/seeds.rb +7 -7
  53. data/spec/dummy/doc/README_FOR_APP +2 -2
  54. data/spec/dummy/public/404.html +26 -26
  55. data/spec/dummy/public/422.html +26 -26
  56. data/spec/dummy/public/500.html +25 -25
  57. data/spec/dummy/public/index.html +241 -241
  58. data/spec/dummy/public/robots.txt +5 -5
  59. data/spec/dummy/script/rails +6 -6
  60. metadata +16 -14
data/.gitignore CHANGED
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- *.gem
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- .bundle
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data/Gemfile CHANGED
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- source "http://rubygems.org"
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- # Specify your gem's dependencies in dynamic_controller.gemspec
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- gemspec
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+ source "http://rubygems.org"
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+ # Specify your gem's dependencies in dynamic_controller.gemspec
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+ gemspec
data/README.md CHANGED
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  class ProfilesController < ApplicationController
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  class StreetsController < ApplicationController
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  ## Redefining responder
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+ module DynamicController
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+ module ActionControllerExtension
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+ def has_crud_actions(options={})
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+ @resource_options = Hash[options.map { |k, v| [:only, :except].include?(k.to_sym) ? [k, [v].flatten.map(&:to_sym)] : [k, v] }].reverse_merge(only: DynamicController::ACTIONS, except: [])
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+ send :extend, ClassMethods
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+ send :include, InstanceMethods
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+ end
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+ def nested_of(resource_class)
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+ before_filter :load_parent_models if parent_resources.empty?
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+ parent_resources << Resource.new(resource_class: resource_class)
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+ end
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+ @responder_formats ||= [:html, :json]
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+ end
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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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- 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.
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+
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+ Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
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+ database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern.
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+
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+ This pattern splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb"
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+ templates that are primarily responsible for inserting pre-built data in between
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+ HTML tags. The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as Account,
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+ Product, Person, Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to
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+ persist themselves to a database. The controller handles the incoming requests
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+ (such as Save New Account, Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model
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+ and directing data to the view.
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+
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+ In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping
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+ layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
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+ database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic
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+ methods. You can read more about Active Record in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html.
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+
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+ The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both
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+ layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers
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+ are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is
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+ unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much
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+ more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of
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+ Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.
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+
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+
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+ == Getting Started
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+
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+ 1. At the command prompt, create a new Rails application:
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+ <tt>rails new myapp</tt> (where <tt>myapp</tt> is the application name)
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+
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+ 2. Change directory to <tt>myapp</tt> and start the web server:
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+ <tt>cd myapp; rails server</tt> (run with --help for options)
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+
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+ 3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and you'll see:
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+ "Welcome aboard: You're riding Ruby on Rails!"
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+
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+ 4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application. You can find
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+ the following resources handy:
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+
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+ * The Getting Started Guide: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html
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+ * Ruby on Rails Tutorial Book: http://www.railstutorial.org/
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+
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+
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+ == Debugging Rails
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+
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+ Sometimes your application goes wrong. Fortunately there are a lot of tools that
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+ will help you debug it and get it back on the rails.
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+
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+ First area to check is the application log files. Have "tail -f" commands
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+ running on the server.log and development.log. Rails will automatically display
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+ debugging and runtime information to these files. Debugging info will also be
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+ shown in the browser on requests from 127.0.0.1.
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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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+ More information on how to use the logger is at http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/
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+
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+ Also, Ruby documentation can be found at http://www.ruby-lang.org/. There are
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+ several books available online as well:
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+
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+ * Programming Ruby: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ (Pickaxe)
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+ * Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (a beginners guide)
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+
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+ These two books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language and also on
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+ programming in general.
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+
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+
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+ == Debugger
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+
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+ Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your
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+ Mongrel or WEBrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of
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+ execution at any point in the code, investigate and change the model, and then,
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+ resume execution! You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging
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+ mode. With gems, use <tt>sudo gem install ruby-debug</tt>. Example:
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+
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def index
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+ @posts = Post.all
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+ debugger
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ So the controller will accept the action, run the first line, then present you
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+ with a IRB prompt in the server window. Here you can do things like:
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+
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+ >> @posts.inspect
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+ => "[#<Post:0x14a6be8
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+ @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>,
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+ #<Post:0x14a6620
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+ @attributes={"title"=>"Rails", "body"=>"Only ten..", "id"=>"2"}>]"
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+ >> @posts.first.title = "hello from a debugger"
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+ => "hello from a debugger"
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+
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+ ...and even better, you can examine how your runtime objects actually work:
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+
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+ >> f = @posts.first
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+ => #<Post:0x13630c4 @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>
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+ >> f.
