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  1. data/MIT-LICENSE +20 -0
  2. data/README.md +181 -0
  3. data/Rakefile +26 -0
  4. data/lib/token_field/capybara/dsl.rb +25 -0
  5. data/lib/token_field/engine.rb +11 -0
  6. data/lib/token_field/form_builder.rb +150 -0
  7. data/lib/token_field/version.rb +3 -0
  8. data/lib/token_field.rb +3 -0
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data/MIT-LICENSE ADDED
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+ Copyright 2012 YOURNAME
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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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+ # TokenField
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+
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+ This gem add helper for form_for to Ruby on Rails 3.+
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+ form_for helper for token input with jquery token input plugin
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+ for has_many and belongs_to association
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+
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+ http://railscasts.com/episodes/258-token-fields
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+ http://loopj.com/jquery-tokeninput/
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+ https://github.com/foohey/jquery-tokeninput-rails
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+
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+ helper will render standard text field input with javascript.
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+ javascript will change standard input to token field input
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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 "jquery-tokeninput-rails" # dependency
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+ gem "token_field"
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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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+ ## Usage
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+
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+ ### Javascript include
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+
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+ //= require jquery.tokeninput
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+
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+ ### Stylesheet include
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+
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+ *= require token-input-facebook
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+
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+ ### belongs_to with token_input
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+
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+ usage for tree
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+
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+ we have a model Category like this
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+
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+ class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ attr_accessible :name, :parent_id
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+
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+ has_many :categories, :foreign_key => :parent_id
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+ belongs_to :parent, :foreign_key => :parent_id, :class_name => "Category"
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+
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+ # method for converting array of categories to array of hashes in format that token input accepts
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+ def self.token_json(items)
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+ items.map{|i| {:id => i.id, :name => i.name} }
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ we have action for responding for token input ajax calls, simple autocomplete
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+
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+ class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
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+
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+ # action for autocomplete
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+ def token
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+ @categories = Category.where("categories.name like ?", "%#{params[:q]}%")
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+ respond_to do |format|
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+ format.json { render :json => Category.token_json(@categories) }
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # rest of the class
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+ end
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+
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+ in routes we have route for token ajax call
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+
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+ MyApplication::Application.routes.draw do
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+ resources :categories do
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+ collection do
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+ get :token # route for token -> token_categories_path
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ then in view we call token_field with param :model => :category
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+
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+ <%= form_for @category do |f| %>
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+ <%= f.token_field :parent_id, :model => :category %>
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+ <% end %>
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+
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+ if there would be model Parent, we can omit :model parameter.
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+ for example in Product model like this
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+
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+ class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ belongs_to :category
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+ end
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+
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+ we can use this code in view
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+
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+ <%= form_for @product do |f| %>
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+ <%= f.token_field :category_id %>
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+ <% end %>
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+
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+ helper will allow you to enter only one element.
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+
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+ ### has_many with token_input
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+
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+ We can use token_input also for mapping categories to product
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+ we will use ActiveRecord method category_ids which be default return array of ids from association
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+ in model we have to change category_ids= method like this
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+
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+ class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ has_many :product_has_categories
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+ has_many :categories, :through => :product_has_categories
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+
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+ alias_method :category_ids_old=, :category_ids=
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+ def category_ids=(ids)
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+ ids = ids.split(",").map(&:to_i) if ids.is_a?(String)
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+ self.category_ids_old=ids
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+ end
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+
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+ # rest of the class...
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+ end
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+
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+ in view you will use attribute category_ids. token input will expected more than one category.
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+ so you can enter more than one category.
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+ <%= form_for @product do |f| %>
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+ <%= f.token_field :category_ids %>
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+ <% end %>
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+ if you want to use multiple token inputs on page, and id of element would be the same, you can user option :append_to_id.
