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  2. data/MIT-LICENSE +20 -0
  3. data/README +13 -0
  4. data/Rakefile +33 -0
  5. data/VERSION +1 -0
  6. data/app/controllers/houdini/postbacks_controller.rb +11 -0
  7. data/config/routes.rb +7 -0
  8. data/houdini-rails.gemspec +129 -0
  9. data/init.rb +1 -0
  10. data/install.rb +1 -0
  11. data/lib/houdini.rb +6 -0
  12. data/lib/houdini/base.rb +26 -0
  13. data/lib/houdini/model.rb +41 -0
  14. data/lib/houdini/task.rb +18 -0
  15. data/spec/controllers/houdini/postbacks_controller_spec.rb +27 -0
  16. data/spec/integration/postbacks_test.rb +11 -0
  17. data/spec/rails_app/README +243 -0
  18. data/spec/rails_app/Rakefile +10 -0
  19. data/spec/rails_app/app/controllers/application_controller.rb +10 -0
  20. data/spec/rails_app/app/helpers/application_helper.rb +3 -0
  21. data/spec/rails_app/app/models/post.rb +25 -0
  22. data/spec/rails_app/app/views/posts/houdini_template.html.haml +6 -0
  23. data/spec/rails_app/config/boot.rb +110 -0
  24. data/spec/rails_app/config/database.yml +22 -0
  25. data/spec/rails_app/config/environment.rb +23 -0
  26. data/spec/rails_app/config/environments/development.rb +17 -0
  27. data/spec/rails_app/config/environments/production.rb +28 -0
  28. data/spec/rails_app/config/environments/test.rb +28 -0
  29. data/spec/rails_app/config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb +7 -0
  30. data/spec/rails_app/config/initializers/inflections.rb +10 -0
  31. data/spec/rails_app/config/initializers/mime_types.rb +5 -0
  32. data/spec/rails_app/config/initializers/new_rails_defaults.rb +21 -0
  33. data/spec/rails_app/config/initializers/session_store.rb +15 -0
  34. data/spec/rails_app/config/locales/en.yml +5 -0
  35. data/spec/rails_app/config/routes.rb +43 -0
  36. data/spec/rails_app/db/migrate/20100517231810_create_posts.rb +16 -0
  37. data/spec/rails_app/db/seeds.rb +7 -0
  38. data/spec/rails_app/doc/README_FOR_APP +2 -0
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  40. data/spec/rails_app/public/422.html +30 -0
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  45. data/spec/rails_app/public/javascripts/application.js +2 -0
  46. data/spec/rails_app/public/javascripts/controls.js +963 -0
  47. data/spec/rails_app/public/javascripts/dragdrop.js +973 -0
  48. data/spec/rails_app/public/javascripts/effects.js +1128 -0
  49. data/spec/rails_app/public/javascripts/prototype.js +4320 -0
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  57. data/spec/rails_app/script/performance/profiler +3 -0
  58. data/spec/rails_app/script/plugin +3 -0
  59. data/spec/rails_app/script/runner +3 -0
  60. data/spec/rails_app/script/server +3 -0
  61. data/spec/spec.opts +6 -0
  62. data/spec/spec_helper.rb +11 -0
  63. data/spec/test_helper.rb +24 -0
  64. data/tasks/houdini_tasks.rake +4 -0
  65. data/uninstall.rb +1 -0
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+ spec/rails_app/log/*.log
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+ pkg
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+ Copyright (c) 2010 [name of plugin creator]
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+
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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+ a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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+ "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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+ without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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+ distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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+ permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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+ the following conditions:
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+
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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+ included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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+ EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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+ MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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+ NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
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+ LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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+ OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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+ WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
data/README ADDED
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+ Houdini
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+ =======
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+
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+ Introduction goes here.
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+
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+
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+ Example
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+ =======
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+
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+ Example goes here.
