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  1. data/MIT-LICENSE +20 -0
  2. data/README.rdoc +32 -0
  3. data/Rakefile +40 -0
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  9. data/app/controllers/timeline/application_controller.rb +4 -0
  10. data/app/controllers/timeline/tracks_controller.rb +23 -0
  11. data/app/helpers/timeline/application_helper.rb +4 -0
  12. data/app/helpers/timeline/tracks_helper.rb +4 -0
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  18. data/config/routes.rb +3 -0
  19. data/db/migrate/20121227092029_create_timeline_tracks.rb +14 -0
  20. data/lib/tasks/timeline_tasks.rake +4 -0
  21. data/lib/timeline/engine.rb +9 -0
  22. data/lib/timeline/model_additions.rb +60 -0
  23. data/lib/timeline/railtie.rb +9 -0
  24. data/lib/timeline/version.rb +3 -0
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  29. data/test/dummy/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css +13 -0
  30. data/test/dummy/app/controllers/application_controller.rb +3 -0
  31. data/test/dummy/app/helpers/application_helper.rb +2 -0
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  60. data/test/functional/timeline/tracks_controller_test.rb +22 -0
  61. data/test/integration/navigation_test.rb +10 -0
  62. data/test/model/helpers/timeline/timelines_helper_test.rb +6 -0
  63. data/test/model/helpers/tracks_helper_test.rb +6 -0
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data/MIT-LICENSE ADDED
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+ Copyright 2012 Angelo Capilleri
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+
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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+ a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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+ "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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+ without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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+ distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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+ permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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+ the following conditions:
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+
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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+ included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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+ EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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+ MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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+ NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
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+ LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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+ OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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+ WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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+ =TimeLine
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+ Track the entire life cycle of ActiveRecord models.
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+
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+ ==Installation
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+ Add to your Gemfile and run the bundle command to install it.
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+
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+ gem "timeline"
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+ Requires Ruby 1.9.2 or later.
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+
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+ ==Usage
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+ Call timeline in an ActiveRecord class and pass the name of the attributes you wish to track of your Model.
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+
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+ Track all attributes change of your AR model:
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+
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+ class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ timeline
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+ end
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+
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+ This means that every attributes changes will be tracked.
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+
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+ Track one or more attributes:
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+
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+ class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ timeline(:price, :name)
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+ end
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+
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+ Only the changes of name and price will be tracked.
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+
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+ Development
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+ Questions or problems? Please post them on the issue tracker. You can contribute changes by forking the project and submitting a pull request. You can ensure the tests passing by running bundle and rake.
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+
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+ This gem is created by Angelo Capilleri and is under the MIT License.
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+ #!/usr/bin/env rake
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+ begin
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+ require 'bundler/setup'
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+ rescue LoadError
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+ puts 'You must `gem install bundler` and `bundle install` to run rake tasks'
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+ end
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+ begin
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+ require 'rdoc/task'
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+ rescue LoadError
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+ require 'rdoc/rdoc'
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+ require 'rake/rdoctask'
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+ RDoc::Task = Rake::RDocTask
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+ end
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+
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+ RDoc::Task.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
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+ rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
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+ rdoc.title = 'Timeline'
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+ rdoc.options << '--line-numbers'
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+ rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README.rdoc')
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+ rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
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+ end
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+
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+ APP_RAKEFILE = File.expand_path("../test/dummy/Rakefile", __FILE__)
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+ load 'rails/tasks/engine.rake'
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+
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+
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+
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+ Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
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+
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+ require 'rake/testtask'
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+
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+ Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
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+ t.libs << 'lib'
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+ t.libs << 'test'
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+ t.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb'
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+ t.verbose = false
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+ end
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+
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+
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+ task :default => :test
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+ // This is a manifest file that'll be compiled into application.js, which will include all the files
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+ // listed below.
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+ //
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+ // Any JavaScript/Coffee file within this directory, lib/assets/javascripts, vendor/assets/javascripts,
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+ // or vendor/assets/javascripts of plugins, if any, can be referenced here using a relative path.
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+ //
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+ // It's not advisable to add code directly here, but if you do, it'll appear at the bottom of the
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+ // the compiled file.
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+ //
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+ // WARNING: THE FIRST BLANK LINE MARKS THE END OF WHAT'S TO BE PROCESSED, ANY BLANK LINE SHOULD
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+ // GO AFTER THE REQUIRES BELOW.
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+ //
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+ //= require jquery
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+ //= require jquery_ujs
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+ //= require_tree .
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+ // Place all the behaviors and hooks related to the matching controller here.
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+ // All this logic will automatically be available in application.js.
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+ body { background-color: #fff; color: #333; }
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+
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+ body, p, ol, ul, td {
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+ font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
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+ font-size: 13px;
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+ line-height: 18px;
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+ }
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+
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+ pre {
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+ background-color: #eee;
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+ padding: 10px;
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+ font-size: 11px;
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+ }
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+
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+ a { color: #000; }
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+ a:visited { color: #666; }
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+ a:hover { color: #fff; background-color:#000; }
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+
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+ div.field, div.actions {
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+ margin-bottom: 10px;
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+ }
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+
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+ #notice {
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+ color: green;
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+ }
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+
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+ .field_with_errors {
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+ padding: 2px;
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+ background-color: red;
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+ display: table;
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+ }
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+
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+ #error_explanation {
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+ width: 450px;
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+ border: 2px solid red;
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+ padding: 7px;
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+ padding-bottom: 0;
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+ margin-bottom: 20px;
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+ background-color: #f0f0f0;
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+ }
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+
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+ #error_explanation h2 {
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+ text-align: left;
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+ font-weight: bold;
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+ padding: 5px 5px 5px 15px;
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+ font-size: 12px;
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+ margin: -7px;
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+ margin-bottom: 0px;
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+ background-color: #c00;
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+ color: #fff;
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+ }
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+
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+ #error_explanation ul li {
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+ font-size: 12px;
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+ list-style: square;
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+ }
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+ /*
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+ * This is a manifest file that'll be compiled into application.css, which will include all the files
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+ * listed below.
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+ *
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+ * Any CSS and SCSS file within this directory, lib/assets/stylesheets, vendor/assets/stylesheets,
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+ * or vendor/assets/stylesheets of plugins, if any, can be referenced here using a relative path.
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+ *
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+ * You're free to add application-wide styles to this file and they'll appear at the top of the
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+ * compiled file, but it's generally better to create a new file per style scope.
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+ *
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+ *= require_self
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+ *= require_tree .
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+ */
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+ /*
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+ Place all the styles related to the matching controller here.
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+ They will automatically be included in application.css.
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+ */
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+ module Timeline
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+ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require_dependency "timeline/application_controller"
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+ module Timeline
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+ class TracksController < ApplicationController
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+ def index
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+ @tracks = Track.all
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+
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+ respond_to do |format|
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+ format.html # index.html.erb
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+ format.json { render json: @tracks }
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def show
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+ @track = Track.find(params[:id])
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+
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+ respond_to do |format|
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+ format.html # show.html.erb
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+ format.json { render json: @track }
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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 Timeline
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+ module ApplicationHelper
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Timeline
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+ module TracksHelper
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Timeline
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+ class Track < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ serialize :model_changes
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+ attr_accessible :action, :item_id, :model_changes, :model_name
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+ default_scope order('created_at DESC')
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+ end
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+ end
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+ <!DOCTYPE html>
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+ <html>
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+ <head>
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+ <title>Timeline of models</title>
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+ <%= stylesheet_link_tag "timeline/application", :media => "all" %>
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+ <%= javascript_include_tag "timeline/application" %>
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+ <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
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+ </head>
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+ <body>
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+
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+ <%= yield %>
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+ </body>
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+ </html>
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+ <div class="track">
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+ <%= track.model_name-%>
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+ <b><%=link_to"#{track.model_name}",'' -%></b>
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+ was <%=track.action + 'd'%>
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+ <%track.model_changes.each do |k,v|%>
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+ , <%="#{k} </b> <em>'#{v.first}'</em> to <em>'#{v.second}'</em>".html_safe-%></b>
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+ <%end%>
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+
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+ <%=distance_of_time_in_words track.created_at,Time.now-%> ago.
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+ </div>
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+ <h1> Timeline of Models</h1>
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+ <div id="tracks">
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+ <%=render @tracks%>
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+ </div>
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+ <p id="notice"><%= notice %></p>
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+ <p>
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+ <b>Item:</b>
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+ <%= @track.item_id %>
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+ </p>
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+ <p>
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+ <b>Model name:</b>
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+ <%= @track.model_name %>
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+ </p>
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+ <p>
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+ <b>Action:</b>
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+ <%= @track.action %>
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+ </p>
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+
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+ <p>
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+ <b>Model changes:</b>
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+ <%= @track.model_changes %>
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+ </p>
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+ <%= link_to 'Edit', edit_track_path(@track) %> |
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+ <%= link_to 'Back', tracks_path %>
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+ Timeline::Engine.routes.draw do
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+ root :to => "tracks#index"
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+ end
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+ class CreateTimelineTracks < ActiveRecord::Migration
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+ def change
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+ create_table :timeline_tracks do |t|
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+ t.integer :item_id
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+ t.string :model_name
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+ t.string :action
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+ t.string :model_changes
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+ t.timestamps
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+ end
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+ add_index(:timeline_tracks, :item_id)
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+ add_index(:timeline_tracks, :model_name)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ # desc "Explaining what the task does"
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+ # task :timeline do
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+ # # Task goes here
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+ # end
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+ require "timeline/engine"
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+ require "timeline/model_additions"
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+ require "timeline/railtie"
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+ module Timeline
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+ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
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+ isolate_namespace Timeline
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Timeline
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+ module ModelAdditions
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+ def self.extended(obj) #:nodoc
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+ obj.send :include, Timeline::ClassMethods
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+ end
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+ # To track your model changes call <tt> timeline </tt>
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+ # in any Active Record model class.
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+ #
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+ # class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ # timeline
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+ # end
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+ #
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+ # To track only one or a set of attributes(columns) call <tt> timeline :attr1, :attr2 </tt>.
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+ #
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+ # class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ # timeline :price, :description
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+ # end
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+ #
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+ def timeline(*attrs)
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+ track(attrs)
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+ def track(attributes)
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+ after_create do |record|
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+ map_attributes_and_save('created', attributes)
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+ end
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+ after_update do |record|
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+ map_attributes_and_save('updated', attributes)
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+ end
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+ after_destroy do |record|
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+ map_attributes_and_save('destroyed', attributes)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module ClassMethods
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+ def map_attributes_and_save(action, attributes={})
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+ attributes = attributes.map{|a| a.to_s unless a.is_a? String}
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+ HashWithIndifferentAccess.new self.changes.select{|c| attributes.include?(c)}
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+ end
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+ model_name: self.class.model_name,
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+ action: action,
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+ model_changes: model_changes })
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Timeline
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+ class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
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+ initializer 'timeline.model_additions' do
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+ ActiveSupport.on_load :active_record do
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+ extend ModelAdditions
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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 Timeline
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+ VERSION = "0.0.1"
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+ end
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+ require 'timeline/engine'
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+ module Timeline
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+ end
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+ Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
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+ This pattern splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb"
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+ Product, Person, Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to
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+ methods. You can read more about Active Record in
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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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+ end
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+ end
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+ * Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (a beginners guide)
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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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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def index
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+ debugger
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+ end
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+ end
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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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+ == Console
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+
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+ The console is a Ruby shell, which allows you to interact with your
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+ application's domain model. Here you'll have all parts of the application
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+ configured, just like it is when the application is running. You can inspect
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+ domain models, change values, and save to the database. Starting the script
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+ without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ To start the console, run <tt>rails console</tt> from the application
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+ directory.
