jhjguxin

In this article, I'll walk through a basic Rails (3.2.x) setup for creating a nested resource for two models. Nested resources work well when you want to build out URL structure between two related models, and still maintain a RESTful convention. This code assumes you are running RVM to manage Ruby/Gem versions, and Git for version control.

Creating a new Rails project

$ mkdir family # create rvm gemset 
$ echo "rvm use --create ruby-1.9.2@family" > family/.rvmrc 
$ cd family # install rails 
$ gem install rails # create new rails project 
$ rails new . # version control 

bgreenlee

# mysql-style output for an array of ActiveRecord objects
#
# Usage:
#   report(records)  # displays report with all fields
#   report(records, :field1, :field2, ...) # displays report with given fields
#
# Example:
# >> report(records, :id, :amount, :created_at)
# +------+-----------+--------------------------------+
# | id   | amount    | created_at                     |