I''m working with other people on a Rails project with a fairly "deep" set of interconnected data. This is the first time I''ve tried to discuss data organization with non-database-savvy folks (they know and understand the data we''re working with but are not familiar with sql concepts or rails associations). It would be really helpful if I had a tool that I could use to very easily create a graphic representation of what we have so far in terms of tables and associations. Anybody have a suggestion for a (hopefully free) tool for generating a graphical representation of this sort of info? Table contents would be good, but the primary thing is the tables and their associations graphed in a visually meaningful way. thanks, jp -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
HI Jeff, On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 20:00 +0100, Jeff Pritchard wrote:> I''m working with other people on a Rails project with a fairly "deep" > set of interconnected data. > > This is the first time I''ve tried to discuss data organization with > non-database-savvy folks (they know and understand the data we''re > working with but are not familiar with sql concepts or rails > associations). > > It would be really helpful if I had a tool that I could use to very > easily create a graphic representation of what we have so far in terms > of tables and associations. > > Anybody have a suggestion for a (hopefully free) tool for generating a > graphical representation of this sort of info? Table contents would be > good, but the primary thing is the tables and their associations graphed > in a visually meaningful way.I''d recommend you take a look at RailRoad (http://railroad.rubyforge.org/) as a starting point. HTH, Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Marnen Laibow-Koser
2010-Feb-05 22:16 UTC
Re: tool for visualizing schema and associations
bill walton wrote:> HI Jeff, > > On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 20:00 +0100, Jeff Pritchard wrote: >> of tables and associations. >> >> Anybody have a suggestion for a (hopefully free) tool for generating a >> graphical representation of this sort of info? Table contents would be >> good, but the primary thing is the tables and their associations graphed >> in a visually meaningful way. > > I''d recommend you take a look at RailRoad > (http://railroad.rubyforge.org/) as a starting point.That''s a good tool if you want to do this from the Rails classes. If instead you want to take the DB schema as a starting point, try SchemaSpy or Power*Architect.> > HTH, > BillBest, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Hi Jeff, have you tried Railroad? http://railroad.rubyforge.org/ Cheers, Roman On 5 Feb., 20:00, Jeff Pritchard <li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I''m working with other people on a Rails project with a fairly "deep" > set of interconnected data. > > This is the first time I''ve tried to discuss data organization with > non-database-savvy folks (they know and understand the data we''re > working with but are not familiar with sql concepts or rails > associations). > > It would be really helpful if I had a tool that I could use to very > easily create a graphic representation of what we have so far in terms > of tables and associations. > > Anybody have a suggestion for a (hopefully free) tool for generating a > graphical representation of this sort of info? Table contents would be > good, but the primary thing is the tables and their associations graphed > in a visually meaningful way. > > thanks, > jp > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
sorry, I''ve overseen, that you already got the proposition for railroad. Roman On 9 Feb., 22:14, wowo08 <rsladec...-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hi Jeff, > > have you tried Railroad? > > http://railroad.rubyforge.org/ > > Cheers, > Roman > > On 5 Feb., 20:00, Jeff Pritchard <li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > I''m working with other people on a Rails project with a fairly "deep" > > set of interconnected data. > > > This is the first time I''ve tried to discuss data organization with > > non-database-savvy folks (they know and understand the data we''re > > working with but are not familiar with sql concepts or rails > > associations). > > > It would be really helpful if I had a tool that I could use to very > > easily create a graphic representation of what we have so far in terms > > of tables and associations. > > > Anybody have a suggestion for a (hopefully free) tool for generating a > > graphical representation of this sort of info? Table contents would be > > good, but the primary thing is the tables and their associations graphed > > in a visually meaningful way. > > > thanks, > > jp > > -- > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
sorry, I''ve overseen, that you already got the proposition for railroad. Roman On 5 Feb., 20:00, Jeff Pritchard <li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I''m working with other people on a Rails project with a fairly "deep" > set of interconnected data. > > This is the first time I''ve tried to discuss data organization with > non-database-savvy folks (they know and understand the data we''re > working with but are not familiar with sql concepts or rails > associations). > > It would be really helpful if I had a tool that I could use to very > easily create a graphic representation of what we have so far in terms > of tables and associations. > > Anybody have a suggestion for a (hopefully free) tool for generating a > graphical representation of this sort of info? Table contents would be > good, but the primary thing is the tables and their associations graphed > in a visually meaningful way. > > thanks, > jp > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.