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+ <%= form_for @product do |f| %>
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+ <%= f.token_field :category_ids, :append_to_id => :id %>
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+ <% end %>
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+
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+ if @product.id is present and for example "3" it will use this id and generate id of html input like this "product_categories_ids_3"
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+ if @product.id is nil id of html input will be "product_categories_ids"
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+ other value for :append_id option will be used like this
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+ <%= form_for @product do |f| %>
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+ <%= f.token_field :category_ids, :append_to_id => 5 %>
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+ <% end %>
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+ id of html input will be "product_categories_ids_5"
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+ ## Testing
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+ add support for helpers in rspec
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+ RSpec.configure do |config|
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+ config.include TokenField::Capybara::Dsl
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+ end
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+ ### test helpers for capybara
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+ filling token input
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+ fill_in "category_parent_id", :with => new_parent.id # standard input
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+ fill_in_token "category_parent_id", :with => "wood"
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+ clearing token input
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+ clear_token "category_parent_id"
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+ project is covered by integration tests. using rspec, capybara and selenium
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+ how to run test
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+ bundle # install dependency
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+ rake db:create
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+ rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=test
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+ rspec spec/
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+ ## Contributing
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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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+ ## Licence
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+ This project rocks and uses MIT-LICENSE.
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+ #!/usr/bin/env rake
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+ begin
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+ require 'bundler/setup'
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+ rescue LoadError
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+ puts 'You must `gem install bundler` and `bundle install` to run rake tasks'
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+ end
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+ begin
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+ require 'rdoc/task'
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+ rescue LoadError
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+ require 'rdoc/rdoc'
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+ require 'rake/rdoctask'
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+ RDoc::Task = Rake::RDocTask
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+ end
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+ RDoc::Task.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
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+ rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
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+ rdoc.title = 'TokenField'
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+ rdoc.options << '--line-numbers'
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+ rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README.rdoc')
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+ rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
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+ end
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+
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+ APP_RAKEFILE = File.expand_path("../spec/dummy/Rakefile", __FILE__)
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+ load 'rails/tasks/engine.rake'
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+ module TokenField
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+ module Capybara
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+ module Dsl
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+ def fill_in_token(id, options)
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+ fill_in "token-input-#{input_id(id, options)}", options
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+ sleep(1)
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+ find(".token-input-dropdown-facebook li").click
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+ end
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+
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+ def clear_token(id, options={})
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+ remove_buttons = page.all(:xpath, "//input[@id='#{input_id(id, options)}']/preceding-sibling::ul[@class='token-input-list-facebook'][last()]/descendant::span[@class='token-input-delete-token-facebook']")
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+ remove_buttons.each{ |button| button.click }
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def input_id(id, options)
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+ input_id = id
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+ element_id = options.delete(:element_id)
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+ input_id << "_#{element_id}" if element_id
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+ input_id
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module TokenField
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+ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
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+ isolate_namespace TokenField
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+
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+ initializer "token_field" do
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+ ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder.instance_eval do
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+ include TokenField::FormBuilder
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module TokenField
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+ module FormBuilder
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+ include ActionView::Helpers
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+
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+ #
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+ # form_for helper for token input with jquery token input plugin
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+ # for has_many and belongs_to association
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+ #
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+ # http://railscasts.com/episodes/258-token-fields
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+ # http://loopj.com/jquery-tokeninput/
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+ #
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+ # helper will render standard text field input with javascript.
