i setup ruby on rails on a redhat 9 system tonight. i dove into a beginners tutorial on how to make a cookbook interfacing to mysql.
i setup a new rails app.
i configured the mysql connection info.
i created the table in mysql.
i added what essentially is a new object for a recipe, along with another line of code.
i may be missing a simple step or 2, .. but basically after i tweaked some configs and added a couple lines of code, i had a fully functional editor for recipes. list/edit/add/remove.
it detected the field types and made the appropriate input boxes for each field.
i then added a 'categories' table. my object was named "category" and it knows to associate a 'category' with the 'categories' table. same with the 'recipe' object and the table named 'recipes'
all i could do was laugh. it was sort of amusing and i was thinking that this is cool and all, but it seems like it does too much for me.
well, .. i guess it does too much for you by default .. and then you have to tell it what you want to customize. by the end of the tutorial i can see a bit further into how much more it can be customized .. but i have a feeling i have barely wet my feet.
i'm not 100% sold yet, .. but i'm looking forward to learning more.
here's the tutorial i followed:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2...ls.html?page=1