smarter_dates 0.2.9 → 0.2.13

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  1. data/.rspec +2 -0
  2. data/Gemfile +12 -1
  3. data/config/locales/en.yml +32 -0
  4. data/lib/generators/smarter_dates/install_generator.rb +2 -0
  5. data/lib/smarter_dates.rb +6 -1
  6. data/lib/smarter_dates/chronic_parsable_validator.rb +2 -6
  7. data/lib/smarter_dates/chronic_strings.rb +63 -0
  8. data/lib/smarter_dates/engine.rb +5 -0
  9. data/lib/smarter_dates/parser.rb +93 -34
  10. data/lib/smarter_dates/version.rb +1 -1
  11. data/smarter_dates.gemspec +38 -16
  12. data/spec/dummy/.gitignore +2 -0
  13. data/spec/dummy/.rspec +1 -0
  14. data/spec/dummy/README.rdoc +261 -0
  15. data/spec/dummy/Rakefile +7 -0
  16. data/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js +15 -0
  17. data/spec/dummy/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css +13 -0
  18. data/spec/dummy/app/controllers/application_controller.rb +3 -0
  19. data/spec/dummy/app/models/.gitkeep +0 -0
  20. data/spec/dummy/config.ru +4 -0
  21. data/spec/dummy/config/application.rb +64 -0
  22. data/spec/dummy/config/boot.rb +10 -0
  23. data/spec/dummy/config/database.yml +20 -0
  24. data/spec/dummy/config/environment.rb +5 -0
  25. data/spec/dummy/config/environments/development.rb +37 -0
  26. data/spec/dummy/config/environments/test.rb +37 -0
  27. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb +7 -0
  28. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/inflections.rb +15 -0
  29. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/mime_types.rb +5 -0
  30. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/secret_token.rb +7 -0
  31. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/session_store.rb +8 -0
  32. data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb +14 -0
  33. data/spec/dummy/config/locales/en.yml +5 -0
  34. data/spec/dummy/config/routes.rb +3 -0
  35. data/spec/dummy/db/migrate/1_create_activities.rb +10 -0
  36. data/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb +23 -0
  37. data/spec/dummy/log/.gitkeep +0 -0
  38. data/spec/dummy/script/rails +6 -0
  39. data/spec/dummy/spec/support/.gitkeep +0 -0
  40. data/spec/models/smarter_dates/activity_spec.rb +71 -0
  41. data/spec/spec.opts +5 -0
  42. data/spec/spec_helper.rb +17 -0
  43. data/test/chronic_parsable_validator_test.rb +5 -7
  44. data/test/smarter_dates_test.rb +2 -2
  45. metadata +215 -23
data/.rspec ADDED
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+ --color
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+ --format progress
data/Gemfile CHANGED
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- source 'http://rubygems.org'
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+ #source 'https://rubygems.org'
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+ source 'http://bundler-api.herokuapp.com'
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+
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+ group :development, :test, :cucumber do
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+ if RbConfig::CONFIG['RUBY_PROGRAM_VERSION'] == '1.9.3'
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+ gem 'debugger'
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+ elsif %w(1.9.0 1.9.1 1.9.2).include?(RbConfig::CONFIG['RUBY_PROGRAM_VERSION'])
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+ gem 'ruby-debug19', require: 'ruby-debug'
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+ else
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+ gem 'ruby-debug'
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+ end
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+ end
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  # Specify your gem's dependencies in smarter_dates.gemspec
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  gemspec
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+ # See https://github.com/svenfuchs/rails-i18n/tree/master/rails%2Flocale for starting points.