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+ # javascript will change standard input to token field input
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+ #
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+ # EXAMPLE
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+ #
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+ # class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ # attr_accessible :name, :parent_id, :product_ids
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+ # has_many :products
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+ #
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+ # # method for converting array of categories to array of hashes in format that token input accepts
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+ # def self.token_json(items)
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+ # items.map{|i| {:id => i.id, :name => i.name} }
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+ # end
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+ # end
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+ #
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+ # class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ # attr_accessible :name, :category_id
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+ #
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+ # belongs_to :category
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+ # end
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+ #
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+ # class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
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+ #
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+ # # action for autocomplete
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+ # def token
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+ # @categories = Category.where("categories.name like ?", "%#{params[:q]}%")
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+ # respond_to do |format|
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+ # format.json { render :json => Category.token_json(@categories) }
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+ # end
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+ # end
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+ #
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+ # # rest of the class
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+ # end
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+ #
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+ # then in routes add route for token ajax call
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+ #
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+ # MyApplication::Application.routes.draw do
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+ # resources :categories do
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+ # collection do
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+ # get :token # route for token -> token_categories_path
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+ # end
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+ # end
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+ # end
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+ #
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+ # then in view we call token_field
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+ # token_field input will be default expects, that Category model exists
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+ # <%= form_for @product do |f| %>
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+ # <%= f.token_field :category_id %>
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+ # <% end %>
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+ #
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+ # possible options:
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+ #
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+ # in case the association roles where given like this
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+ #
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+ # class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ # belongs_to :cat, :class_name => 'Category', :foreign_key => :cat_id
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+ # end
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+ #
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+ # then right model need to be specified
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+ #
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+ # <%= f.token_field :cat_id, :model => :category %>
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+ #
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+ # We can use token_input also for mapping category to products
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+ # we will use ActiveRecord method product_ids which be default return array of ids from association
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+ # <%= form_for @category do |f| %>
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+ # <%= f.token_field :product_ids %>
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+ # <% end %>
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+ #
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+ # in model we have to change product_ids= method like this
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+ #
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+ # class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
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+ # has_many :products
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+ #
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+ # alias_method :product_ids_old=, :product_ids=
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+ # def product_ids=(ids)
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+ # ids = ids.split(",").map(&:to_i) if ids.is_a?(String)
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+ # self.product_ids_old=ids
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+ # end
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+ #
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+ # # rest of the class...
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+ # end
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+ def token_field(attribute_name, options = {})
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+ association_type = @object.send(attribute_name).respond_to?(:each) ? :many : :one
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+ model_name = (options[:model] || attribute_name.to_s.gsub(/_ids?/, "")).to_s
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+ association = attribute_name.to_s.gsub(/_ids?/, "").to_sym
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+ model = model_name.camelize.constantize
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+ token_url = options[:token_url]
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+ append_to_id = options[:append_to_id]
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+ token_limit = nil
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+ token_limit = 1 if association_type == :one
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+ if token_url.nil?
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+ token_url = "/#{model_name.pluralize}/token.json"
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+ end
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+ id = @object.send(:id)
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+ html_id = "#{@object_name}_#{attribute_name.to_s}"
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+ if append_to_id == :id && id
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+ html_id << "_#{id}"
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+ elsif append_to_id && append_to_id != :id
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+ html_id << "_#{append_to_id}"
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+ end
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+ value = nil
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+ data_pre = nil
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+ if association_type == :one && @object.send(association)
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+ data_pre = model.token_json([@object.send(association)]).to_json()
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+ value = @object.send(association).id
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+ elsif association_type == :many && @object.send(association.to_s.pluralize).count > 0
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+ data_pre = model.token_json(@object.send(association.to_s.pluralize)).to_json()
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+ value = @object.send(attribute_name).join(",")
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+ end
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+ on_add = options[:on_add] ? "#{options[:on_add]}" : "false"
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+ on_delete = options[:on_delete] ? "#{options[:on_delete]}" : "false"
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+ text_field("#{attribute_name}", "data-pre" => data_pre, :value => value, :id => html_id)+
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+ javascript_tag("
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+ jQuery.noConflict();
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+ jQuery(function() {
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+ jQuery('##{html_id}').tokenInput('#{token_url}', {
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+ crossDomain: false,
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+ tokenLimit: #{token_limit.nil? ? "null" : token_limit.to_i},
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+ preventDuplicates: true,
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+ prePopulate: jQuery('##{attribute_name}').data('pre'),
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+ theme: 'facebook',
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+ hintText: '"+t('helpers.token_field.hint_text')+"',
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+ searchingText: '"+t('helpers.token_field.searching_text')+"',
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+ noResultsText: '"+t('helpers.token_field.no_results_text')+"',
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+ onAdd: "+on_add+",
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+ onDelete: "+on_delete+"
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+ });
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+ });
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+ ")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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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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+
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+ In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping
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+ layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
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+ database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic
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+ methods. You can read more about Active Record in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html.
