Eduardo Mourao eduardordm

Build your own private, encrypted, open-source Dropbox-esque sync folder

Prerequisites:

One or more clients running a UNIX-like OS. Examples are given for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, although all software components are available for other platforms as well (e.g. OS X). YMMV
A cheap Ubuntu 12.04 VPS with storage. I recommend Backupsy, they offer 250GB storage for $5/month. Ask Google for coupon codes.

Software components used:

Unison for file synchronization
EncFS for folder encryption

Pushing data from Server to the Client using Faye, a Resque-Job and some JS

EDIT: Forgot to mention that you need Faye's JS in your client, so just add

<%= javascript_include_tag :defaults, "http://localhost:3000/stream.js" %>

to your application.html.erb!

Start server (and resque-worker) with rails s thin (and rake resque-work).
Go to the index page of your Controller

Proposal for Improving Mass Assignment

For a while, I have felt that the following is the correct way to improve the mass assignment problem without increasing the burden on new users. Now that the problem with the Rails default has been brought up again, it's a good time to revisit it.

Sign Allowed Fields

When creating a form with form_for, include a signed token including all of the fields that were created at form creation time. Only these fields are allowed.

To allow new known fields to be added via JS, we could add:

Railties 3.1 RC4

The new rake task assets:clean removes precompiled assets. [fxn]
Application and plugin generation run bundle install unless --skip-gemfile or --skip-bundle. [fxn]
Fixed database tasks for jdbc* adapters #jruby [Rashmi Yadav]
Template generation for jdbcpostgresql #jruby [Vishnu Atrai]

	'use strict';

	var couchapp = require('couchapp'),
	path = require('path'),
	ddoc = {
	_id: '_design/app',
	views: {},
	lists: {},
	shows: {},
	fulltext: {},

	# initializers/devise.rb

	config.omniauth :facebook, [APP_ID], [APP_SECRET]
	config.omniauth :facebook_app1, [APP_ID], [APP_SECRET], :iframe => true, :scope => 'publish_stream,offline_access,email'
	config.omniauth :facebook_app2, [APP_ID], [APP_SECRET], :iframe => true, :scope => 'publish_stream,offline_access,email'