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I''m a little stumped on how to approach the subject of representing relationships between a single model object. Basically, I want a User to be able to mark others as Friends, Contacts, etc. The caveat is that User A can mark User B as a Friend but that doesn''t mean User A is marked as a friend by User B. It can either be a one-way relationship or two-way relationship. Right

...and everybody is struggling with the globalization/localization. I''ve been monitoring the Japanese rails mailing list and there''s a Tokyo study group already drawing attention. I think they''re having their fourth meeting soon. There''s a couple toy applications out there and I believe cookpad.com is currently being rewritten with rails in the background.

i know it''s probably really simple, how do i work out someone''s age if i have their d.o.b. stored as a date in my db. cheers -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

It''s way past midnight and I''m about to go to sleep. I''m having doubts about my code now that I''m trying to test as I go. Now my model follows the pattern of the LineItem model in the rails book. Basically the User has one Group and this one Group has many Friends (polymorphic two-way as "befriender" and "befriended"--users). from

Apologies for such a basic question. I''ve wracked my brain on this a couple days so if anyone takes pity, please help me out. I''ve been looking at STI (Single Table Inheritance) at the Rails Wiki and decided to try it out. I got it working in the model and controllers but can''t figure out how to make a proper view that will take the values and add them into the

I''m a total newbie still plowing though people''s code and figuring things out in general. One of the things I''ve been looking at are plugins and engines. Although I''m a newbie, I reached the conclusion that either approach really leaves much to be desired (also, since I need to learn about the underlying code instead of borrowing). I totally agree with DHH

Sorry for the newbie question. I''d like to check out the Acts_as_authenticated plugin but have no idea how to conveniently set up the User Table in Mysql. I use a mac OSX, but how do I change the following code into a DB schema? def self.up create_table "add_authenticated_tables", :force => true do |t| t.column "login", :string, :limit =>

For a second I thought Active Reload was an exciting new Rails core framework. Just want to be the first to congratulate Rick and Justin on their new journey. A lot of us benefit from your code each and every day! http://activereload.net/2007/2/13/a-new-company-is-born http://digg.com/tech_news/Rails_Superstars_Rick_Olson_and_Justin_Palmer_Start_a_New_Company Sam

I kind of feel guilty for posting something like this since it''s kinda off topic but as a newbie I wanted to share with you some tips from Wil Shipley (of OMNI Group fame) geared towards the programmers starting out since I found it really relevant. Just to give you a taste: * The Way of the Code Samurai * Now, I don''t actually know much about real samurai, but the basic thing

Right now I have a controller for "events" that belong to a specific user. I only want the creator to be able to edit or delete the event. I''ve got the proper foreign keys set up. I''ve finally arrived at the point where I can take baby steps with code, but looks like my first steps are in flagrant violation of the DRY principle. Here''s what I have so far in

I''m still reading other people''s code and going over the books. As I was doing this a question sprang up in my mind. Is it wise for total newbies to attempt test driven development from the start? Basically, if you''re a newbie like me, chances are your tests might even be broken themselves. Or will attempting to write tests be good practice for actual coding as