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+
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+
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+ Copyright (c) 2010 [name of plugin creator], released under the MIT license
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+ require 'rubygems'
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+ require 'rake'
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+ require 'spec/rake/spectask'
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+ Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
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+ spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
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+ spec.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
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+ end
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+
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+ require 'rake/testtask'
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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 = 'spec/**/*_test.rb'
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+ t.verbose = true
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+ end
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+
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+ task :default => [:spec, :test]
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+
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+ begin
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+ require 'jeweler'
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+ Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
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+ gem.name = "houdini-rails"
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+ gem.summary = %Q{Rails plugin for interacting with the Houdini Mechanical Turk API}
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+ gem.description = %Q{Rails plugin for interacting with the Houdini Mechanical Turk API}
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+ gem.email = "chris@chrisconley.me"
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+ gem.homepage = "http://github.com/chrisconley/houdini-rails"
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+ gem.authors = ["Chris Conley"]
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+ gem.add_development_dependency "spec", ">= 1.3.0"
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+ end
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+ Jeweler::GemcutterTasks.new
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+ rescue LoadError
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+ puts "Jeweler (or a dependency) not available. Install it with: gem install jeweler"
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+ end
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+ 0.1.2
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+ class Houdini::PostbacksController < ApplicationController
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+ def create
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+ subject_class = params[:subject_class].classify.constantize
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+ subject = subject_class.find(params[:subject_id])
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+ if subject.process_postback(params[:answer])
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+ render :json => {:success => true}
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+ else
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+ render :json => {:success => false}, :status => 422
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
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+ map.resources :postbacks,
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+ :name_prefix => 'houdini_',
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+ :controller => 'houdini/postbacks',
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+ :only => [:create],
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+ :path_prefix => "houdini/:subject_class/:subject_id/:task_name"
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+ end
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+ # Generated by jeweler
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+ # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
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+ # Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run the gemspec command
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+ # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
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+
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+ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
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+ s.name = %q{houdini-rails}
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+ s.version = "0.1.2"
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+
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+ s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
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+ s.authors = ["Chris Conley"]
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+ s.date = %q{2010-08-06}
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+ s.description = %q{Rails plugin for interacting with the Houdini Mechanical Turk API}
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+ s.email = %q{chris@chrisconley.me}
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+ s.extra_rdoc_files = [
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+ "README"
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+ ]
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+ s.files = [
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+ ".gitignore",
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+ "MIT-LICENSE",
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+ "README",
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+ "Rakefile",
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+ "VERSION",
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+ "app/controllers/houdini/postbacks_controller.rb",
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+ "config/routes.rb",
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+ "houdini-rails.gemspec",
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+ "init.rb",
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+ "install.rb",
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+ "lib/houdini.rb",
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+ "lib/houdini/base.rb",
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+ "lib/houdini/model.rb",
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+ "lib/houdini/task.rb",
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+ "spec/controllers/houdini/postbacks_controller_spec.rb",
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+ "spec/integration/postbacks_test.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/README",
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+ "spec/rails_app/Rakefile",
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+ "spec/rails_app/app/controllers/application_controller.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/app/helpers/application_helper.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/app/models/post.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/app/views/posts/houdini_template.html.haml",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/boot.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/database.yml",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/environment.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/environments/development.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/environments/production.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/environments/test.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/initializers/inflections.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/initializers/mime_types.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/initializers/new_rails_defaults.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/initializers/session_store.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/locales/en.yml",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/routes.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/db/migrate/20100517231810_create_posts.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/db/seeds.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/doc/README_FOR_APP",
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+ "spec/rails_app/log/development.log",
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+ "spec/rails_app/log/production.log",
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+ "spec/rails_app/log/server.log",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/404.html",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/422.html",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/500.html",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/favicon.ico",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/images/rails.png",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/index.html",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/javascripts/application.js",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/javascripts/controls.js",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/javascripts/dragdrop.js",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/javascripts/effects.js",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/javascripts/prototype.js",
