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  1. checksums.yaml +7 -0
  2. data/MIT-LICENSE +20 -0
  3. data/README.md +30 -0
  4. data/Rakefile +24 -0
  5. data/app/assets/javascripts/effective_pages.js +0 -0
  6. data/app/assets/stylesheets/effective_pages/dropdown-submenu.css +7 -0
  7. data/app/assets/stylesheets/effective_pages.css.scss +1 -0
  8. data/app/controllers/admin/menus_controller.rb +79 -0
  9. data/app/controllers/admin/pages_controller.rb +95 -0
  10. data/app/controllers/effective/pages_controller.rb +24 -0
  11. data/app/helpers/effective_menus_helper.rb +151 -0
  12. data/app/helpers/effective_pages_helper.rb +14 -0
  13. data/app/models/effective/access_denied.rb +17 -0
  14. data/app/models/effective/datatables/menus.rb +16 -0
  15. data/app/models/effective/datatables/pages.rb +19 -0
  16. data/app/models/effective/menu.rb +152 -0
  17. data/app/models/effective/menu_item.rb +68 -0
  18. data/app/models/effective/page.rb +32 -0
  19. data/app/views/admin/menu_items/_actions.html.haml +4 -0
  20. data/app/views/admin/menu_items/_expand.html.haml +2 -0
  21. data/app/views/admin/menu_items/_item.html.haml +13 -0
  22. data/app/views/admin/menu_items/_new.html.haml +3 -0
  23. data/app/views/admin/menus/_actions.html.haml +4 -0
  24. data/app/views/admin/menus/_form.html.haml +9 -0
  25. data/app/views/admin/menus/edit.html.haml +2 -0
  26. data/app/views/admin/menus/index.html.haml +9 -0
  27. data/app/views/admin/menus/new.html.haml +2 -0
  28. data/app/views/admin/pages/_actions.html.haml +14 -0
  29. data/app/views/admin/pages/_form.html.haml +31 -0
  30. data/app/views/admin/pages/edit.html.haml +2 -0
  31. data/app/views/admin/pages/index.html.haml +9 -0
  32. data/app/views/admin/pages/new.html.haml +2 -0
  33. data/config/routes.rb +28 -0
  34. data/db/migrate/01_create_effective_pages.rb.erb +52 -0
  35. data/lib/effective_pages/engine.rb +19 -0
  36. data/lib/effective_pages/version.rb +3 -0
  37. data/lib/effective_pages.rb +73 -0
  38. data/lib/generators/effective_pages/install_generator.rb +43 -0
  39. data/lib/generators/templates/README +1 -0
  40. data/lib/generators/templates/effective_pages.rb +49 -0
  41. data/lib/generators/templates/example.html.haml +6 -0
  42. data/lib/tasks/effective_pages_tasks.rake +29 -0
  43. data/spec/controllers/effective/pages_controller_spec.rb +66 -0
  44. data/spec/dummy/README.rdoc +261 -0
  45. data/spec/dummy/Rakefile +7 -0
  46. data/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js +15 -0
  47. data/spec/dummy/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css +13 -0
  48. data/spec/dummy/app/controllers/application_controller.rb +3 -0
  49. data/spec/dummy/app/helpers/application_helper.rb +2 -0
  50. data/spec/dummy/app/views/effective/pages/example.html.haml +2 -0
  51. data/spec/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb +14 -0
  52. data/spec/dummy/config/application.rb +66 -0
  53. data/spec/dummy/config/boot.rb +10 -0
  54. data/spec/dummy/config/database.yml +25 -0
  55. data/spec/dummy/config/environment.rb +5 -0
  56. data/spec/dummy/config/environments/development.rb +37 -0
  57. data/spec/dummy/config/environments/production.rb +67 -0
  58. data/spec/dummy/config/environments/test.rb +37 -0
  59. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb +7 -0
  60. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/inflections.rb +15 -0
  61. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/mime_types.rb +5 -0
  62. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/secret_token.rb +7 -0
  63. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/session_store.rb +8 -0
  64. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb +14 -0
  65. data/spec/dummy/config/locales/en.yml +5 -0
  66. data/spec/dummy/config/routes.rb +60 -0
  67. data/spec/dummy/config.ru +4 -0
  68. data/spec/dummy/db/migrate/01_create_effective_pages.rb +51 -0
  69. data/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb +52 -0
  70. data/spec/dummy/db/test.sqlite3 +0 -0
  71. data/spec/dummy/public/404.html +26 -0
  72. data/spec/dummy/public/422.html +26 -0
  73. data/spec/dummy/public/500.html +25 -0
  74. data/spec/dummy/public/favicon.ico +0 -0
  75. data/spec/dummy/script/rails +6 -0
  76. data/spec/dummy/spec_link +3 -0
  77. data/spec/effective_pages_spec.rb +7 -0
  78. data/spec/helpers/effective_menus_helper_spec.rb +281 -0
  79. data/spec/models/effective/menu_spec.rb +133 -0
  80. data/spec/spec_helper.rb +43 -0
  81. data/spec/support/factories.rb +15 -0
  82. metadata +261 -0
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+ %h2= @page_title
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+ = render :partial => 'form', :as => :page, :object => @page
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+ %h2= @page_title
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+
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+ - unless @datatable.collection.length > 0
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+ %p
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+ There are no pages
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+ - else
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+ = render_datatable @datatable
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+
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+ %p= link_to 'New Page', effective_pages.new_admin_page_path, :class => 'btn btn-primary'
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+ %h2= @page_title
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+ = render :partial => 'form', :as => :page, :object => @page
data/config/routes.rb ADDED
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+ class EffectivePagesRoutingConstraint
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+ def self.matches?(request)
