Miles Z. Sterrett mileszs

Indy.rb November 2012 Hackfest Idea

What

Microframework Hack-off

Wat

We would split into several small groups. Each group would be assigned a different web micro-framework to use to build a blog (or something else, but everyone should be building the same thing). After X amount of time (1 hour?), each group will discuss with the other groups what they liked or did not like about their micro-framework.

General

Upgrade to the latest Rails (from 3.1 -> 3.2.x)
Improve tests, and their coverage (mileszs started here)
In-place edit the "what's happening" blurb
attr_accessible ... Whoops.
Use indyhackersapi.herokuapp.com for calendar on the front page.

Job Board

Get rid of the animation thing; just load stuff, like in olden times.
Make it work well on mobile devices; integrate Skeleton

	# Just wanted to clarify my points at the meetup last night.
	#
	# There were two different issues intertwined:
	# (1) Whether to use extend or "include as extend"
	# (2) When using "include as extend", what is the simplest way to achieve the goal?
	#
	# My personal opinion is that the answer to (1) is "extend", not "include as extend", but that
	# is just my personal opinion. My answer to (2) is a more empirical question.

	# Using the "extend" approach. Again, I personally prefer the simplicity of this approach, but

	// This requires dotjs
	// http://defunkt.io/dotjs/
	$('#dashboard .news').hide();
	$('#your_repos').css('float', 'left');
	$("ul.tabs li a:contains('News Feed')").text("Repos");

	# This file should contain all the record creation needed to seed the database with its default values.
	# The data can then be loaded with the rake db:seed (or created alongside the db with db:setup).
	#
	# Examples:
	#
	# cities = City.create([{ :name => 'Chicago' }, { :name => 'Copenhagen' }])
	# Mayor.create(:name => 'Daley', :city => cities.first)

	user = User.create(
	:name => 'Magic Johnson',

	Gem::Specification.new do \|s\|
	s.name = 'factory_combiner'
	s.version = '0.1.0'
	s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
	s.author = 'Miles Z. Sterrett'
	s.email = 'miles@mileszs.com'
	s.summary = 'Factory Combiner'
	s.description = 'Combine auto-generated factory files into a single file.'

	s.files = ['factory_combiner.rb']

	class ThingsController < ApplicationController
	before_filter :load_thing, :except => :index

	def index
	# ...
	end

	def show
	# ...
	end

	# Let's say current_user = the currently logged in user

	def update
	user = User.find(params[:id])
	if current_user.superadmin?
	# this is adding stuff to the user's metaclass, which doesn't affect any other User objects
	class << user
	attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :this, :that, :superadmin
	end
	end

	<form method="get" action="/input">
	<input type="text" name="input" />
	<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
	</form>

	# US English translations for Ruby on Rails
	#
	# Use this as the base for the locale file of your language.

	# Things in a "formats" section for date or time can be called
	# like `Date.today.to_s(:short_us)`, without creating an
	# initializer to merge the stuffs.

	en:
	date: