Rails - Jun 2007 - ActiveBudget - Track your money and learn Rails

I''ve worked as a freelance Rails developer for the past 6 months.
Switching from a cushy salary to hourly work forced me to reevaluate my
finances.  Developing a budget came easily to me, but tracking my
spending was annoying. I also needed a way to record my work across a
number of jobs. The convergence of these needs lead to ActiveBudget.

ActiveBudget is the software I use every day to track my spending,
income, and hours worked. It works so well for me, I wanted to share it
with the world.

Everyone has their own way of handling a budget. I''ve put together a
quick screencast to show how ActiveBudget works for me. I''ve tried my
best to make ActiveBudget applicable to everyone.
http://activebudget.org/screencast

Even if ActiveBudget isn''t for you, I''ve decided to release it
as open
source. If you''re a new Rails developer and would like to see the
insides of a production app, ActiveBudget has a lot to offer.

What can you learn from ActiveBudget?  Some general concepts:
  * REST design with integrated API
  * Test Driven Development
  * Using Flash to create graphs
  * Deploying with Capistrano

And some technical pain points:
  * Handling time zones
  * User authentication with an API
  * Securing ActiveRecord associations
  * ActiveRecord migrations
  * Using the RedBox lightbox
  * Rendering calendars

So check it out and let me know what you think.  I have a hosted version
up at http://activebudget.org or you can check out the project on Google
code. http://code.google.com/p/activebudget/

Getting the source is easy:

  svn checkout http://activebudget.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
activebudget

I''m not a designer, so it could certainly use a nice CSS treatment.
It''s
also far from feature complete. I plan to add SMS text messaging and
more reporting in the future.  I''m committed to making ActiveBudget
well
documented, so if you find yourself having questions, let me know and
I''ll do my best to clarify.

Jordan
http://jordan.mckible.com

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Hey Jordan,

Way to go!
I wanted to implement my tracking exactly the same way!
So you saved my time, and earned a great respect from me!


Thanks a loooot!


All the Best!
Sergey.


Jordan McKible wrote:
> I''ve worked as a freelance Rails developer for the past 6 months.
> Switching from a cushy salary to hourly work forced me to reevaluate my
> finances.  Developing a budget came easily to me, but tracking my
> spending was annoying. I also needed a way to record my work across a
> number of jobs. The convergence of these needs lead to ActiveBudget.
>
>   

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> Getting the source is easy:
> 
>   svn checkout http://activebudget.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
> activebudget
> 
> 
It''s not easy for me,
I don''t know how to download the source code

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gino wrote:
>> Getting the source is easy:
>> 
>>   svn checkout http://activebudget.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
>> activebudget
>> 
>> 
> It''s not easy for me,
> I don''t know how to download the source code
Do you have Subversion?


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Jordan McKible wrote:
> gino wrote:
>>> Getting the source is easy:
>>> 
>>>   svn checkout http://activebudget.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
>>> activebudget
>>> 
>>> 
>> It''s not easy for me,
>> I don''t know how to download the source code
> 
> Do you have Subversion?
Yes I do
never uesed it though
I guess, it''s the time to learn,
where to I start ?

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>> Do you have Subversion?
> 
> Yes I do
> never uesed it though
> I guess, it''s the time to learn,
> where to I start ?
From the command line enter:

svn co http://activebudget.googlecode.com/svn/trunk activebudget

That will ''checkout'' or download the code from the server and
put it in
a directory called ''activebudget'' in whatever directory you
happen to be
in.

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> svn co http://activebudget.googlecode.com/svn/trunk activebudget
> 
> That will ''checkout'' or download the code from the server
and put it in
> a directory called ''activebudget'' in whatever directory
you happen to be
> in.
Thanks, that was easier than what I  thought

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I have looked at screencast.
Nice work. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Regards,
Ernad

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Looks very nice Jordan.

Thanks
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Thanks for the feedback everyone.  I have to admit I''ve let the code 
slip a bit since I released it six months ago.  I made the mistake of 
adding Edge Rails as a svn external rather than using Piston.  There are 
also some bugs that have emerged, so I''ll see if I can''t clean
everything up.
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This is awesome! Thanks. I''m looking forward to learning how you used
flash to create those charts.

On Jan 12, 11:40 am, Jordan McKible
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback everyone.  I have to admit I''ve let the
code
> slip a bit since I released it six months ago.  I made the mistake of
> adding Edge Rails as a svn external rather than using Piston.  There are
> also some bugs that have emerged, so I''ll see if I can''t
clean
> everything up.
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> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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