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+ id = request.path_parameters[:id] || '/'
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+ Effective::Page.find(id).present? rescue false
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ EffectivePages::Engine.routes.draw do
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+ if defined?(EffectiveDatatables)
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+ namespace :admin do
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+ resources :pages, :except => [:show]
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+ resources :menus, :except => [:show]
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ scope :module => 'effective' do
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+ get '*id' => "pages#show", :constraints => EffectivePagesRoutingConstraint, :as => :page
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # Automatically mount the engine as an append
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+ Rails.application.routes.append do
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+ unless Rails.application.routes.routes.find { |r| r.name == 'effective_pages' }
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+ mount EffectivePages::Engine => '/', :as => 'effective_pages'
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ #root :to => 'Effective::Pages#show', :id => 'home'
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+ class CreateEffectivePages < ActiveRecord::Migration
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+ def self.up
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+ create_table <%= @pages_table_name %> do |t|
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+ t.string :title
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+ t.string :meta_description
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+
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+ t.boolean :draft, :default => false
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+
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+ t.string :layout, :default => 'application'
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+ t.string :template
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+
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+ t.string :slug
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+ t.integer :roles_mask, :default => 0
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+
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+ t.datetime :updated_at
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+ t.datetime :created_at
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+ end
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+ add_index <%= @pages_table_name %>, :slug, :unique => true
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+
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+ create_table <%= @menus_table_name %> do |t|
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+ t.string :title
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+ t.timestamps
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+ end
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+
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+ create_table <%= @menu_items_table_name %> do |t|
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+ t.integer :menu_id
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+
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+ t.integer :menuable_id
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+ t.string :menuable_type
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+
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+ t.string :title
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+
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+ t.string :url
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+ t.string :special
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+
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+ t.string :classes
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+ t.boolean :new_window, :default => false
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+ t.integer :roles_mask, :default => nil
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+
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+ t.integer :lft
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+ t.integer :rgt
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+ end
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+ add_index <%= @menu_items_table_name %>, :lft
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.down
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+ drop_table <%= @pages_table_name %>
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+ drop_table <%= @menus_table_name %>
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+ drop_table <%= @menu_items_table_name %>
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ module EffectivePages
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+ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
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+ engine_name 'effective_pages'
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+
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+ # Include Helpers to base application
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+ initializer 'effective_pages.action_controller' do |app|
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+ ActiveSupport.on_load :action_controller do
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+ helper EffectivePagesHelper
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+ helper EffectiveMenusHelper
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # Set up our default configuration options.