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+
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+ The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both
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+ layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers
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+ are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is
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+ unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much
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+ more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of
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+ Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.
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+
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+
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+ == Getting Started
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+
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+ 1. At the command prompt, create a new Rails application:
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+ <tt>rails new myapp</tt> (where <tt>myapp</tt> is the application name)
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+
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+ 2. Change directory to <tt>myapp</tt> and start the web server:
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+ <tt>cd myapp; rails server</tt> (run with --help for options)
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+
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+ 3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and you'll see:
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+ "Welcome aboard: You're riding Ruby on Rails!"
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+
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+ 4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application. You can find
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+ the following resources handy:
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+
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+ * The Getting Started Guide: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html
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+ * Ruby on Rails Tutorial Book: http://www.railstutorial.org/
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+
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+
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+ == Debugging Rails
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+
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+ Sometimes your application goes wrong. Fortunately there are a lot of tools that
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+ will help you debug it and get it back on the rails.
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+
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+ First area to check is the application log files. Have "tail -f" commands
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+ running on the server.log and development.log. Rails will automatically display
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+ debugging and runtime information to these files. Debugging info will also be
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+ shown in the browser on requests from 127.0.0.1.
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+
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+ You can also log your own messages directly into the log file from your code
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+ using the Ruby logger class from inside your controllers. Example:
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def destroy
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+ @weblog = Weblog.find(params[:id])
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+ @weblog.destroy
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+ logger.info("#{Time.now} Destroyed Weblog ID ##{@weblog.id}!")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ The result will be a message in your log file along the lines of:
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+ Mon Oct 08 14:22:29 +1000 2007 Destroyed Weblog ID #1!
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+
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+ More information on how to use the logger is at http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/
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+
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+ Also, Ruby documentation can be found at http://www.ruby-lang.org/. There are
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+ several books available online as well:
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+
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+ * Programming Ruby: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ (Pickaxe)
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+ * Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (a beginners guide)
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+
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+ These two books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language and also on
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+ programming in general.
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+
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+
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+ == Debugger
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+
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+ Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your
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+ Mongrel or WEBrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of
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+ execution at any point in the code, investigate and change the model, and then,
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+ resume execution! You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging
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+ mode. With gems, use <tt>sudo gem install ruby-debug</tt>. Example:
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+
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def index
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+ @posts = Post.all
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+ debugger
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ So the controller will accept the action, run the first line, then present you
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+ >> @posts.inspect
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+ => "[#<Post:0x14a6be8
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+ @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>,
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+ #<Post:0x14a6620
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+ @attributes={"title"=>"Rails", "body"=>"Only ten..", "id"=>"2"}>]"
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+ >> @posts.first.title = "hello from a debugger"
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+ => "hello from a debugger"
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+
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+ ...and even better, you can examine how your runtime objects actually work:
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+
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+ >> f = @posts.first
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+ => #<Post:0x13630c4 @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>
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+ >> f.
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+ Display all 152 possibilities? (y or n)
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+
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+ Finally, when you're ready to resume execution, you can enter "cont".
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+
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+
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+ == Console
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+
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+ The console is a Ruby shell, which allows you to interact with your
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+ application's domain model. Here you'll have all parts of the application
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+ configured, just like it is when the application is running. You can inspect
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+ domain models, change values, and save to the database. Starting the script
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+ without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ To start the console, run <tt>rails console</tt> from the application
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+ directory.
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+ Options:
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+ * Passing the <tt>-s, --sandbox</tt> argument will rollback any modifications
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+ made to the database.
