mass_insert 0.0.1

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  6. data/LICENSE.txt +22 -0
  7. data/README.md +58 -0
  8. data/Rakefile +45 -0
  9. data/lib/mass_insert.rb +13 -0
  10. data/lib/mass_insert/adapters.rb +12 -0
  11. data/lib/mass_insert/adapters/abstract_query.rb +47 -0
  12. data/lib/mass_insert/adapters/adapter.rb +56 -0
  13. data/lib/mass_insert/adapters/column_value.rb +107 -0
  14. data/lib/mass_insert/adapters/helpers.rb +8 -0
  15. data/lib/mass_insert/adapters/helpers/sanitizer.rb +17 -0
  16. data/lib/mass_insert/adapters/helpers/timestamp.rb +38 -0
  17. data/lib/mass_insert/adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb +21 -0
  18. data/lib/mass_insert/adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb +15 -0
  19. data/lib/mass_insert/adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb +37 -0
  20. data/lib/mass_insert/adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb +23 -0
  21. data/lib/mass_insert/base.rb +43 -0
  22. data/lib/mass_insert/process_control.rb +24 -0
  23. data/lib/mass_insert/query_builder.rb +42 -0
  24. data/lib/mass_insert/query_execution.rb +29 -0
  25. data/lib/mass_insert/version.rb +3 -0
  26. data/mass_insert.gemspec +22 -0
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  49. data/spec/active_record_dummy/config/environments/sqlite3.rb +37 -0
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  75. data/spec/active_record_models/column_types/binary_spec.rb +60 -0
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  77. data/spec/active_record_models/column_types/decimal_spec.rb +49 -0
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  82. data/spec/mass_insert/adapters/abstract_query_spec.rb +109 -0
  83. data/spec/mass_insert/adapters/adapter_spec.rb +117 -0
  84. data/spec/mass_insert/adapters/column_value_spec.rb +292 -0
  85. data/spec/mass_insert/adapters/helpers/sanitizer_spec.rb +39 -0
  86. data/spec/mass_insert/adapters/helpers/timestamp_spec.rb +79 -0
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  94. data/spec/mass_insert/process_control_spec.rb +56 -0
  95. data/spec/mass_insert/query_builder_spec.rb +88 -0
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  97. data/spec/mass_insert_spec.rb +28 -0
  98. data/spec/spec_helper.rb +6 -0
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+ module MassInsert
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+ module Adapters
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+ module Helpers
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+ autoload :Timestamp, 'mass_insert/adapters/helpers/timestamp.rb'
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+ autoload :Sanitizer, 'mass_insert/adapters/helpers/sanitizer.rb'
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module MassInsert
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+ module Adapters
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+ module Helpers
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+ module Sanitizer
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+
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+ # Update the array with the columns names according to the options
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+ # and prepare the columns array with only valid columns.
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+ def sanitized_columns
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+ columns = table_columns
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+ columns.delete(primary_key) if primary_key_mode == :auto
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+ columns
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module MassInsert
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+ module Adapters
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+ module Helpers
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+ module Timestamp
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+
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+ # Returns true o false if the database table has the
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+ # timestamp columns.
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+ def timestamp?
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+ column_names.include?(:created_at) &&
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+ column_names.include?(:updated_at)
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+ end
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+
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+ # Returns timestamp format according to the database adapter. This
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+ # function can be overwrite in database adapters classes to put the
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+ # correct format to that database.
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+ def timestamp_format
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+ "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%6N"
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+ end
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+
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+ # Returns the timestamp value with specific format according to the
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+ # correct timestamp format to that database.
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+ def timestamp
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+ Time.now.strftime(timestamp_format)
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+ end
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+
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+ # Returns the timestamp values to be merge into row values that
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+ # will be saved in the database.
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+ def timestamp_values
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+ {
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+ :created_at => timestamp,
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+ :updated_at => timestamp
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+ }
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module MassInsert
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+ module Adapters
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+ class Mysql2Adapter < Adapter
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+
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+ # This method is overwrite because the timestamp format to this
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+ # database engine does not need precision in nanoseconds.
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+ def timestamp_format
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+ "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
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+ end
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+
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+ # This functions calls the necessary functions to create a complete
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+ # mysql query to multiple insertion. The methods are in the Abstract
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+ # Sql String module. If some method is too specific to this database
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+ # adapter you can overwrite it.