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+ "spec/rails_app/public/robots.txt",
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+ "spec/rails_app/script/about",
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+ "spec/rails_app/script/console",
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+ "spec/rails_app/script/dbconsole",
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+ "spec/rails_app/script/destroy",
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+ "spec/rails_app/script/generate",
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+ "spec/rails_app/script/performance/benchmarker",
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+ "spec/rails_app/script/performance/profiler",
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+ "spec/rails_app/script/plugin",
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+ "spec/rails_app/script/runner",
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+ "spec/rails_app/script/server",
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+ "spec/spec.opts",
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+ "spec/spec_helper.rb",
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+ "spec/test_helper.rb",
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+ "tasks/houdini_tasks.rake",
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+ "uninstall.rb"
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+ ]
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+ s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/chrisconley/houdini-rails}
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+ s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
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+ s.require_paths = ["lib"]
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+ s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.6}
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+ s.summary = %q{Rails plugin for interacting with the Houdini Mechanical Turk API}
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+ s.test_files = [
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+ "spec/controllers/houdini/postbacks_controller_spec.rb",
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+ "spec/integration/postbacks_test.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/app/controllers/application_controller.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/app/helpers/application_helper.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/app/models/post.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/boot.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/environment.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/environments/development.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/environments/production.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/environments/test.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/initializers/inflections.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/initializers/mime_types.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/initializers/new_rails_defaults.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/initializers/session_store.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/config/routes.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/db/migrate/20100517231810_create_posts.rb",
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+ "spec/rails_app/db/seeds.rb",
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+ "spec/spec_helper.rb",
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+ "spec/test_helper.rb"
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+ ]
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+
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+ if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
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+ current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
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+ s.specification_version = 3
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+
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+ if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
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+ s.add_development_dependency(%q<spec>, [">= 1.3.0"])
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+ else
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+ s.add_dependency(%q<spec>, [">= 1.3.0"])
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+ end
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+ else
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+ s.add_dependency(%q<spec>, [">= 1.3.0"])
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ require 'houdini'
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+ # Install hook code here
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+ require 'net/http'
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+ require 'uri'
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+
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+ require 'houdini/base'
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+ require 'houdini/model'
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+ require 'houdini/task'
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+ module Houdini
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+ class Base
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+ Undefined = Class.new(NameError)
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+ HoudiniRequestError = Class.new(NameError)
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+
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+ def self.request(api, params)
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+ validate_constants
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+ return ["200", '{success:"true"}'] if HOST == 'test'
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+ url = URI.parse("http://#{HOST}/api/v0/#{api}/tasks/")
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+ puts url.inspect
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+ response, body = Net::HTTP.post_form(url, params)
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+ raise HoudiniRequestError, "The request to houdini failed with code #{response.code}: #{body}" if response.code != "200"
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+ [response.code, body]
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def self.validate_constants
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+ raise Undefined, "Houdini::KEY is not defined" if Houdini::KEY.blank?
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+ raise Undefined, "Houdini::HOST is not defined" if Houdini::HOST.blank?
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+ raise Undefined, "Houdini::RAILS_HOST is not defined" if Houdini::RAILS_HOST.blank?
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+
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+ end
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+ module Houdini
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+ module Model
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+ def self.included(base)
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+ base.extend ClassMethods
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+ end
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+
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+ module ClassMethods
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+ def houdini(name, options)
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+ include ActionController::UrlWriter
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+ cattr_accessor :houdini_task
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+ self.houdini_task = Houdini::Task.new(name, options)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def send_to_houdini
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+ result = Houdini::Base.request(houdini_task.api,
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+ :api_key => Houdini::KEY,
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+ :identifier => houdini_task.identifier,
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+ :price => houdini_task.price,
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+ :title => houdini_task.title,
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+ :form_html => generate_form_html(houdini_task.form_template),
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+ :postback_url => houdini_postbacks_url(self.class.name, self.id, self.houdini_task.name, :host => Houdini::RAILS_HOST))
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+ call_on_submit(*result)
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+ end
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+
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+ def process_postback(answer)
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+ self.send(houdini_task.on_postback, answer)
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+ end
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+
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+ def call_on_submit(response, body)
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+ self.send(houdini_task.on_submit, response, body) if houdini_task.on_submit
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+ end
