sequenced 0.1.0
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- data/.gitignore +9 -0
- data/Gemfile +17 -0
- data/MIT-LICENSE +20 -0
- data/README.md +163 -0
- data/Rakefile +38 -0
- data/lib/sequenced.rb +4 -0
- data/lib/sequenced/acts_as_sequenced.rb +117 -0
- data/lib/sequenced/exceptions.rb +4 -0
- data/lib/sequenced/version.rb +3 -0
- data/sequenced.gemspec +20 -0
- data/test/dummy/README.rdoc +261 -0
- data/test/dummy/Rakefile +7 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js +15 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css +13 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/controllers/application_controller.rb +3 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/helpers/application_helper.rb +2 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/mailers/.gitkeep +0 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/models/.gitkeep +0 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/models/account.rb +6 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/models/address.rb +4 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/models/answer.rb +4 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/models/comment.rb +8 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/models/invoice.rb +4 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/models/order.rb +4 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/models/question.rb +4 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/models/subscription.rb +3 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/models/user.rb +4 -0
- data/test/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb +14 -0
- data/test/dummy/config.ru +4 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/application.rb +56 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/boot.rb +10 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/database.yml +25 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/environment.rb +5 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/environments/development.rb +37 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/environments/production.rb +67 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/environments/test.rb +37 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb +7 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/initializers/inflections.rb +15 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/initializers/mime_types.rb +5 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/initializers/secret_token.rb +7 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/initializers/session_store.rb +8 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb +14 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/locales/en.yml +5 -0
- data/test/dummy/config/routes.rb +58 -0
- data/test/dummy/db/migrate/20120219165346_create_questions.rb +10 -0
- data/test/dummy/db/migrate/20120219165548_create_answers.rb +13 -0
- data/test/dummy/db/migrate/20120219171957_create_accounts.rb +9 -0
- data/test/dummy/db/migrate/20120219172039_create_invoices.rb +12 -0
- data/test/dummy/db/migrate/20120219172922_create_orders.rb +10 -0
- data/test/dummy/db/migrate/20120219174931_create_subscriptions.rb +10 -0
- data/test/dummy/db/migrate/20120219175744_create_users.rb +12 -0
- data/test/dummy/db/migrate/20120219232323_create_addresses.rb +9 -0
- data/test/dummy/db/migrate/20120220000804_create_comments.rb +12 -0
- data/test/dummy/db/schema.rb +74 -0
- data/test/dummy/lib/assets/.gitkeep +0 -0
- data/test/dummy/log/.gitkeep +0 -0
- data/test/dummy/public/404.html +26 -0
- data/test/dummy/public/422.html +26 -0
- data/test/dummy/public/500.html +25 -0
- data/test/dummy/public/favicon.ico +0 -0
- data/test/dummy/script/rails +6 -0
- data/test/sequenced_test.rb +100 -0
- data/test/test_helper.rb +13 -0
- metadata +224 -0
data/.gitignore
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data/Gemfile
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source "http://rubygems.org"
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# Declare your gem's dependencies in sequenced.gemspec.
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# Bundler will treat runtime dependencies like base dependencies, and
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# development dependencies will be added by default to the :development group.
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gemspec
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# jquery-rails is used by the dummy application
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gem "jquery-rails"
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# Declare any dependencies that are still in development here instead of in
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# your gemspec. These might include edge Rails or gems from your path or
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# Git. Remember to move these dependencies to your gemspec before releasing
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# your gem to rubygems.org.
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# To use debugger
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# gem 'ruby-debug19', :require => 'ruby-debug'
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data/MIT-LICENSE
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Copyright 2012 Derrick Reimer
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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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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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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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# Sequenced
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Sequenced is a simple Rails 3 plugin that generates scoped sequential IDs for
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ActiveRecord models. This gem provides an `acts_as_sequenced` macro that
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automatically assigns a unique, sequential ID to each record. This ID is
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not a replacement for the database primary key, but rather adds another way to
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retrieve the object without exposing the primary key.
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Extracted from the [GuideKit](https://guidekit.com) codebase.
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## Purpose
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It's generally a bad practice to expose your primary keys to the world
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in your URLs. However, it is often appropriate to number objects in sequence
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(in the context of a parent object).
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For example, given a Question model that has many Answers, it makes sense
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to number answers sequentially for each individual question. You can achieve
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this with Sequenced in one line of code:
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```ruby
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class Question < ActiveRecord::Base
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has_many :answers
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class Answer < ActiveRecord::Base
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belongs_to :question
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acts_as_sequenced :scope => :question_id
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end
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```
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## Installation
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Add the gem to your Gemfile:
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gem 'sequenced'
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Install the gem with bundler:
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bundle install
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## Usage
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To add a sequential ID to a model, first add an integer column called
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`sequential_id` to the model (or you many name the column anything you
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like and override the default). For example:
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rails generate migration add_sequential_id_to_answers sequential_id:integer
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rake db:migrate
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Then, call the `acts_as_sequenced` macro in your model class:
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```ruby
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acts_as_sequenced :scope => :question_id
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key of an associated parent object.
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## Configuration
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### Overriding the default sequential ID column
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exists. If you wish to store the sequential ID in different integer column,
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simply specify the column name with the `:column` option:
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```ruby
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acts_as_sequenced :scope => :question_id, :column => :my_sequential_id
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### Starting the sequence at a specific number
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integer, simply set the `:start_at` option:
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```ruby
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### Indexing the sequential ID column
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on sequenced models.
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## Example
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Suppose you have a question model that has many answers. This example
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demonstrates how to use Sequenced to enable access to the nested answer
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resource via its sequential ID.
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```ruby
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def to_param
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resources :questions
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resources :answers
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class AnswersController < ApplicationController
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before_filter :load_question
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before_filter :load_answer, :only => [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
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def load_question
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def load_answer
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http://example.com/questions/5/answers/1 # Good
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instead of by their primary keys:
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## License
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Copyright © 2012 Derrick Reimer
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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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WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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#!/usr/bin/env rake
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== Debugging Rails
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debugging and runtime information to these files. Debugging info will also be
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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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several books available online as well:
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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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programming in general.
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== Debugger
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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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debugger
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|
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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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...and even better, you can examine how your runtime objects actually work:
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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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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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|
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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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|
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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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<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</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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== 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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`-- stylesheets
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`-- plugins
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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app/controllers
|
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|
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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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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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app/views
|
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Holds the template files for the view that should be named like
|
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weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use
|
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eRuby syntax by default.
|
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|
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app/views/layouts
|
217
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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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|
221
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layout.
|
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|
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|
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+
app/helpers
|
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+
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|
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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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|
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Configuration files for the Rails environment, the routing map, the database,
|
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|
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and other dependencies.
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
234
|
+
sequence of Migrations for your schema.
|
235
|
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|
236
|
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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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|
+
|
240
|
+
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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|
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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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|
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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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|
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|
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Helper scripts for automation and generation.
|
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|
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|
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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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|
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directory.
|
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|
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|
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|
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vendor
|
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|
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External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins
|
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|
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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.
|