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+ def execute
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+ "#{begin_string}#{string_columns}#{string_values}"
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module MassInsert
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+ module Adapters
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+ class PostgreSQLAdapter < Adapter
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+
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+ # This functions calls the necessary functions to create a complete
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+ # postgresql query to multiple insertion. The methods are in the
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+ # AbstractQuery module. If some method is too specific to this database
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+ # adapter you can overwrite it.
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+ def execute
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+ "#{begin_string}#{string_columns}#{string_values}"
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module MassInsert
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+ module Adapters
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+ class SQLite3Adapter < Adapter
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+
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+ MAX_VALUES_PER_INSERTION = 500
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+
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+ # This method is overwrite because the query string to the Sqlite3
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+ # adapter is different. Then the method in the AbstractQuery module
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+ # is ignored.
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+ def string_values
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+ "SELECT #{string_rows_values};"
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+ end
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+
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+ # This method is overwrite because the query string to complete the
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+ # string rows values is different. The separator to sqlite adapter is
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+ # 'UNION SELECT' instead of '), (' in other sql adapters.
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+ def string_rows_values
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+ values.map{ |row| string_single_row_values(row) }.join(" UNION SELECT ")
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+ end
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+
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+ # This functions calls the necessary functions to create a complete
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+ # sqlite3 query to multiple insertion. The methods are in the Abstract
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+ # Query module. If some method is too specific to this database adapter
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+ # you can overwrite it. The values that the user gave will be treated
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+ # in batches of 500 items because sqlite database allows by default
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+ # batches of 500.and each batch will generate a query. This method will
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+ # generate an array with batch queries.
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+ def execute
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+ @values.each_slice(MAX_VALUES_PER_INSERTION).map do |slice|
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+ @values = slice
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+ "#{begin_string}#{string_columns}#{string_values}"
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module MassInsert
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+ module Adapters
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+ class SQLServerAdapter < Adapter
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+
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+ MAX_VALUES_PER_INSERTION = 1000
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+
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+ # This functions calls the necessary functions to create a complete
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+ # sqlserver query to multiple insertion. The methods are in the Abstract
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+ # Query module. If some method is too specific to this database adapter
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+ # you can overwrite it. The values that the user gave will be treated
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+ # in batches of 500 items because sqlite database allows by default
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+ # batches of 500.and each batch will generate a query. This method will
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+ # generate an array with batch queries.
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+ def execute
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+ @values.each_slice(MAX_VALUES_PER_INSERTION).map do |slice|
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+ @values = slice
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+ "#{begin_string}#{string_columns}#{string_values}"
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module MassInsert
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+ module Base
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+
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+ # This method do a mass database insertion. Example...
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+ #
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+ # User.mass_insert(values)
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+ #
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+ # The values should be an array with the object values
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+ # in a hash. Example...
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+ #
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+ # values = [
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+ # {:name => "user name", :email => "user email"},
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+ # {:name => "user name", :email => "user email"},
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+ # {:name => "user name", :email => "user email"}
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+ # ]
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+ #
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+ def mass_insert values, args = {}
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+ options = mass_insert_options(args)
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+ process = MassInsert::ProcessControl.new(values, options)
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+ process.execute
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def mass_insert_options args = {}
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+ # prepare default options that come in the class that invokes the
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+ # mass_insert function.
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+ args[:class_name] ||= self
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+ args[:table_name] ||= self.table_name
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+
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+ # prepare attributes options that were configured by the user and
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+ # if the options weren't passed, they would be initialized with the
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+ # default values.
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+ args[:primary_key] ||= :id
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+ args[:primary_key_mode] ||= :auto
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+
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+ # Returns the arguments but sanitized and ready to be used. This
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+ # args will be passed by params to ProcessControl class.
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+ args
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module MassInsert
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+ class ProcessControl
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+
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+ attr_accessor :values, :options
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+
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+ def initialize values, options
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+ @values = values
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+ @options = options
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+ end
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+
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+ # This method is responsible to call all the necessary process to
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+ # complete the mass insertion process.
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+ def execute
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+ QueryExecution.new(query).execute
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+ end
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+
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+ # Returns the correct query string according to database adapter
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+ # previosly configured usually in database.yml in Rails project.
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+ def query
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+ QueryBuilder.new(values, options).build
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module MassInsert
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+ class QueryBuilder
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+
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+ attr_accessor :values, :options
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+
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+ def initialize values, options
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+ @values = values
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+ @options = options
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+ end
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+
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+ # This function calls the correct adapter class and returns the
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+ # sql string ready to be executed and returns it to be execute in
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+ # the QueryExecution class.