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+
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+ def generate_form_html(template)
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+ #TODO: look into including Rails::Renderer
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+ template = File.read(template)
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+ haml_engine = Haml::Engine.new(template)
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+ haml_engine.render(Object.new, self.class.name.underscore => self)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Houdini
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+ class Task
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+ attr_accessor :name, :api, :on, :if, :identifier, :price, :title, :form_template, :on_submit, :on_postback
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+
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+ def initialize(name, options)
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+ @name = name
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+ @api = "simple" # options[:strategy]
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+ @on = options[:on] || :after_create
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+ @if = options[:if] || true
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+ @identifier = options[:identifier] || name
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+ @price = options[:price]
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+ @title = options[:title]
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+ @form_template = options[:form_template]
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+ @on_submit = options[:on_submit]
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+ @on_postback = options[:on_postback] || :update_attributes
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require 'spec_helper'
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+
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+ class Foo < ActiveRecord::Base
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ describe Houdini::PostbacksController do
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+ before do
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+ @subject = mock_model(Foo)
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+ Foo.stub!(:find).and_return(@subject)
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+ @subject.stub!(:process_postback)
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+ end
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+
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+ def do_post
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+ post :create, :subject_class => 'foo', :subject_id => '1', :task_name => 'review_image'
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should find the subject" do
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+ Foo.should_receive(:find).with("1").and_return(@subject)
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+ do_post
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+ end
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+
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+ @subject.should_receive(:process_postback)
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+ do_post
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require 'spec/test_helper'
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+ def test_should_do_something
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+ post = Post.create(:image_url => 'http://google.com', :flagged => nil)
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+ visit 'houdini/post/1/review_image/postbacks', :post, :answer => {:flagged => "yes"}
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+ assert_response :success
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+ assert_equal true, post.reload.flagged
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+ assert_equal Time.now.to_date, post.houdini_request_sent_at.to_date
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+ end
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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" templates
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+ that are primarily responsible for inserting pre-built data in between HTML tags.
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+ The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as Account, Product, Person,
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+ Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to persist themselves to
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+ a database. The controller handles the incoming requests (such as Save New Account,
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+ Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model 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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+
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+ 1. At the command prompt, start a new Rails application using the <tt>rails</tt> command
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+ and your application name. Ex: rails myapp
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+ 2. Change directory into myapp and start the web server: <tt>script/server</tt> (run with --help for options)
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+ 3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and get "Welcome aboard: You're riding the Rails!"
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+ 4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application
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+
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+
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+ == Web Servers
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+
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+ By default, Rails will try to use Mongrel if it's are installed when started with script/server, otherwise Rails will use WEBrick, the webserver that ships with Ruby. But you can also use Rails
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+ with a variety of other web servers.
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+ Mongrel is a Ruby-based webserver with a C component (which requires compilation) that is
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+ suitable for development and deployment of Rails applications. If you have Ruby Gems installed,
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+ getting up and running with mongrel is as easy as: <tt>gem install mongrel</tt>.
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+ More info at: http://mongrel.rubyforge.org
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+
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+ Say other Ruby web servers like Thin and Ebb or regular web servers like Apache or LiteSpeed or
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+ Lighttpd or IIS. The Ruby web servers are run through Rack and the latter can either be setup to use
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+ FCGI or proxy to a pack of Mongrels/Thin/Ebb servers.
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+
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+ == Apache .htaccess example for FCGI/CGI
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+
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+ # General Apache options
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+ AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi
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+ AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
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+ Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
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+
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+ # If you don't want Rails to look in certain directories,
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+ # use the following rewrite rules so that Apache won't rewrite certain requests
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+ #
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+ # Example:
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+ # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/notrails.*
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+ # RewriteRule .* - [L]
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+
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+ # Redirect all requests not available on the filesystem to Rails
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+ # By default the cgi dispatcher is used which is very slow
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+ #
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+ # For better performance replace the dispatcher with the fastcgi one
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+ #
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+ # Example:
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+ # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]
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+ RewriteEngine On
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+
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+ # If your Rails application is accessed via an Alias directive,
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+ # then you MUST also set the RewriteBase in this htaccess file.
