This is part 2 of a multi-part series. If you haven’t already, check out part 1.

Paying attention to workflow

The nice thing about using a model-view-controller design pattern within a CRUD (create, read, update, delete) application is that it is easy to jump into a workflow. First, you want to set up all of your models and their relationships. Then, you go back and forth between the views and controllers while creating each of the CRUD operations for your models. Sticking to this flow not only allows you to work efficiently, it also makes it easy to pick up where you left off.

What screws up my workflow is a basic html view. What’s the point of setting up routes with dynamic content if they all lead to ugly pages? I can’t help wanting to spruce up every page with CSS styling as I go. In general, I don’t think that’s a bad thing. It does become a problem, though, when I go down the rabbit hole and can’t remember where I left off. It also makes for some messy class/id assignments and stylesheets. This is why I think it’s so important to pay attention to workflow. I’m using this post as an opportunity to remind myself to stay on task. Feel free to learn from my mistakes.

Update & Updated Outline

I have spent a couple days working on this project now, and it is actually nearly complete! Since my last post, I made some changes to my outline to reflect what I have done so far. The last feature I need to add before debugging is the DELETE operation for users, artists and concerts. The updated outline is below. Completed features are indicated with an ‘x’.

Concertz Outline

MODELS

User

[x] has_many :artists

[x] has_many :concerts, through: :artists

[x] instance variables

email

password
	
username

[x] instance methods

 authenticate

Artist

[x] belongs_to :user

[x] has_many :concerts

[x] instance variables

name
	
bio

[x] instance methods

slug

[x] class methods

find_by_slug

Concert

[x] belongs_to :artist

[x] has_one :user, through: artist

[x] instance variables

concert_date

location

ticket_price
	
description

VIEWS

[x] index.erb - Show upcoming and past concerts

[x] layout.erb - layout template. Includes login/signup buttons if not logged in. If logged in, concerts sign out button.

Users

[x] login_user.erb - Login Page, includes form with email/password for login

[x] create_user.erb - Sign Up Page, includes form with email/password for sign up

[x] show_user.erb - show user information. Includes artists and concerts. Artists headers link to artist page. Include “create artists” button

[x] edit_user.erb - show form to edit user info, including username, email, password

Artists

[x] artists.erb - show listing of all artists.

[x] create_artist.erb - show form to create a new artist.

[x] show_artist.erb - Show artist info, list concerts belonging to artist. if current_user.id == @artist.user.id, include edit button and delete button and form to add concerts.

[x] edit_artist.erb - show form to edit artist

Concerts

[x] show_concert.erb - show info about a particular concert. If logged_in, include edit and delete buttons

[x] edit_concert.erb - show form to edit a particular concert

[x] create_concert.erb - show form to create a new concert

Note: concerts index is represented in the homepage

CONTROLLERS

ApplicationController

[x] GET '/' - Verify if logged_in. index.erb

[x] configure do

 set session secret
 
 set public_folder 
 
 set views

[x] helper methods

current_user
  
logged_in?

UsersController

[x] GET '/login' - Verify if logged_in. If true: login.erb. else: redirect to '/'.

[x] POST '/login' - authenticates login. if true: add user_id to session and redirect to '/'. if false: redirect to '/login'

[x] GET '/signup' - Verify if logged_in. If true: redirect to "/users/#{current_user.id}", else: create_user.erb

[x] POST '/signup' - authenticate signup. if true: create user, add user_id to session and redirect to '/'. if false: redirect to '/signup’.

[x] GET '/users/:id' - verify current_user.id matches params[:id]. If true: 'users/show_user.erb' . else: redirect to '/'.

[x] GET '/users/:id/edit - verify if logged_in && @user == current_user. If true: '/users/edit_user.erb'. else: redirect to '/login'

[x] PATCH '/users/:id - verify if logged_in && @user == current_user && @user.valid?. If true: @user.save updated information and redirect to "/users/#{@user.id}".

[x] GET '/logout' - verify if logged_in. If true: session.clear and redirect to '/'. else: redirect to '/'.

[ ] DELETE '/users/:id' - verify if logged_in && @user == current_user. If true: delete @user and all associated artists and concerts. Clear session and redirect to '/'. else: redirect to '/'.

ConcertsController

[x] GET '/concerts' - redirect to ‘/’

[x] GET '/concerts/new - verify if logged_in. If true: 'concerts/create_concert.erb'. else: redirect to '/'.

[x] GET '/concerts/:id' - 'concerts/show_concert.erb'

[!] POST '/concerts' - create new concert instance. If logged_in: proceed to validity check. else: redirect to '/'. If @concert.valid? && @concert.artist.valid? redirect to "/concerts/#{@concert.id}". else: redirect to '/concerts/new'.
Note: Just realized I’m missing a logged_in check here.

[x] GET '/concerts/:id/edit - if logged_in && current_user.concerts.include?(@concert): '/concerts/edit_concert.erb'

[x] PATCH '/concerts/:id' - edit concert. if logged_in && current_user.concerts.include?(@concert): @concert.save and redirect to "/concerts/#{@concert.id}". else: redirect to "/concerts/#{@concert.id}".

[ ] DELETE '/concerts/:id' - if logged_in && current_user.concerts.include?(@concert): delete concert. redirect to ‘/’

ArtistsController

[x] GET '/artists' - '/artists/artists.erb'

[x] GET '/artists/new - verify if logged_in `‘/artists/create_artist.erb

[x] POST '/artists' - verify if logged_in. create new Artist through user. redirect to "/artists/#{@artist.slug}". else: redirect to '/artists/new'

[x] GET '/artists/:slug' - Artist.find_by(slug: params[:slug]). '/artists/show_artist.erb'

[x] GET '/artists/:slug/edit' - verify if logged_in && current_user.artists.include?(@artist). '/artists/edit_artist.erb'.

[!] PATCH '/artists/:slug' - verify if logged_in, then proceed to validity check. If false: redirect to '/'. verify if @artist.valid? && current_user.artists.include?(@artist). update artist info. redirect to ‘/artists/:slug’` Note: Just realized I’m missing a logged_in check here.

[ ] DELETE '/artists/:slug' - verify if logged_in && current_user.artists.include?(@artist). delete artist and all associated concerts

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