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+ def build
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+ adapter_instance_class.execute
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+ end
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+
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+ # Returns a string that contains the adapter type previosly
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+ # configured in Rails project usually in the database.yml file.
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+ def adapter
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+ ActiveRecord::Base.connection.instance_values["config"][:adapter]
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+ end
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+
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+ # Returns an instance of the correct database adapter and this
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+ # instance will be called to generate the sql string. The values
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+ # and options are passed by params when the correct adapter class
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+ # is instanced.
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+ def adapter_instance_class
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+ case adapter
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+ when "mysql2"
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+ Adapters::Mysql2Adapter.new(values, options)
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+ when "postgresql"
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+ Adapters::PostgreSQLAdapter.new(values, options)
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+ when "sqlite3"
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+ Adapters::SQLite3Adapter.new(values, options)
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+ when "sqlserver"
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+ Adapters::SQLServerAdapter.new(values, options)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module MassInsert
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+ # This class is responsible to execute the query string into the
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+ # database. Uses the ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute functionality
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+ # to execute the query string directly.
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+ class QueryExecution
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+
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+ attr_accessor :query_container
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+
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+ # The query string is usually passed by params when the ProcessControl
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+ # class instances this class. The query can be a string or an array,
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+ # therefore to be sure that the query_container attribute is an array
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+ # the param passed to this class is converted to array. The query
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+ # container attribute will be iterated in execute method in this class
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+ # to execute each query that it contains.
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+ def initialize query_container
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+ @query_container = Array(query_container)
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+ end
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+
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+ # Saves queries contained in query_container attributes into database.
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+ # Use the helper that ActiveRecord provides. Query container attribute
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+ # is iterated to save each query that it contains.
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+ def execute
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+ @query_container.each do |query|
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+ ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(query)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module MassInsert
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+ VERSION = "0.0.1"
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+ end
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+ # coding: utf-8
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+ lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
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+ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
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+ require 'mass_insert/version'
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+
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+ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
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+ spec.name = "mass_insert"
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+ spec.version = MassInsert::VERSION
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+ spec.authors = ["Alejandro Gutiérrez"]
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+ spec.email = ["alejandrodevs@gmail.com"]
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+ spec.description = "Mass database insertion in Rails"
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+ spec.summary = "This gem aims to provide an easy and faster way to do single database insertions in Rails."
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+ spec.homepage = "https://github.com/alejandrogutierrez/mass_insert"
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+
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+ spec.files = `git ls-files`.split($/)
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+ spec.executables = spec.files.grep(%r{^bin/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
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+ spec.test_files = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
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+ spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
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+
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+ spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.3"
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+ spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
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+ end
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+ # See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
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+ #
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+ # If you find yourself ignoring temporary files generated by your text editor
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+ # or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
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+ # git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
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+
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+ # Ignore bundler config
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+ /.bundle
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+
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+ # Ignore the default SQLite database.
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+ /db/*.sqlite3
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+
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+ # Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
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+ /log/*.log
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+ /tmp
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+ source 'https://rubygems.org'
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+
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+ gem 'rails', '3.2.13'
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+
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+ # Bundle edge Rails instead:
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+ # gem 'rails', :git => 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git'
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+
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+ gem 'sqlite3'
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+ gem 'mysql2'
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+ gem 'pg'
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+ gem 'mass_insert', :git => 'git@github.com:alejandrogutierrez/mass_insert.git', :branch => 'master'
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+
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+ # Gems used only for assets and not required
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+ # in production environments by default.
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+ group :assets do
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+ gem 'sass-rails', '~> 3.2.3'
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+ gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.1'
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+
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+ # See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
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+ gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3'
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+ end
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+ gem 'jquery-rails'
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+
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+ # To use ActiveModel has_secure_password
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+ # gem 'bcrypt-ruby', '~> 3.0.0'
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+
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+ # To use Jbuilder templates for JSON
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+ # gem 'jbuilder'
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+
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+ # Use unicorn as the app server
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+ # gem 'unicorn'
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+ # Deploy with Capistrano
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+ # gem 'capistrano'
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+
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+ # To use debugger
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+ # gem 'debugger'
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+
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+ Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
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+ database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern.
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+
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+ This pattern splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb"
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+ templates that are primarily responsible for inserting pre-built data in between
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+ HTML tags. The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as Account,
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+ Product, Person, Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to
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+ persist themselves to a database. The controller handles the incoming requests
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+ (such as Save New Account, Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model
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+ and directing data to the view.
