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+ *.gem
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+ .bundle
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+ .config
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+ .yardoc
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+ .DS_Store
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+ Gemfile.lock
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+ InstalledFiles
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+ _yardoc
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+ coverage
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+ doc/
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+ lib/bundler/man
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+ pkg
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+ --color
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+ --format progress
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+ source 'https://rubygems.org'
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+
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+ # Specify your gem's dependencies in statify.gemspec
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+ gemspec
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+
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+ gem "statsd-ruby", :require => "statsd"
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+ # We need atleast activesupport
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+ gem 'rails', '~> 3.0'
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+
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+ gem 'debugger'
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+
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+ group :deveopment, :test do
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+ gem 'rspec-rails'
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+ end
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+ Copyright (c) 2013 Austin Fonacier
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+
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+ MIT License
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+
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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+ a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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+ "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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+ without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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+ distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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+ permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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+ the following conditions:
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+
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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+ included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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+ EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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+ MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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+ NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
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+ LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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+ OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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+ WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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+ # Statify
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+
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+ Pop this gem in your rails >= 3 application. This gem will utilize a statsd instance and easily track basic performance stats for your application. This gem can track the following:
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+ - Performance stats broken down by controller and action and further broken down by view rendering times and SQL duration times.
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+ - SQL calls durations
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+ - Ruby garbage collection stats (this will run after every controller response)
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+ - Cache hit and miss rates
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+
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+ ## Installation
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+
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+ Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
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+
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+ gem 'statify'
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+
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+ And then execute:
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+
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+ $ bundle
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+
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+ Or install it yourself as:
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+
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+ $ gem install statify
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+
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+ ## Pre-Requisities
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+
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+ You will need to have a statsd instance running somewhere that you can connect to. If you want to graph what is coming out of statsd there are different front ends to use with statsd. One of them is Graphite: http://graphite.wikidot.com/
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+
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+ ## Usage
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+
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+ In your Rails App put these following lines in your config/application.rb:
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+
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+ config.statify.categories = [:sql, :garbage_collection, :cache, :controller]
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+ config.statify.statsd = Statsd.new('127.0.0.1', 8125)
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+
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+ Obviously put in the address of your own statsD ip address and port into the statsd.new call. The categories are opt-in, so put in what you want to use.
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+
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+
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+ ### Supported categories
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+
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+ - garbage_collection
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+ - controller
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+ - cache
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+ - sql
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+
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+ ## Contributing
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+
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+ 1. Fork it
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+ 2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
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+ 3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
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+ 4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
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+ 5. Create new Pull Request
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+ #!/usr/bin/env rake
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+ begin
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+ require 'bundler/setup'
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+ rescue LoadError
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+ puts 'You must `gem install bundler` and `bundle install` to run rake tasks'
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+ end
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+
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+ require "bundler/gem_tasks"
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+
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+ # notice the path change in the following line
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+ APP_RAKEFILE = File.expand_path("../spec/dummy_app/Rakefile", __FILE__)
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+ load 'rails/tasks/engine.rake'
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+
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+ Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
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+
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+ Dir[File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tasks/**/*.rake')].each {|f| load f }
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+
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+ require 'rspec/core'
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+ require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
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+
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+ desc "Run all specs in spec directory (excluding plugin specs)"
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+ RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec => 'app:db:test:prepare')
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+
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+ task :default => :spec
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+ require 'statify/version'
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+ require 'statify/railtie'
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+ # Statify.configure do |config|
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+ # config.statsd = StatD.new...
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+ # end
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+ # Statify.statsd =
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+ module Statify
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+ def self.configure
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+ yield self
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+ end
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+
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+ # This takes an instance of a StatsD
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+ # Statsd.new('127.1.1.1', 8125)
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+ def self.statsd=(statsd)
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+ @@statsd = statsd
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.statsd
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+ @@statsd
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.categories=(categories)
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+ @@categories = categories
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.categories
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+ @@categories
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+ end
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+
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+
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+ def self.subscribe
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+ if Statify.categories.include?(:sql)
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+ # This should give us reports on response times to queries
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+ ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe "sql.active_record" do |*args|
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+ event = ActiveSupport::Notifications::Event.new(*args)
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+ # Don't include explains or schema DB calls
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+ unless ["EXPLAIN", "SCHEMA"].include?(event.payload[:name])
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+ # # We are hoping this gives us basic metris for query durations for us to track.