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+ #
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+ # Example:
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+ # Alias /myrailsapp /path/to/myrailsapp/public
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+ # RewriteBase /myrailsapp
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+ RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]
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+ RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]
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+ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
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+ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.cgi [QSA,L]
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+
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+ # In case Rails experiences terminal errors
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+ # Instead of displaying this message you can supply a file here which will be rendered instead
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+ #
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+ # Example:
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+ # ErrorDocument 500 /500.html
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+
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+ ErrorDocument 500 "<h2>Application error</h2>Rails application failed to start properly"
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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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+ First area to check is the application log files. Have "tail -f" commands running
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+ on the server.log and development.log. Rails will automatically display debugging
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+ and runtime information to these files. Debugging info will also be shown in the
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+ 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 using
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+ the Ruby logger class from inside your controllers. Example:
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def destroy
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+ @weblog = Weblog.find(params[:id])
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+ @weblog.destroy
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+ logger.info("#{Time.now} Destroyed Weblog ID ##{@weblog.id}!")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ The result will be a message in your log file along the lines of:
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+ Mon Oct 08 14:22:29 +1000 2007 Destroyed Weblog ID #1
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+ More information on how to use the logger is at http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/
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+
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+ Also, Ruby documentation can be found at http://www.ruby-lang.org/ including:
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+
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+ * The Learning Ruby (Pickaxe) Book: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/
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+ * Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (a beginners guide)
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+ These two online (and free) books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language
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+ and also on 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 Mongrel or
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+ Webrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of execution at any point
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+ in the code, investigate and change the model, AND then resume execution!
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+ You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging mode. With gems, use 'gem install ruby-debug'
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+ 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.find(: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 @attributes={\"title\"=>nil, \"body\"=>nil, \"id\"=>\"1\"}>,
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+ #<Post:0x14a6620 @attributes={\"title\"=>\"Rails you know!\", \"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 is that 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 enter "cont"
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+
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+
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+ == Console
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+
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+ You can interact with the domain model by starting the console through <tt>script/console</tt>.
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+ Here you'll have all parts of the application configured, just like it is when the
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+ application is running. You can inspect domain models, change values, and save to the
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+ database. Starting the script without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ Passing an argument will specify a different environment, like <tt>script/console production</tt>.
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+
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run <tt>reload!</tt>
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+
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+ == dbconsole
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+
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+ You can go to the command line of your database directly through <tt>script/dbconsole</tt>.
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+ You would be connected to the database with the credentials defined in database.yml.
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+ Starting the script without arguments will connect you to the development database. Passing an
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+ argument will connect you to a different database, like <tt>script/dbconsole production</tt>.
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+ Currently works for mysql, postgresql and sqlite.
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+
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+ == Description of Contents
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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/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 ApplicationController
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+ which itself descends from ActionController::Base.
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+
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+ app/models
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+ Holds models that should be named like post.rb.
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+ Most models will descend from ActiveRecord::Base.
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+
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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 eRuby
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+ syntax.
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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 common
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+ header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout using the
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+ <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.html.erb. Inside default.html.erb,
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+ call <% yield %> to render the view using this layout.
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+
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+ app/helpers
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+ Holds view helpers that should be named like weblogs_helper.rb. These are generated
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+ for you automatically when using script/generate for controllers. Helpers can be used to
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+ wrap functionality for your views into methods.
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+
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+ config
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+ Configuration files for the Rails environment, the routing map, the database, and other dependencies.
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+ db
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+ Contains the database schema in schema.rb. db/migrate contains all
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+ the sequence of Migrations for your schema.
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+
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+ doc
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+ This directory is where your application documentation will be stored when generated
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+ 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 doesn't
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+ belong under controllers, models, or helpers. This directory is in the load path.
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+
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+ public
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+ The directory available for the web server. Contains subdirectories for images, stylesheets,
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+ and javascripts. Also contains the dispatchers and the default HTML files. This should be
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+ set as the DOCUMENT_ROOT of your web server.
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+
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+ script
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+ Helper scripts for automation and generation.
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+
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+ test
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+ Unit and functional tests along with fixtures. When using the script/generate scripts, template
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+ test files will be generated for you and placed in this directory.
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+
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+ vendor
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+ External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins subdirectory.
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+ If the app has frozen rails, those gems also go here, under vendor/rails/.
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+ This directory is in the load path.