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+ initializer "effective_pages.defaults", :before => :load_config_initializers do |app|
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+ # Set up our defaults, as per our initializer template
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+ eval File.read("#{config.root}/lib/generators/templates/effective_pages.rb")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module EffectivePages
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+ VERSION = "0.8.0"
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+ end
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+ require "effective_pages/engine"
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+ require 'migrant' # Required for rspec to run properly
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+
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+ module EffectivePages
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+ mattr_accessor :pages_table_name
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+ mattr_accessor :menus_table_name
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+ mattr_accessor :menu_items_table_name
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+
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+ mattr_accessor :pages_path
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+ mattr_accessor :excluded_pages
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+ mattr_accessor :excluded_layouts
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+
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+ mattr_accessor :authorization_method
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+ mattr_accessor :simple_form_options
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+ mattr_accessor :layout
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+ mattr_accessor :menu
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+
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+ def self.setup
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+ yield self
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.authorized?(controller, action, resource)
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+ if authorization_method.respond_to?(:call) || authorization_method.kind_of?(Symbol)
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+ raise Effective::AccessDenied.new() unless (controller || self).instance_exec(controller, action, resource, &authorization_method)
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+ end
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+ true
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.pages
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+ Rails.env.development? ? read_pages : (@@pages ||= read_pages)
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.layouts
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+ Rails.env.development? ? read_layouts : (@@layouts ||= read_layouts)
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+ end
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+
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+ # Remove leading and trailing '/' characters
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+ # Will return: "effective/pages"
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+ def self.pages_path=(filepath)
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+ filepath = filepath.to_s
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+ filepath = filepath[1..-1] if filepath.starts_with?('/')
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+ @@pages_path = filepath.chomp('/')
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def self.read_pages
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+ files = ApplicationController.view_paths.map { |path| Dir["#{path}/#{pages_path}/**"] }.flatten.reverse
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+
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+ HashWithIndifferentAccess.new().tap do |pages|
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+ files.each do |file|
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+ name = File.basename(file).split('.').first
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+ next if name.starts_with?('_') || Array(EffectivePages.excluded_pages).map(&:to_s).include?(name)
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+
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+ pages[name.to_sym] = {}
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.read_layouts
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+ files = ApplicationController.view_paths.map { |path| Dir["#{path}/layouts/**"] }.flatten.reverse
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+
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+ HashWithIndifferentAccess.new().tap do |layouts|
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+ files.each do |file|
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+ name = File.basename(file).split('.').first
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+ next if name.starts_with?('_') || Array(EffectivePages.excluded_layouts).map(&:to_s).include?(name)
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+
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+ layouts[name.to_sym] = {}
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ module EffectivePages
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+ module Generators
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+ class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
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+ include Rails::Generators::Migration
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+
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+ desc "Creates an EffectivePages initializer in your application."
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+
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+ source_root File.expand_path("../../templates", __FILE__)
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+
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+ def self.next_migration_number(dirname)
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+ if not ActiveRecord::Base.timestamped_migrations
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+ Time.new.utc.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
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+ else
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+ "%.3d" % (current_migration_number(dirname) + 1)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def copy_initializer
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+ template "effective_pages.rb", "config/initializers/effective_pages.rb"
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+ end
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+
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+ def create_migration_file
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+ @pages_table_name = ':' + EffectivePages.pages_table_name.to_s
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+ @menus_table_name = ':' + EffectivePages.menus_table_name.to_s
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+ @menu_items_table_name = ':' + EffectivePages.menu_items_table_name.to_s
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+
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+ migration_template '../../../db/migrate/01_create_effective_pages.rb.erb', 'db/migrate/create_effective_pages.rb'
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+ end
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+
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+ def copy_example_page
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+ template 'example.html.haml', 'app/views/effective/pages/example.html.haml'
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+ end
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+
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+ def setup_routes
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+ inject_into_file "config/routes.rb", "\n # if you want EffectivePages to render the home / root page\n # uncomment the following line and create an Effective::Page with slug == 'home' \n # root :to => 'Effective::Pages#show', :id => 'home'\n", :before => /root (:?)to.*/
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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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+ Thanks for using EffectivePages
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+ # EffectivePages Rails Engine
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+
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+ EffectivePages.setup do |config|
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+ config.pages_table_name = :pages
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+ config.menus_table_name = :menus
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+ config.menu_items_table_name = :menu_items
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+
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+ # Relative to app/views/
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+ config.pages_path = '/effective/pages/'
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+
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+ # Excluded Pages
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+ config.excluded_pages = []
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+
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+ # Excluded Layouts
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+ config.excluded_layouts = [:admin]
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+
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+ # Use CanCan: can?(action, resource)
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+ # Use effective_roles: resource.roles_match_with?(current_user)
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+ config.authorization_method = Proc.new { |controller, action, resource| true }
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+
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+ # Layout Settings
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+ # Configure the Layout per controller, or all at once
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+
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+ # config.layout = 'application' # The layout for the EffectivePages admin screen
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+ config.layout = {
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+ :admin => 'application'
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+ }
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+
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+ # SimpleForm Options
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+ # This Hash of options will be passed into any simple_form_for() calls
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+ config.simple_form_options = {}
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+
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+ # config.simple_form_options = {
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+ # :html => {:class => 'form-horizontal'},
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+ # :wrapper => :horizontal_form,
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+ # :wrapper_mappings => {
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+ # :boolean => :horizontal_boolean,
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+ # :check_boxes => :horizontal_radio_and_checkboxes,
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+ # :radio_buttons => :horizontal_radio_and_checkboxes
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+ # }
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+ # }
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+
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+ # All effective_page menu options
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+ config.menu = {
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+ :apply_active_class => true,
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+ :maxdepth => 2
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+ }
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+
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+ end
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+ %h1
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+ = simple_effective_region page, :title do
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+ = page.title
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+
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+ = effective_region page, :content do
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+ %p this is default content for the page titled #{page.title}
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+ # bundle exec rake effective_pages:seed
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+ namespace :effective_pages do
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+ task :seed => :environment do
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+ include EffectiveMenusHelper
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+
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+ return true if Effective::Menu.find_by_title('main menu').present?