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+ @@statsd.timing "#{event.name}", event.duration
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ if Statify.categories.include?(:garbage_collection) || Statify.categories.include?(:controller)
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+ # This should give us reports on average response times by controller and action
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+ ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe "process_action.action_controller" do |*args|
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+ event = ActiveSupport::Notifications::Event.new(*args)
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+ if Statify.categories.include?(:garbage_collection)
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+ # Let's log the GC
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+ gc_stats = GC::stat
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+ @@statsd.count('gc_count', gc_stats[:count])
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+ @@statsd.count('gc_heap_used', gc_stats[:heap_used])
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+ @@statsd.count('gc_heap_length', gc_stats[:heap_length])
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+ @@statsd.count('gc_heap_increment', gc_stats[:heap_increment])
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+ @@statsd.count('gc_heap_live_num', gc_stats[:heap_live_num])
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+ @@statsd.count('gc_heap_free_num', gc_stats[:heap_live_num])
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+ @@statsd.count('gc_heap_final_num', gc_stats[:heap_live_num])
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+ end
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+
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+ if Statify.categories.include?(:controller)
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+ # Track overall, db and view durations
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+ @@statsd.timing "overall_duration|#{event.payload[:controller]}/#{event.payload[:action]}", event.duration
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+ @@statsd.timing "db_runtime|#{event.payload[:controller]}/#{event.payload[:action]}", event.payload[:db_runtime]
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+ @@statsd.timing "view_runtime|#{event.payload[:controller]}/#{event.payload[:action]}", event.payload[:view_runtime]
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ if Statify.categories.include?(:cache)
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+ # I want to keep track of how many cache hits we get as opposed to cache misses
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+ ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe "cache_fetch_hit.active_support" do |*args|
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+ event = ActiveSupport::Notifications::Event.new(*args)
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+ @@statsd.increment('cache_hit', 1)
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+ end
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+ # I want to keep track of how many cache misses we get as opposed to cache hits
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+ ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe "cache_write.active_support" do |*args|
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+ event = ActiveSupport::Notifications::Event.new(*args)
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+ @@statsd.increment('cache_miss', 1)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require 'rails'
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+ module Statify
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+ class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
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+ # The config object available to the Railtie is the application configuration object.
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+ config.statify = ActiveSupport::OrderedOptions.new
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+ initializer "statify.configure" do |app|
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+ Statify.configure do |config|
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+ config.categories = app.config.statify[:categories]
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+ config.statsd = app.config.statify[:statsd]
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+ end
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+ end
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+ initializer "statify.initialize", :after => "statify.configure" do |app|
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+ Statify.subscribe
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Statify
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+ VERSION = "0.0.1"
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+ end
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+ require 'spec_helper'
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+ describe 'cache notification' do
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+ before :each do
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+ ActiveSupport::Cache::Store.instrument = true
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+ ActiveSupport::Cache::NullStore.instrument = true
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should call cache miss" do
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+ Statify.statsd.should_receive(:increment).with('cache_miss', 1).once()
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+ Rails.cache.fetch("austin_lives_in_yo_specs") do
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+ "YOLO"
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+ end
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+ end
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+ it "should call cache hit" do
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+ Rails.cache.write("austin_lives_in_yo_specs", 'YOLO')
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+ Statify.statsd.should_receive(:increment).with('cache_hit', 1).once()
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+ Rails.cache.fetch("austin_lives_in_yo_specs") do
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+ "YOLO"
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require 'spec_helper'
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+ describe DummyController, :type => :controller do
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+ # Note the controller is empty so we are assured that the statsd this is calling is indeed the controller ones
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+ it "should receive timing" do
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+ Statify.statsd.should_receive(:timing).with(any_args()).at_least(3).times
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+ get :index
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+ end
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+ end
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+ # See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
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+ #
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+ # If you find yourself ignoring temporary files generated by your text editor
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+ # or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
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+ # git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
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+ # Ignore bundler config
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+ /.bundle
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+ # Ignore the default SQLite database.