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+ * Passing an environment name as an argument will load the corresponding
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+ environment. Example: <tt>rails console production</tt>.
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+
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run
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+ <tt>reload!</tt>
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+ More information about irb can be found at:
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+ link:http://www.rubycentral.org/pickaxe/irb.html
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+
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+
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+ == dbconsole
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+
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+ You can go to the command line of your database directly through <tt>rails
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+ dbconsole</tt>. You would be connected to the database with the credentials
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+ defined in database.yml. Starting the script without arguments will connect you
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+ to the development database. Passing an argument will connect you to a different
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+ database, like <tt>rails dbconsole production</tt>. Currently works for MySQL,
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+ PostgreSQL and SQLite 3.
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+
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+ == Description of Contents
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+
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+ The default directory structure of a generated Ruby on Rails application:
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+
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+ |-- app
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | |-- images
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+ | |-- javascripts
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+ | `-- stylesheets
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+ | |-- controllers
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+ | |-- helpers
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+ | |-- mailers
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+ | |-- models
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+ | `-- views
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+ | `-- layouts
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+ |-- config
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+ | |-- environments
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+ | |-- initializers
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+ | `-- locales
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+ |-- db
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+ |-- doc
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+ |-- lib
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+ | `-- tasks
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+ |-- log
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+ |-- public
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+ |-- script
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+ |-- test
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+ | |-- fixtures
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+ | |-- functional
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+ | |-- integration
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+ | |-- performance
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+ | `-- unit
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+ |-- tmp
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+ | |-- cache
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+ | |-- pids
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+ | |-- sessions
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+ | `-- sockets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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+ `-- stylesheets
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+ `-- plugins
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+
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+ app
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+ Holds all the code that's specific to this particular application.
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+
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+ app/assets
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+ Contains subdirectories for images, stylesheets, and JavaScript files.
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+
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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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+
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+ app/models
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+ Holds models that should be named like post.rb. Models descend from
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+ ActiveRecord::Base by default.
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+ app/views
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+ Holds the template files for the view that should be named like
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+ weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use
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+ eRuby syntax by default.
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+
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+ app/views/layouts
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+ Holds the template files for layouts to be used with views. This models the
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+ common header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout
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+ using the <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.html.erb.
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+ Inside default.html.erb, call <% yield %> to render the view using this
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+ layout.
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+
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+ app/helpers
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+ Holds view helpers that should be named like weblogs_helper.rb. These are
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+ generated for you automatically when using generators for controllers.
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+ Helpers can be used to wrap functionality for your views into methods.
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+
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+ config
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+ Configuration files for the Rails environment, the routing map, the database,
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+ and other dependencies.
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+
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+ db
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+ Contains the database schema in schema.rb. db/migrate contains all the
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+ sequence of Migrations for your schema.
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+
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+ doc
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+ This directory is where your application documentation will be stored when
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+ generated using <tt>rake doc:app</tt>
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+
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+ lib
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+ Application specific libraries. Basically, any kind of custom code that
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+ doesn't belong under controllers, models, or helpers. This directory is in
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+ the load path.
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+
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+ public
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+ The directory available for the web server. Also contains the dispatchers and the
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+ default HTML files. This should be set as the DOCUMENT_ROOT of your web
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+ server.
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+
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+ script
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+ Helper scripts for automation and generation.
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+
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+ test
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+ Unit and functional tests along with fixtures. When using the rails generate
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+ command, template test files will be generated for you and placed in this
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+ directory.
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+
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+ vendor
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+ External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins
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+ subdirectory. If the app has frozen rails, those gems also go here, under
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+ vendor/rails/. This directory is in the load path.
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+ #!/usr/bin/env rake
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+ # Add your own tasks in files placed in lib/tasks ending in .rake,
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+ # for example lib/tasks/capistrano.rake, and they will automatically be available to Rake.
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+
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+ require File.expand_path('../config/application', __FILE__)
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+ Dummy::Application.load_tasks