qwirk 0.1.0 → 0.2.0

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  1. data/History.md +5 -0
  2. data/lib/qwirk.rb +51 -10
  3. data/lib/qwirk/adapter/base/expanding_worker_config.rb +31 -18
  4. data/lib/qwirk/adapter/base/worker_config.rb +34 -11
  5. data/lib/qwirk/adapter/in_memory/publisher.rb +1 -1
  6. data/lib/qwirk/adapter/in_memory/queue.rb +27 -29
  7. data/lib/qwirk/adapter/in_memory/topic.rb +10 -12
  8. data/lib/qwirk/adapter/in_memory/worker.rb +9 -0
  9. data/lib/qwirk/adapter/in_memory/worker_config.rb +4 -0
  10. data/lib/qwirk/adapter/inline/worker.rb +4 -0
  11. data/lib/qwirk/adapter/inline/worker_config.rb +4 -0
  12. data/lib/qwirk/adapter_factory.rb +5 -1
  13. data/lib/qwirk/base_worker.rb +1 -5
  14. data/lib/qwirk/engine.rb +2 -6
  15. data/lib/qwirk/manager.rb +18 -10
  16. data/lib/qwirk/marshal_strategy/json.rb +1 -1
  17. data/lib/qwirk/remote_exception.rb +9 -1
  18. data/lib/qwirk/task.rb +61 -44
  19. data/lib/qwirk/worker.rb +16 -7
  20. data/test/dummy/README.rdoc +261 -0
  21. data/test/dummy/Rakefile +1 -1
  22. data/test/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js +15 -0
  23. data/test/dummy/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css +13 -0
  24. data/test/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb +3 -3
  25. data/test/dummy/config/application.rb +22 -8
  26. data/test/dummy/config/database.yml +3 -0
  27. data/test/dummy/config/environments/development.rb +15 -4
  28. data/test/dummy/config/environments/production.rb +31 -13
  29. data/test/dummy/config/environments/test.rb +9 -7
  30. data/test/dummy/config/initializers/inflections.rb +5 -0
  31. data/test/dummy/config/initializers/secret_token.rb +1 -1
  32. data/test/dummy/config/initializers/session_store.rb +1 -1
  33. data/test/dummy/config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb +14 -0
  34. data/test/dummy/config/locales/en.yml +1 -1
  35. data/test/dummy/config/routes.rb +2 -56
  36. data/test/dummy/public/500.html +0 -1
  37. data/test/dummy/script/rails +1 -1
  38. data/test/fixtures/qwirk/jobs.yml +11 -0
  39. data/test/functional/qwirk/jobs_controller_test.rb +9 -0
  40. data/test/{base_test.rb → models/base_worker_test.rb} +1 -4
  41. data/test/models/marshal_strategy_test.rb +61 -0
  42. data/test/{unit → models}/qwirk/batch/acquire_file_strategy_test.rb +0 -0
  43. data/test/{unit → models}/qwirk/batch/active_record/batch_job_test.rb +0 -0
  44. data/test/{unit → models}/qwirk/batch/parse_file_strategy_test.rb +0 -0
  45. data/test/test_helper.rb +7 -4
  46. data/test/unit/helpers/qwirk/jobs_helper_test.rb +6 -0
  47. data/test/unit/qwirk/job_test.rb +9 -0
  48. metadata +179 -117
  49. data/lib/qwirk/task.rb.sav +0 -194
  50. data/test/dummy/log/development.log +0 -0
  51. data/test/dummy/log/production.log +0 -0
  52. data/test/dummy/log/server.log +0 -0
  53. data/test/dummy/log/test.log +0 -0
  54. data/test/dummy/public/javascripts/application.js +0 -2
  55. data/test/dummy/public/javascripts/controls.js +0 -965
  56. data/test/dummy/public/javascripts/dragdrop.js +0 -974
  57. data/test/dummy/public/javascripts/effects.js +0 -1123
  58. data/test/dummy/public/javascripts/prototype.js +0 -6001
  59. data/test/dummy/public/javascripts/rails.js +0 -191
  60. data/test/marshal_strategy_test.rb +0 -62
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ module Qwirk
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  def stop
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  end
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+ def ready_to_stop?
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+ true
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+ end
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+
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  ## End of required override methods for worker impl
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  private
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@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ module Qwirk
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  super.merge(:active => false)
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  end
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+ def self.in_process?(config)
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+ true
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+ end
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+
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  # Hack - Steal attribute from expanding_worker_config so test config can share development config
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  def min_count=(min_count)
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  @active = (min_count > 0)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Qwirk
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  @log_times = config.delete(:log_times)
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  key = config.delete(:adapter)
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- raise "No adapter definition" unless key
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+ raise "No adapter definition config=#{config.inspect}" unless key
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  key = key.to_sym
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  @publisher_class, @worker_config_class, block = @@adapter_hash[key]
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  raise "No adapter matching #{key}" unless @publisher_class
@@ -44,5 +44,9 @@ module Qwirk
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  def create_publisher_impl(queue_name, topic_name, options, response_options)
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  @publisher_class.new(self, queue_name, topic_name, options, response_options)
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  end
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+
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+ def in_process?
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+ @worker_config_class.in_process?(@config)
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+ end
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  end
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  end
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Qwirk
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  # TODO: Is this necessary anymore or just put in worker.rb? Decide when flat file adapter is implemented.
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  module BaseWorker
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- attr_accessor :index, :thread, :config
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+ attr_accessor :index, :config
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  module ClassMethods
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  def default_name
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ module Qwirk
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  raise "Need to override stop method in #{self.class.name}"
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  end
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- def join
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- thread.join
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- end
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-
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  def status
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  raise "Need to override status method in #{self.class.name}"
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  end
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
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- require 'rails'
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-
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  module Qwirk
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- class Engine < Rails::Engine
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- initializer "qwirk initialize" , :after =>"active_record.initialize_database" do
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- #config.before_configuration do
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- end
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+ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
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+ #isolate_namespace Qwirk
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  end
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  end
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module Qwirk
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  attr_reader :env, :worker_configs, :name
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  bean_attr_accessor :poll_time, :float, 'How often the manager should poll the workers for their status for use by :idle_worker_timeout and :max_read_threshold'
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+ bean_attr_accessor :stop_time, :float, 'How long to wait while shutting down for graceful worker stop'
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  @@default_options = {}
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@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ module Qwirk
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  options = @@default_options.merge(options)
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  @stopped = false
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  @name = options[:name] || Qwirk::DEFAULT_NAME
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- @poll_time = 3.0
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+ @poll_time = options[:poll_time] || 3.0
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+ @stop_time = options[:stop_time]
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  @worker_configs = []
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  @env = options[:env]
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  @worker_options = parse_worker_file(options[:worker_file])
@@ -51,13 +53,12 @@ module Qwirk
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  end
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  start_timer_thread
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- stop_on_signal if options[:stop_on_signal]
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+ at_exit { stop }
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  end
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  # Create a timer_thread to make periodic calls to the worker_configs in order to do such things as expand/contract
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  # workers, etc.
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  def start_timer_thread
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  begin
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  while !@stopped
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  def stop
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  return if @stopped
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+ Qwirk.logger.info "Stopping manager"
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  @timer_thread.wakeup
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  @worker_configs.each { |worker_config| worker_config.stop }
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- end
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-
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- def stop_on_signal
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- ['HUP', 'INT', 'TERM'].each do |signal_name|
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- Signal.trap(signal_name) do
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- Qwirk.logger.info "Caught #{signal_name}"
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- stop
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+ if @stop_time
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+ end_time = Time.now + @stop_time
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+ @worker_configs.each do |worker_config|
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+ t = end_time - Time.now
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+ t = 0 if t < 0
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+ worker_config.join(t)
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  end
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+ else
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+ @worker_configs.each { |worker_config| worker_config.join }
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  end
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+ Qwirk.logger.info "Done stopping manager"
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+ end
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+
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+ def stopped?
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+ @stopped
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  end
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  # Store off any options that are no longer set to default
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  end
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+ ::JSON.parse(msg)
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  end
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  rescue LoadError => e
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  end
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+ def marshal
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+ to_hash.to_yaml
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+ end
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  end
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+ def self.unmarshal(yaml_str)
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+ end
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@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
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  module Qwirk
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+ # :max_pending_records => <integer>
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+ # This is how many records can be queued at a time.
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  module Task
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  include Rumx::Bean
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+ bean_attr_accessor :max_pending_records, :integer, 'The max number of records that can be published without having been responded to (publishing blocks at this point).'