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+ /db/*.sqlite3
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+ # Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
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+ source 'https://rubygems.org'
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+ gem 'rails', '3.2.12'
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+ # Bundle edge Rails instead:
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+ # gem 'rails', :git => 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git'
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+ gem 'sqlite3'
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+ gem 'statify', :path => '../../'
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+ gem "statsd-ruby", :require => "statsd"
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+ # Gems used only for assets and not required
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+ # in production environments by default.
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+ # group :assets do
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+ # gem 'sass-rails', '~> 3.2.3'
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+ # gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.1'
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+ # # See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
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+ # # gem 'therubyracer', :platforms => :ruby
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+ # gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3'
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+ # end
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+ # gem 'jquery-rails'
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+ # To use ActiveModel has_secure_password
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+ # gem 'jbuilder'
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+ # Use unicorn as the app server
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+ # gem 'unicorn'
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+ # gem 'capistrano'
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+ Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
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+ 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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+ == 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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+ 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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+ 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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+ == 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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+ 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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+ end
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+ end
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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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+ 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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+ debugger
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+ end
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+ end
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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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+ @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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+ | `-- tasks
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+ |-- log
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+ |-- public
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+ |-- script
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+ |-- test
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+ | |-- fixtures
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+ | |-- functional
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+ | |-- integration
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+ | |-- performance
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+ | `-- unit
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+ |-- tmp
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+ | |-- cache
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+ | |-- pids
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+ | |-- sessions
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+ | `-- sockets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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+ `-- stylesheets
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+ `-- plugins
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+ app
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+ Holds all the code that's specific to this particular application.
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+ app/assets
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+ Contains subdirectories for images, stylesheets, and JavaScript files.
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+ app/controllers
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+ Holds controllers that should be named like weblogs_controller.rb for
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+ automated URL mapping. All controllers should descend from
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+ ApplicationController which itself descends from ActionController::Base.
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+ app/models
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+ Holds models that should be named like post.rb. Models descend from
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+ ActiveRecord::Base by default.
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+ app/views
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+ Holds the template files for the view that should be named like
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+ weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use
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+ eRuby syntax by default.
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+ app/views/layouts
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+ Holds the template files for layouts to be used with views. This models the
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+ common header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout
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+ using the <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.html.erb.
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+ Inside default.html.erb, call <% yield %> to render the view using this
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+ layout.
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+ app/helpers
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+ Holds view helpers that should be named like weblogs_helper.rb. These are
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+ generated for you automatically when using generators for controllers.
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+ Helpers can be used to wrap functionality for your views into methods.
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+ config
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+ Configuration files for the Rails environment, the routing map, the database,
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+ and other dependencies.
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+ db
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+ Contains the database schema in schema.rb. db/migrate contains all the
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+ sequence of Migrations for your schema.
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+ doc
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+ This directory is where your application documentation will be stored when
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+ generated using <tt>rake doc:app</tt>
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+ lib
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+ Application specific libraries. Basically, any kind of custom code that
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+ doesn't belong under controllers, models, or helpers. This directory is in
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+ the load path.
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+ public
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+ The directory available for the web server. Also contains the dispatchers and the
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+ default HTML files. This should be set as the DOCUMENT_ROOT of your web
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+ server.
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+ script
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+ Helper scripts for automation and generation.
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+ test
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+ Unit and functional tests along with fixtures. When using the rails generate
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+ command, template test files will be generated for you and placed in this
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+ directory.
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+ vendor
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+ External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins
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+ subdirectory. If the app has frozen rails, those gems also go here, under
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+ vendor/rails/. This directory is in the load path.