similar to: model mixin module madness

I want to be able to write a script in Ruby which regularly consumes an XML feed from a fixed source, re-formats it, produces a large file for web delivery, and updates a database with the contained information. It''s simple - just running a script from a cron job, and some basic data manipulation... But I''d prefer to use the Rails database mapping constructs than roll my

I have a pretty simple model, articles and users. class Article belongs_to :user end class User has_many :articles end In my unit tests I want to ensure that the associations work properly. What''s the best way to do this? The obvious thing to do is a test in each model. # user_test.rb def test_add_post u = users(:first) before_articles = u.articles.count u.articles

In my User auth scheme I have a userlevel. I''ve overloaded the User class operators like this: def >(item) if item.class == "User" self.userlevel > item.userlevel else self.userlevel > item end end (other operators are overloaded in essentially the same way). As I understand it, using the operator ">" inside the overloaded

@products["car"] is not being recognized in my tests: class ProductsControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase fixtures :products def test_view_product post :view_product, :id=>@products["car"].id assert_template "view_product" ... end end products.yml : car: id:1 name:test Does anyone have any idea why its not working? Im having to do

Hello everyone. I am not sure if this is the right place to post, please redirect me if there is a mailinglist more specifically dealing with prototype.js. After playing around with the very inspiring prototype library I have found a rather annoying thing, that makes the usefulness of the Enumerable mixin for Hashes questionable, if I am not totally wrong (again :-). Here an example:

It seems to me that Validations are quite useful for many objects, even ones having nothing to do with ActiveRecord. Common examples are Contact Us forms, multi-step forms, web service paramater validations, etc. I took a look at the source for Validations, and it seems that it is very independent from ActiveRecord. I caught only three depenedencies: 1. validates_numericy --> depends on

The file column plug-in is great, but there is a problem with it. Well, two... But the other is well documented now. :^) Consider a time when you''ve created a CMS for a client and it''s been in use for over a year. Say 1500+ images have been uploaded so far. Now the client comes back with a simple request... ''Can you change the thumbnail size to 80/90, rather than

Hi, I just put together a little mixin to provide pseudo-RESTful services in camping apps. Basically, it looks for a hidden _verb field in form posts, and sets the @method to the supplied value (e.g. put or delete - which browsers don''t support). This lets you define put and delete methods in your controllers. Groovy. Code: http://pastie.caboo.se/22613 Is there any permanent repo of

Hi folks, Can anyone share some accumulated wisdom about the best way to spec mixins in general, and (Jamis Buck-style) ActiveRecord "concerns" in particular? The standard situation here is that there''s a bunch of functionality, related by concept if not by implementation, that one wants to inherit in many different classes (e.g. ActiveRecord models) without having to

Can you somehow create a test that contains methods that relate to the methods in the controller that is being tested? Thanks Chris -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

According to the book, @timesheets["first_timesheet"] should be accesible from within my functional test, but its not! Timesheets.yml : first_timesheet: status: 2 start_date: 2006-04-24 cost: 10 employee: 444 id: 10683 charge: 20 My Test : class AdminTimesheetsControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase fixtures :timesheets def test_viewTimesheet get

Hello everyone! Sorry, if it''s stupid question, but I can''t figure out how to do this. I have a set of statements, for example, ''login page should have a link to register new user'' and ''login page should have a link to password recovery''. How do I transform it into tests? Where it should go? It does not look like functional tests or

This is a bit of a nuby question methinks but i''ve had a play/search around and it''s just bugging me now :0) Say I have a conditional statement, testing a variable against a number of values. The first way i did this is like so: if myvar != "" and myvar != 0 and myvar != nil # .. code end This seems a bit messy - is there neater way of doing this? I thought of:

If I can get root access, I''ll use version control for deployment as well... It beats ftp and scp hands down for speed. Setting up a repository on a remote server means I get automatic off-site backup as part of the development cycle, and deployment/site update is as simple as a three word command line entry. Small changes on remote test sites can be made with Vim (or your *nix

Hi! Definite newbie here - I''m working through this like-hate relationship with Ruby and Rails right now... sometimes things work really well (like blobs seem to rock) but other times, I dunno! :-) Anyway, I''d like put in create and update user timestamps on all my primary domain tables and allow them to be updated automatically by ActiveRecord. Coming from Hibernate, I just

Hello At the start of October, Duane Johnson announced the Query mixin plugin on this list. The code was attached to the announcement email. Unfortunately, I''ve not been able to locate the attached code. Goggle has not helped me this time. Could somebody forward it to me? Thanks in advance Harvey This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by MessageLabs.

I want to include common auditing functionality in my models. This involves storing the changes made to a model in a seperate table : I have created the functions in an Audit module : module Audit before_update :before_changes after_update :after_changes def before_changes old=self.class.find(id).attributes @changes=[] attributes.each do |key, val| if val != old[key]

Hi, all, I need to DRY up some code in a few models. My first inclination, having come from the Java world, was to go with an abstract class. After a bit of reading, I then decided to follow the mixin route instead. Now I''m running into trouble, most likely from a few basic misunderstandings. There are three models I will be using to average and count rating data by executing a

so as to not reinvent the wheel, are there any exisiting examples or mixins for a star rating system? basically what i''m looking to do is show pictures of local models which will be voted on by users, and the model with the most votes will get her photo in a calendar. anyone able to point me in the right direction... tutorials, code, whatever would be greatly appreciated! -A --

Hey all, I have two models in my rails project that share a lot of traits. They each have the same 4 properties, and now I need to add 2-3 methods to each one that will be the same. In the spirit of DRY I am looking for a solution to write these methods only once. Both of these models already inherit from ActiveRecord . . . and I didn''t know if it was safe to just "whip up" a