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diff --git a/railties/doc/guides/html/creating_plugins.html b/railties/doc/guides/html/creating_plugins.html index 3fa7bff260..023a4ddbab 100644 --- a/railties/doc/guides/html/creating_plugins.html +++ b/railties/doc/guides/html/creating_plugins.html @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ ul#navMain { <a href="#_add_a_controller">Add a controller</a> </li> <li> - <a href="#_create_a_tt_squawk_info_for_tt_view_helper">Create a <tt>squawk_info_for</tt> view helper</a> + <a href="#_add_a_helper">Add a helper</a> </li> <li> <a href="#_add_a_custom_route">Add a Custom Route</a> @@ -1330,79 +1330,56 @@ http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> </tt></pre></div></div>
<div class="para"><p>Now your test should be passing, and you should be able to use the Woodpeckers controller in your app. If you add a route for the woodpeckers controller you can start up your server and go to <a href="http://localhost:3000/woodpeckers">http://localhost:3000/woodpeckers</a> to see your controller in action.</p></div>
</div>
-<h2 id="_create_a_tt_squawk_info_for_tt_view_helper">8. Create a <tt>squawk_info_for</tt> view helper</h2>
+<h2 id="_add_a_helper">8. Add a helper</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="para"><p>Creating a view helper is a 3-step process:</p></div>
-<div class="ilist"><ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Add an appropriately named file to the <em>lib</em> directory.
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p>
-Require the file and hooks in <em>init.rb</em>.
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p>
-Write the tests.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul></div>
-<div class="para"><p>First, create the test to define the functionality you want:</p></div>
-<div class="para"><p><strong>vendor/plugins/yaffle/test/view_helpers_test.rb</strong></p></div>
+<div class="para"><p>This section describes how to add a helper named <em>WoodpeckersHelper</em> to your plugin that will behave the same as a helper in your main app. This is very similar to adding a model and a controller.</p></div>
+<div class="para"><p>You can test your plugin's helper as you would test any other helper:</p></div>
+<div class="para"><p><strong>vendor/plugins/yaffle/test/woodpeckers_helper_test.rb</strong></p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 2.9
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<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">require</span></span> File<span style="color: #990000">.</span>dirname<span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">__FILE__</span></span><span style="color: #990000">)</span> <span style="color: #990000">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">'/test_helper.rb'</span>
-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">include</span></span> YaffleViewHelper
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">include</span></span> WoodpeckersHelper
-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">class</span></span> ViewHelpersTest <span style="color: #990000"><</span> Test<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Unit<span style="color: #990000">::</span>TestCase
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> test_squawk_info_for_should_return_the_text_and_date
- time <span style="color: #990000">=</span> Time<span style="color: #990000">.</span>now
- hickwall <span style="color: #990000">=</span> Hickwall<span style="color: #990000">.</span>new
- hickwall<span style="color: #990000">.</span>last_squawk <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"Hello World"</span>
- hickwall<span style="color: #990000">.</span>last_squawked_at <span style="color: #990000">=</span> time
- assert_equal <span style="color: #FF0000">"Hello World, #{time.to_s}"</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> squawk_info_for<span style="color: #990000">(</span>hickwall<span style="color: #990000">)</span>
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">class</span></span> WoodpeckersHelperTest <span style="color: #990000"><</span> Test<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Unit<span style="color: #990000">::</span>TestCase
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> test_tweet
+ assert_equal <span style="color: #FF0000">"Tweet! Hello"</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> tweet<span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"Hello"</span><span style="color: #990000">)</span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
</tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="para"><p>Then add the following statements to init.rb:</p></div>
-<div class="para"><p><strong>vendor/plugins/yaffle/init.rb</strong></p></div>
+<div class="para"><p>This is just a simple test to make sure the helper is being loaded correctly. After watching it fail with <tt>rake</tt>, you can make it pass like so:</p></div>
+<div class="para"><p><strong>vendor/plugins/yaffle/lib/yaffle.rb:</strong></p></div>
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<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 2.9
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http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
-<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">require</span></span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"view_helpers"</span>
-ActionView<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Base<span style="color: #990000">.</span>send <span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">include</span></span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> YaffleViewHelper
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #990000">%</span>w<span style="color: #FF0000">{</span> models controllers helpers <span style="color: #FF0000">}</span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>each <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">do</span></span> <span style="color: #990000">|</span>dir<span style="color: #990000">|</span>
+ path <span style="color: #990000">=</span> File<span style="color: #990000">.</span>join<span style="color: #990000">(</span>File<span style="color: #990000">.</span>dirname<span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">__FILE__</span></span><span style="color: #990000">),</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">'app'</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> dir<span style="color: #990000">)</span>
+ <span style="color: #009900">$LOAD_PATH</span> <span style="color: #990000"><<</span> path
+ ActiveSupport<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Dependencies<span style="color: #990000">.</span>load_paths <span style="color: #990000"><<</span> path
+ ActiveSupport<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Dependencies<span style="color: #990000">.</span>load_once_paths<span style="color: #990000">.</span>delete<span style="color: #990000">(</span>path<span style="color: #990000">)</span>
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
+
+ActionView<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Base<span style="color: #990000">.</span>send <span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">include</span></span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> WoodpeckersHelper
</tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="para"><p>Then add the view helpers file and</p></div>
-<div class="para"><p><strong>vendor/plugins/yaffle/lib/view_helpers.rb</strong></p></div>
+<div class="para"><p><strong>vendor/plugins/yaffle/lib/app/helpers/woodpeckers_helper.rb:</strong></p></div>
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<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 2.9
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-<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">module</span></span> YaffleViewHelper
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> squawk_info_for<span style="color: #990000">(</span>yaffle<span style="color: #990000">)</span>
- returning <span style="color: #FF0000">""</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">do</span></span> <span style="color: #990000">|</span>result<span style="color: #990000">|</span>
- result <span style="color: #990000"><<</span> yaffle<span style="color: #990000">.</span>read_attribute<span style="color: #990000">(</span>yaffle<span style="color: #990000">.</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">class</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>yaffle_text_field<span style="color: #990000">)</span>
- result <span style="color: #990000"><<</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">", "</span>
- result <span style="color: #990000"><<</span> yaffle<span style="color: #990000">.</span>read_attribute<span style="color: #990000">(</span>yaffle<span style="color: #990000">.</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">class</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>yaffle_date_field<span style="color: #990000">).</span>to_s
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">module</span></span> WoodpeckersHelper
+
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> tweet<span style="color: #990000">(</span>text<span style="color: #990000">)</span>
+ <span style="color: #FF0000">"Tweet! #{text}"</span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
+
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
</tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="para"><p>You can also test this in script/console by using the <tt>helper</tt> method:</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="content">
-<pre><tt>$ ./script/console
->> helper.squawk_info_for(@some_yaffle_instance)</tt></pre>
-</div></div>
+<div class="para"><p>Now your test should be passing, and you should be able to use the Woodpeckers helper in your app.</p></div>
</div>
<h2 id="_add_a_custom_route">9. Add a Custom Route</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
diff --git a/railties/doc/guides/source/creating_plugins/helpers.txt b/railties/doc/guides/source/creating_plugins/helpers.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..51b4cebb01 --- /dev/null +++ b/railties/doc/guides/source/creating_plugins/helpers.txt @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +== Add a helper == + +This section describes how to add a helper named 'WoodpeckersHelper' to your plugin that will behave the same as a helper in your main app. This is very similar to adding a model and a controller. + +You can test your plugin's helper as you would test any other helper: + +*vendor/plugins/yaffle/test/woodpeckers_helper_test.rb* + +[source, ruby] +--------------------------------------------------------------- +require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/test_helper.rb' +include WoodpeckersHelper + +class WoodpeckersHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase + def test_tweet + assert_equal "Tweet! Hello", tweet("Hello") + end +end +--------------------------------------------------------------- + +This is just a simple test to make sure the helper is being loaded correctly. After watching it fail with `rake`, you can make it pass like so: + +*vendor/plugins/yaffle/lib/yaffle.rb:* + +[source, ruby] +---------------------------------------------- +%w{ models controllers helpers }.each do |dir| + path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'app', dir) + $LOAD_PATH << path + ActiveSupport::Dependencies.load_paths << path + ActiveSupport::Dependencies.load_once_paths.delete(path) +end + +ActionView::Base.send :include, WoodpeckersHelper +---------------------------------------------- + + +*vendor/plugins/yaffle/lib/app/helpers/woodpeckers_helper.rb:* + +[source, ruby] +---------------------------------------------- +module WoodpeckersHelper + + def tweet(text) + "Tweet! #{text}" + end + +end +---------------------------------------------- + +Now your test should be passing, and you should be able to use the Woodpeckers helper in your app. diff --git a/railties/doc/guides/source/creating_plugins/index.txt b/railties/doc/guides/source/creating_plugins/index.txt index 67e6aec39c..19484e2830 100644 --- a/railties/doc/guides/source/creating_plugins/index.txt +++ b/railties/doc/guides/source/creating_plugins/index.txt @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ include::models.txt[] include::controllers.txt[] -include::view_helper.txt[] +include::helpers.txt[] include::custom_route.txt[] diff --git a/railties/doc/guides/source/creating_plugins/view_helper.txt b/railties/doc/guides/source/creating_plugins/view_helper.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4eaec93824..0000000000 --- a/railties/doc/guides/source/creating_plugins/view_helper.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,61 +0,0 @@ -== Create a `squawk_info_for` view helper == - -Creating a view helper is a 3-step process: - - * Add an appropriately named file to the 'lib' directory. - * Require the file and hooks in 'init.rb'. - * Write the tests. - -First, create the test to define the functionality you want: - -*vendor/plugins/yaffle/test/view_helpers_test.rb* - -[source, ruby] ---------------------------------------------------------------- -require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/test_helper.rb' -include YaffleViewHelper - -class ViewHelpersTest < Test::Unit::TestCase - def test_squawk_info_for_should_return_the_text_and_date - time = Time.now - hickwall = Hickwall.new - hickwall.last_squawk = "Hello World" - hickwall.last_squawked_at = time - assert_equal "Hello World, #{time.to_s}", squawk_info_for(hickwall) - end -end ---------------------------------------------------------------- - -Then add the following statements to init.rb: - -*vendor/plugins/yaffle/init.rb* - -[source, ruby] ---------------------------------------------------------------- -require "view_helpers" -ActionView::Base.send :include, YaffleViewHelper ---------------------------------------------------------------- - -Then add the view helpers file and - -*vendor/plugins/yaffle/lib/view_helpers.rb* - -[source, ruby] ---------------------------------------------------------------- -module YaffleViewHelper - def squawk_info_for(yaffle) - returning "" do |result| - result << yaffle.read_attribute(yaffle.class.yaffle_text_field) - result << ", " - result << yaffle.read_attribute(yaffle.class.yaffle_date_field).to_s - end - end -end ---------------------------------------------------------------- - -You can also test this in script/console by using the `helper` method: - ---------------------------------------------------------------- -$ ./script/console ->> helper.squawk_info_for(@some_yaffle_instance) ---------------------------------------------------------------- |