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  bean_attr_reader :task_id, :string, 'The ID for this task'
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- bean_attr_reader :publish_count, :integer, 'The number of requests that have been published'
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- @mutex = Mutex.new
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- @condition = ConditionVariable.new
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- @stopped = false
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- @finished_publishing = false
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- @retry = opts[:retry]
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- @auto_retry = opts[:auto_retry]
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- @publish_count = 0
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- @success_count = 0
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- @exception_count = 0
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- @total_count = total_count
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+ @publisher = publisher
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+ @pending_hash = Hash.new
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+ @pending_hash_mutex = Mutex.new
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+ @pending_hash_condition = ConditionVariable.new
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+ @task_id = task_id
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+ @stopped = false
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+ @finished_publishing = false
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+ @max_pending_records = opts[:max_pending_records] || 100
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+ @retry = opts[:retry]
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+ @auto_retry = opts[:auto_retry]
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+ @success_count = 0
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+ (such as Save New Account, Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model
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+ and directing data to the view.
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+ In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping
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+ layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
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+ database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic
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+ methods. You can read more about Active Record in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html.
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+
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+ The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both
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+ layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers
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+ are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is
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+ unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much
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+ more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of
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+ Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.
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+
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+ == 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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+ 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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+
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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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+ >> @posts.inspect
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+ => "[#<Post:0x14a6be8
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+ @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>,
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+ #<Post:0x14a6620
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+ @attributes={"title"=>"Rails", "body"=>"Only ten..", "id"=>"2"}>]"
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+ >> @posts.first.title = "hello from a debugger"
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+ => "hello from a debugger"
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+
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+ ...and even better, you can examine how your runtime objects actually work:
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+
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+ >> f = @posts.first
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+ => #<Post:0x13630c4 @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>
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+ >> f.
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+ Display all 152 possibilities? (y or n)
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+
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+ Finally, when you're ready to resume execution, you can enter "cont".
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+
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+
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+ == Console
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+
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+ The console is a Ruby shell, which allows you to interact with your
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+ application's domain model. Here you'll have all parts of the application
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+ configured, just like it is when the application is running. You can inspect
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+ domain models, change values, and save to the database. Starting the script
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+ without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ To start the console, run <tt>rails console</tt> from the application
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+ directory.
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+ Options:
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+ * Passing the <tt>-s, --sandbox</tt> argument will rollback any modifications
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+ made to the database.
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+ * Passing an environment name as an argument will load the corresponding
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+ environment. Example: <tt>rails console production</tt>.
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run
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+ <tt>reload!</tt>
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+ More information about irb can be found at:
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+ link:http://www.rubycentral.org/pickaxe/irb.html
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+
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+
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+ == dbconsole
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+ You can go to the command line of your database directly through <tt>rails
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+ dbconsole</tt>. You would be connected to the database with the credentials
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+ defined in database.yml. Starting the script without arguments will connect you
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+ to the development database. Passing an argument will connect you to a different
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+ database, like <tt>rails dbconsole production</tt>. Currently works for MySQL,
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+ PostgreSQL and SQLite 3.
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+
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+ == Description of Contents
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+
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+ The default directory structure of a generated Ruby on Rails application:
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+
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+ |-- app
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | |-- images
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+ | |-- javascripts
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+ | `-- stylesheets
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+ | |-- controllers
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+ | |-- helpers
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+ | |-- mailers
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+ | |-- models
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+ | `-- views
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+ | `-- layouts
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+ |-- config
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+ | |-- environments
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+ | |-- initializers
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+ | `-- locales
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+ |-- db
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+ |-- doc
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+ |-- lib
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+ | `-- tasks
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+ |-- log
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+ |-- public
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+ |-- script
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+ |-- test
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+ | |-- fixtures
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+ | |-- functional
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+ | |-- integration
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+ | |-- performance
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+ | `-- unit
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+ |-- tmp
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+ | |-- cache
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+ | |-- pids
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+ | |-- sessions
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+ | `-- sockets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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+ `-- stylesheets
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+ `-- plugins
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+
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+ app
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+ Holds all the code that's specific to this particular application.
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+
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+ app/assets
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+ Contains subdirectories for images, stylesheets, and JavaScript files.
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+ app/controllers
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+ Holds controllers that should be named like weblogs_controller.rb for
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+ automated URL mapping. All controllers should descend from
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+ ApplicationController which itself descends from ActionController::Base.
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+ app/models
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+ Holds models that should be named like post.rb. Models descend from
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+ ActiveRecord::Base by default.
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+ app/views
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+ Holds the template files for the view that should be named like
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+ weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use
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+ eRuby syntax by default.
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+
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+ app/views/layouts
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+ Holds the template files for layouts to be used with views. This models the
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+ common header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout
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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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+
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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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+
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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.