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#Sinatra: Part 3

Objectives

Continue re-creating the student website as a dynamic web application using Sinatra and the Student Class you created in the Student Class DB lab.

• Add a route/controller for the students individual profile pages.

• Add the ERB template for the students individual profile pages.

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do this first:
http://www.codeschool.com/courses/try-jquery

include jquery in your layout
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

stackoverflow: how do i change options in dropdown with jquery?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1801499/how-to-change-options-of-select-with-jquery

<option> MDN https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/option

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# citibike Sinatra forms

Objectives

1. create a form in HTML
2. using ERB, populate a select element with options from a JSON file
3. understand how to use the name and value attributes to populate a params hash of user inputted data
4. create a route to respond to a post from the form
5. create instance variables from the params hash in your route so you can use it in a view
6. use embedded ruby to plot points on a map using javascript

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citibike REST

FIRST, read this. ... if you want to dig deep, this tutorial is also worthwhile.

Following the example laid out in the reading, create a RESTful resource for the citibike stations.

Resources

• https://github.com/aviflombaum/playlister-rb
• http://datamapper.org/docs/

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#Questions

** Questions should be answered with the simplest, most barebone solution possible.

###1. Arrays

array = ["Blake","Ashley","Jeff"]

a. Add a element to an array

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YRS NYC Presentations

##slid.es

• demo
• github

###THINGS TO INCLUDE:

• Team Name

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# app.rb

require 'bundler'
Bundler.require

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# app.rb

Dir.glob('./lib/*.rb') do |model|
  require model
end

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# app.rb

module Name #change 'NAME' to your project name
  class App < Sinatra::Application
  
  #...all the stuff! (or at least, most of it)
  
  end
end

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# config.ru

require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'app.rb')
run Name::App