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+ Options:
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+ * Passing the <tt>-s, --sandbox</tt> argument will rollback any modifications
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+ made to the database.
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+ * Passing an environment name as an argument will load the corresponding
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+ environment. Example: <tt>rails console production</tt>.
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run
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+ <tt>reload!</tt>
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+ More information about irb can be found at:
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+ link:http://www.rubycentral.org/pickaxe/irb.html
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+ == dbconsole
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+ You can go to the command line of your database directly through <tt>rails
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+ dbconsole</tt>. You would be connected to the database with the credentials
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+ defined in database.yml. Starting the script without arguments will connect you
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+ to the development database. Passing an argument will connect you to a different
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+ database, like <tt>rails dbconsole production</tt>. Currently works for MySQL,
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+ PostgreSQL and SQLite 3.
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+
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+ == Description of Contents
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+ The default directory structure of a generated Ruby on Rails application:
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+ |-- app
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | |-- images
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+ | |-- javascripts
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+ | `-- stylesheets
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+ | |-- controllers
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+ | |-- helpers
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+ | |-- mailers
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+ | |-- models
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+ | `-- views
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+ | `-- layouts
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+ |-- config
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+ | |-- environments
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+ | |-- initializers
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+ | `-- locales
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+ |-- db
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+ |-- doc
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+ |-- lib
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+ | `-- tasks
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+ |-- log
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+ |-- public
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+ |-- script
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+ |-- test
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+ | |-- fixtures
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+ | |-- functional
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+ | |-- integration
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+ | |-- performance
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+ | `-- unit
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+ |-- tmp
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+ | |-- cache
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+ | |-- pids
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+ | |-- sessions
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+ | `-- sockets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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+ `-- stylesheets
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+ `-- plugins
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+ app
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+ Holds all the code that's specific to this particular application.
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+ app/assets
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+ Contains subdirectories for images, stylesheets, and JavaScript files.
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+ app/controllers
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+ Holds controllers that should be named like weblogs_controller.rb for
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+ automated URL mapping. All controllers should descend from
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+ ApplicationController which itself descends from ActionController::Base.
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+ app/models
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+ Holds models that should be named like post.rb. Models descend from
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+ ActiveRecord::Base by default.
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+ app/views
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+ Holds the template files for the view that should be named like
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+ weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use
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+ eRuby syntax by default.
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+ app/views/layouts
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+ Holds the template files for layouts to be used with views. This models the
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+ common header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout
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+ using the <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.html.erb.
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+ Inside default.html.erb, call <% yield %> to render the view using this
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+ layout.
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+ app/helpers
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+ Holds view helpers that should be named like weblogs_helper.rb. These are
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+ generated for you automatically when using generators for controllers.
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+ Helpers can be used to wrap functionality for your views into methods.
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+ config
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+ Configuration files for the Rails environment, the routing map, the database,
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+ and other dependencies.
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+ db
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+ Contains the database schema in schema.rb. db/migrate contains all the
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+ sequence of Migrations for your schema.
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+ doc
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+ This directory is where your application documentation will be stored when
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+ generated using <tt>rake doc:app</tt>
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+ lib
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+ Application specific libraries. Basically, any kind of custom code that
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+ doesn't belong under controllers, models, or helpers. This directory is in
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+ the load path.
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+ public
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+ The directory available for the web server. Also contains the dispatchers and the
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+ default HTML files. This should be set as the DOCUMENT_ROOT of your web
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+ server.
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+ script
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+ Helper scripts for automation and generation.
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+ test
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+ Unit and functional tests along with fixtures. When using the rails generate
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+ command, template test files will be generated for you and placed in this
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+ directory.
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+ vendor
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+ External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins
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+ subdirectory. If the app has frozen rails, those gems also go here, under
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+ vendor/rails/. This directory is in the load path.