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+
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+ Effective::Menu.new(:title => 'main menu').build do
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+ dropdown 'About' do
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+ item '111'
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+ item '222'
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+ dropdown 'More...' do
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+ item '333'
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+ item '444'
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ dropdown 'Pages' do
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+ item 'AAA'
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+ divider
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+ item 'BBB'
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+ item 'CCC'
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+ divider
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+ item 'DDD'
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+ end
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+ end.save!
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require 'spec_helper'
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+ describe Effective::PagesController do
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+ routes { EffectivePages::Engine.routes }
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+ let(:page) { FactoryGirl.create(:page) }
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+ let(:draft) { FactoryGirl.create(:page, :draft => true) }
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+ let(:page_with_invalid_template) { FactoryGirl.create(:page, :template => 'notemplate') }
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+ let(:page_with_invalid_layout) { FactoryGirl.create(:page, :layout => 'nolayout') }
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+
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+ before (:each) do
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+ end
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+ context "#show" do
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+ context 'valid requests' do
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+ it 'raises RecordNotFound when the page is a draft' do
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+ expect {
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+ get :show, :id => draft.id
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+ }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
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+ end
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+
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+ it 'renders a draft page when edit=true is passed' do
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+ get :show, :id => draft.id, :edit => true
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+
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+ response.should be_success
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+ end
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+
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+ it 'renders the appropriate page template' do
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+ get :show, :id => page.id
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+ expect(response).to render_template('layouts/application')
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+ expect(response).to render_template('effective/pages/example')
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+ end
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+ end
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+ context 'invalid requests' do
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+ it 'raises RecordNotFound when passed invalid ID' do
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+ expect { get :show, :id => 999 }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
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+ end
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+
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+ it 'raises MissingTemplate when the page has an unknown template' do
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+ expect {
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+ get :show, :id => page_with_invalid_template.id
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+ }.to raise_error(ActionView::MissingTemplate)
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+ end
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+ expect {
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+ get :show, :id => page_with_invalid_layout.id
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+ }.to raise_error(ActionView::MissingTemplate)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ context 'authentication' do
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+ it 'prevents the page from being viewed when not authorized' do
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+ original_auth_method = EffectivePages.authorization_method
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+ EffectivePages.authorization_method = Proc.new { |controller, action, resource| false }
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+ expect { get :show, :id => page.id }.to raise_error(Effective::AccessDenied)
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+ EffectivePages.authorization_method = original_auth_method
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end # /show
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+
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+ end
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+
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+ Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
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+ database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern.
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+ 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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+
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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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+ 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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+
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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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+ More information on how to use the logger is at http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/
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+
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+ Also, Ruby documentation can be found at http://www.ruby-lang.org/. There are
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+ several books available online as well:
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+
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+ * Programming Ruby: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ (Pickaxe)
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+ * Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (a beginners guide)
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+ These two books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language and also on
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+ programming in general.
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+
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+ == Debugger
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+ Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your
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+ Mongrel or WEBrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of
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+ execution at any point in the code, investigate and change the model, and then,
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+ resume execution! You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging
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+ mode. With gems, use <tt>sudo gem install ruby-debug</tt>. Example:
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+
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def index
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+ @posts = Post.all
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+ debugger
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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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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+
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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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+ | |-- assets
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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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+ | `-- assets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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+ | |-- javascripts
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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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+
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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.