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+
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+ en:
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+ date:
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+ formats:
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+ default: "%d %b %Y"
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+ filesystem: "%Y%m%d"
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+ humanized_date: "%d %b %Y"
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+ mon_year: "%b %Y"
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+ humanized_date: "%d %b %Y"
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+ humanized_datetime12: "%d %b %Y"
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+ humanized_datetime24: "%d %b %Y"
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+
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+ time:
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+ formats:
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+ default: "%a %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z"
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+ filesystem: "%Y%m%d%H%M%S"
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+ long: "%d %b %Y %H:%M"
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+ mon_year: "%b %Y"
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+ humanized_date: "%d %b %Y"
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+ humanized_datetime12: "%d %b %Y %I:%M:%S%p"
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+ humanized_datetime24: "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S"
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+
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+ datetime:
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+ formats:
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+ default: "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S"
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+ filesystem: "%d%m%Y%H%M%S"
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+ mon_year: "%b %Y"
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+ humanized_date: "%d %b %Y"
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+ humanized_datetime12: "%d %b %Y %I:%M:%S%p"
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+ humanized_datetime24: "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S"
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+
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+ # :nodoc:
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  module SmarterDates
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+ # copies configuration file for configuration.gem
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  class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
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  source_root File.expand_path('../templates', __FILE__)
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data/lib/smarter_dates.rb CHANGED
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  require File.join('smarter_dates', 'version')
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  require File.join('smarter_dates', 'parser')
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+ require File.join('smarter_dates', 'chronic_strings')
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  if defined? ActiveModel
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  require File.join('smarter_dates', 'chronic_parsable_validator')
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  end
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-
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+ if defined? ::Rails
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+ if defined? ::Rails::Engine
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+ require File.join('smarter_dates', 'engine')
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+ end
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+ end
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  def validate_each(record, attribute, value = "") #:nodoc:
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  @value = value
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- unless is_valid?
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- record.errors[attribute] << 'not a valid Date or DateTime'
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- end
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+ record.errors[attribute] << 'not a valid Date or DateTime' unless is_valid?
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  end
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  # :call-seq:
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  # returns true if the string is parsable by chronic
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  def is_valid_datetime?
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- obj = Chronic.parse(@value.respond_to?(:to_date) ?
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- @value.to_date : @value.to_s)
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- !obj.nil?
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+ Chronic.parse(@value.respond_to?(:to_date) ? @value.to_date : @value.to_s)
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  end
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  end
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+ # provide natural-language date / datetime parsing to strings
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+ class String
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+ # :call-seq:
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+ # to_chronic_datetime
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+ #
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+ # Parses a string into a DateTime object using the Chronic gem if available.
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+ # If not, try parsing the string using :parse_with_builtins
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+ # raise an error if the string fails to parse
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+
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+ def to_chronic_datetime
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+ dt = defined?(Chronic) ? parse_with_chronic : parse_with_builtins
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+ #raise RuntimeError, "#{dt.inspect} unparsable Date/DateTime" unless dt
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+ return unless dt
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+ dt.to_datetime
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+ end
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+
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+ # :call-seq:
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+ # to_chronic_date
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+ #
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+ # Parses a string into a Date object using the same methods as .to_chronic_datetime
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+
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+ def to_chronic_date
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+ obj = to_chronic_datetime
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+ obj && obj.to_date
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+ end
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+
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+ # :call-seq:
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+ # to_chronic_time
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+ #
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+ # Parses a string into a Time object using the same methods as .to_chronic_datetime
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+
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+ def to_chronic_time
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+ obj = to_chronic_datetime
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+ obj && obj.to_time
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+ end
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+
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+ protected
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+
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+ # :call-seq:
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+ # parse_with_chronic
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+ #
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+ # attempt to parse a string with Chronic
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+
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+ def parse_with_chronic
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+ Chronic.time_class = Time.zone
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+ Chronic.parse(self)
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+ end
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+
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+ # :call-seq:
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+ # parse_with_builtins
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+ #
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+ # attempt to parse a string with DateTime
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+ # failing that, attempt to parse a string with Date
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+
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+ def parse_with_builtins
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+ begin
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+ return DateTime.parse(self)
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+ rescue
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+ return Date.parse(self)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ module SmarterDates
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+ # integrate smarter_dates with rails
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+ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
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+ end
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+ end
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  require 'chronic'
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  module SmarterDates
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- def self.included(klass) # :nodoc:
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- attr_accessor :dt_attributes
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+ def self.included(klass) # :nodoc:
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+ bootstrap_smarter_dates(klass)
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- @dt_attributes = []
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- db_migrated = true
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- if defined?(Rails)
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- begin
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- @dt_attributes.concat(klass.column_names.select { |k| k.match(/_(?:at|on|dt|d)$/) })
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- Rails.logger.debug(RuntimeError, "unused include - #{klass.class.to_s} does not have any attributes ending in _at, _on, _dt, or _d") if db_migrated && @dt_attributes.empty?
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- rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid => _
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- rescue => err
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- Rails.logger.debug(err.inspect)
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+ @dt_attributes.each do |meth|
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+ klass.send(:define_method, "#{meth}=".to_sym, convert_to_dt(meth))
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  end
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- else
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- @dt_attributes.concat(klass.instance_methods.select { |k| k.match(/_(?:at|on|dt|d)$/) })
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  end
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  # :call-seq:
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- # _on(string)
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- # _at(string)
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- # _dt(string)
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- # _d(string)
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+ # Module.convert_to_dt method
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- # Any attribute ending in _at, _on, _dt, or _d are parsed by Chronic.parse
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- # (for flexibility). Values are passed as is to Chronic.parse()
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- #
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- # == Arguments
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- # <tt>string</tt>:: A string
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+ # attempts to convert using Chronic, DateTime and-or Date, whichever works first
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+ # else simply yield the value
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- parse = Proc.new do |val|
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+ def self.convert_to_dt(convert_me)
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+ Proc.new do |val|
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  begin
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  end
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- self[k] = dt.to_date
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- elsif dt
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- self[k] = dt.to_datetime
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- else
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- self[k] = dt
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- end
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+ instance_variable_set(:"@#{convert_me}", dt)
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- end
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+ private
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+ # :call-seq:
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+ # Module.dt_attributes Klass
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+ #
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+ # Any attribute ending in _at, _on, _dt, or _d are parsed by Chronic.parse
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+ # (for flexibility). Values are passed as is to Chronic.parse()
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+ #
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+ # == Arguments
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+ # <tt>string</tt>:: A string
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+ def self.dt_attributes(klass)
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+ klass.instance_methods.select { |meth| meth.match(/_(?:at|on|dt|d)$/) }
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.connected? # :nodoc:
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+ ActiveRecord::Base.connected?
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.migrated? # :nodoc:
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+ return unless connected?
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+ ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists? 'schema'
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+ end
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+
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+ # :call-seq:
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+ # Module.rails_dt_attributes Klass
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+ #
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+ # Any attribute ending in _at, _on, _dt, or _d are parsed by Chronic.parse
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+ # (for flexibility). Values are passed as is to Chronic.parse()
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+ #
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+ # == Arguments
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+ # <tt>string</tt>:: A string
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+ dt_attrs = nil
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+ logger = Rails.logger
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+ begin
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+ dt_attrs = klass.column_names.select { |meth| meth.match(/_(?:at|on|dt|d)$/) }
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+ logger.debug(RuntimeError, "unused include - #{self.class.to_s} does not have any attributes ending in _at, _on, _dt, or _d") if migrated? && dt_attrs.empty?
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+ rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid => _
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+ end
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+ end
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+ #
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+ #
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+ end
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+ end
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+ # Any attribute ending in _at, _on, _dt, or _d are parsed by Chronic.parse
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+ # (for flexibility). Values are passed as is to Chronic.parse()
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+ #
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+ # == Arguments
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+
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+ Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
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+ database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern.
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+ This pattern splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb"
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+ templates that are primarily responsible for inserting pre-built data in between
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+ HTML tags. The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as Account,
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+ Product, Person, Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to
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+ persist themselves to a database. The controller handles the incoming requests
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+ (such as Save New Account, Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model
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+ and directing data to the view.
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+ In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping
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+ layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
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+ database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic
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+ methods. You can read more about Active Record in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html.
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+ The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both
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+ layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers
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+ are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is
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+ unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much
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+ more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of
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+ Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.
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+
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+ == Getting Started
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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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+ <tt>cd myapp; rails server</tt> (run with --help for options)
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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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+ 4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application. You can find
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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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+ == Debugging Rails
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+ Sometimes your application goes wrong. Fortunately there are a lot of tools that
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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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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ Also, Ruby documentation can be found at http://www.ruby-lang.org/. There are
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+ * Programming Ruby: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ (Pickaxe)
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+ * Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (a beginners guide)
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+ These two books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language and also on
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+ programming in general.
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+ == Debugger
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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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+ 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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+ >> 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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+ 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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+ | |-- assets
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+ | `-- tasks
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+ |-- log
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+ |-- public
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+ |-- script
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+ |-- test
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+ | |-- fixtures
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+ | |-- functional
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+ | |-- integration
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+ | |-- performance
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+ | `-- unit
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+ |-- tmp
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+ | `-- cache
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+ | `-- assets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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+ | |-- javascripts
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+ | `-- stylesheets
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+ `-- plugins
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+
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+ app
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+ Holds all the code that's specific to this particular application.
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+ 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.