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+ Display all 152 possibilities? (y or n)
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+
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+ Finally, when you're ready to resume execution, you can enter "cont".
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+
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+
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+ == Console
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+
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+ The console is a Ruby shell, which allows you to interact with your
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+ application's domain model. Here you'll have all parts of the application
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+ configured, just like it is when the application is running. You can inspect
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+ domain models, change values, and save to the database. Starting the script
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+ without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ To start the console, run <tt>rails console</tt> from the application
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+ directory.
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+ Options:
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+ * Passing the <tt>-s, --sandbox</tt> argument will rollback any modifications
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+ made to the database.
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+ * Passing an environment name as an argument will load the corresponding
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+ environment. Example: <tt>rails console production</tt>.
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+
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run
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+ <tt>reload!</tt>
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+ More information about irb can be found at:
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+ link:http://www.rubycentral.org/pickaxe/irb.html
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+
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+
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+ == dbconsole
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+ You can go to the command line of your database directly through <tt>rails
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+ dbconsole</tt>. You would be connected to the database with the credentials
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+ defined in database.yml. Starting the script without arguments will connect you
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+ to the development database. Passing an argument will connect you to a different
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+ database, like <tt>rails dbconsole production</tt>. Currently works for MySQL,
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+ PostgreSQL and SQLite 3.
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+
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+ == Description of Contents
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+
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+ The default directory structure of a generated Ruby on Rails application:
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+
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+ |-- app
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | |-- images
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+ | |-- javascripts
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+ | `-- stylesheets
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+ | |-- controllers
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+ | |-- helpers
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+ | |-- mailers
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+ | |-- models
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+ | `-- views
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+ | `-- layouts
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+ |-- config
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+ | |-- environments
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+ | |-- initializers
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+ | `-- locales
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+ |-- db
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+ |-- doc
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+ |-- lib
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+ | `-- tasks
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+ |-- log
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+ |-- public
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+ |-- script
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+ |-- test
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+ | |-- fixtures
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+ | |-- functional
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+ | |-- integration
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+ | |-- performance
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+ | `-- unit
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+ |-- tmp
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+ | |-- cache
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+ | |-- pids
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+ | |-- sessions
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+ | `-- sockets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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+ `-- stylesheets
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+ `-- plugins
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+
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+ app
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+ Holds all the code that's specific to this particular application.
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+
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+ app/assets
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+ Contains subdirectories for images, stylesheets, and JavaScript files.
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+ app/controllers
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+ Holds controllers that should be named like weblogs_controller.rb for
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+ automated URL mapping. All controllers should descend from
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+ ApplicationController which itself descends from ActionController::Base.
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+ app/models
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+ Holds models that should be named like post.rb. Models descend from
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+ ActiveRecord::Base by default.
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+ app/views
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+ Holds the template files for the view that should be named like
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+ weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use
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+ eRuby syntax by default.
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+
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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
219
+ using the <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.html.erb.
220
+ Inside default.html.erb, call <% yield %> to render the view using this
221
+ layout.
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+
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+ app/helpers
224
+ 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.
226
+ Helpers can be used to wrap functionality for your views into methods.
227
+
228
+ config
229
+ Configuration files for the Rails environment, the routing map, the database,
230
+ and other dependencies.
231
+
232
+ db
233
+ Contains the database schema in schema.rb. db/migrate contains all the
234
+ sequence of Migrations for your schema.
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+
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+ doc
237
+ This directory is where your application documentation will be stored when
238
+ generated using <tt>rake doc:app</tt>
239
+
240
+ lib
241
+ Application specific libraries. Basically, any kind of custom code that
242
+ doesn't belong under controllers, models, or helpers. This directory is in
243
+ the load path.
244
+
245
+ public
246
+ The directory available for the web server. Also contains the dispatchers and the
247
+ default HTML files. This should be set as the DOCUMENT_ROOT of your web
248
+ server.
249
+
250
+ script
251
+ Helper scripts for automation and generation.
252
+
253
+ test
254
+ Unit and functional tests along with fixtures. When using the rails generate
255
+ command, template test files will be generated for you and placed in this
256
+ directory.
257
+
258
+ vendor
259
+ External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins
260
+ subdirectory. If the app has frozen rails, those gems also go here, under
261
+ vendor/rails/. This directory is in the load path.