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+
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+ In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping
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+ layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
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+ database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic
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+ methods. You can read more about Active Record in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html.
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+
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+ The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both
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+ layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers
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+ are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is
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+ unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much
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+ more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of
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+ Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.
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+
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+
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+ == Getting Started
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+
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+ 1. At the command prompt, create a new Rails application:
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+ <tt>rails new myapp</tt> (where <tt>myapp</tt> is the application name)
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+
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+ 2. Change directory to <tt>myapp</tt> and start the web server:
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+ <tt>cd myapp; rails server</tt> (run with --help for options)
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+
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+ 3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and you'll see:
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+ "Welcome aboard: You're riding Ruby on Rails!"
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+
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+ 4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application. You can find
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+ the following resources handy:
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+
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+ * The Getting Started Guide: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html
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+ * Ruby on Rails Tutorial Book: http://www.railstutorial.org/
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+
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+
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+ == Debugging Rails
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+
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+ Sometimes your application goes wrong. Fortunately there are a lot of tools that
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+ will help you debug it and get it back on the rails.
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+
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+ First area to check is the application log files. Have "tail -f" commands
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+ running on the server.log and development.log. Rails will automatically display
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+ debugging and runtime information to these files. Debugging info will also be
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+ shown in the browser on requests from 127.0.0.1.
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+ You can also log your own messages directly into the log file from your code
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+ using the Ruby logger class from inside your controllers. Example:
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def destroy
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+ @weblog = Weblog.find(params[:id])
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+ @weblog.destroy
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+ logger.info("#{Time.now} Destroyed Weblog ID ##{@weblog.id}!")
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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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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+
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+ Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your
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+ Mongrel or WEBrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of
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+ execution at any point in the code, investigate and change the model, and then,
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+ resume execution! You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging
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+ mode. With gems, use <tt>sudo gem install ruby-debug</tt>. Example:
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+
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def index
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+ @posts = Post.all
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+ debugger
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ So the controller will accept the action, run the first line, then present you
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+ with a IRB prompt in the server window. Here you can do things like:
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+
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+ >> @posts.inspect
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+ => "[#<Post:0x14a6be8
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+ @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>,
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+ #<Post:0x14a6620
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+ @attributes={"title"=>"Rails", "body"=>"Only ten..", "id"=>"2"}>]"
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+ >> @posts.first.title = "hello from a debugger"
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+ => "hello from a debugger"
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+
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+ ...and even better, you can examine how your runtime objects actually work:
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+
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+ >> f = @posts.first
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+ => #<Post:0x13630c4 @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>
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+ >> f.
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+ Display all 152 possibilities? (y or n)
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+ Finally, when you're ready to resume execution, you can enter "cont".
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+
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+ == Console
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+
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+ The console is a Ruby shell, which allows you to interact with your
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+ application's domain model. Here you'll have all parts of the application
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+ configured, just like it is when the application is running. You can inspect
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+ domain models, change values, and save to the database. Starting the script
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+ without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ To start the console, run <tt>rails console</tt> from the application
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+ directory.
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+ Options:
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+ * Passing the <tt>-s, --sandbox</tt> argument will rollback any modifications
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+ made to the database.
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+ * Passing an environment name as an argument will load the corresponding
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+ environment. Example: <tt>rails console production</tt>.
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run
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+ <tt>reload!</tt>
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+ More information about irb can be found at:
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+ link:http://www.rubycentral.org/pickaxe/irb.html
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+
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+
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+ == dbconsole
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+ You can go to the command line of your database directly through <tt>rails
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+ dbconsole</tt>. You would be connected to the database with the credentials
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+ defined in database.yml. Starting the script without arguments will connect you
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+ to the development database. Passing an argument will connect you to a different
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+ database, like <tt>rails dbconsole production</tt>. Currently works for MySQL,
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+ PostgreSQL and SQLite 3.
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+
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+ == Description of Contents
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+
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+ The default directory structure of a generated Ruby on Rails application:
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+
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+ |-- app
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | | |-- images
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+ | | |-- javascripts
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+ | | `-- stylesheets
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+ | |-- controllers
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+ | |-- helpers
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+ | |-- mailers
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+ | |-- models
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+ | `-- views
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+ | `-- layouts
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+ |-- config
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+ | |-- environments
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+ | |-- initializers
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+ | `-- locales
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+ |-- db
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+ |-- doc
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+ |-- lib
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+ | |-- 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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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.