Project 4 Dumping Data online with rails

Due By 11:59pm Friday Nov 30th

Introduction:

In this project you will get a feel for a limited Ruby on Rails project, putting live data on "the web."

Details:

Due to technical issues, we are going to be using a limited form of Ruby on Rails on csdev01. Each of you will grab a copy of the file
~jsantore/rubyProjStart.zip and copy it into your own home directory on csdev01. Unzip the file and you will find a rails implementation.

You can run your server with ruby script/server from within your rails folder.

You will need to use the ruby prefix on the other commands

e.g. ruby script/generate controller hello index

to generate a controller. (this one already exists though.

You will need to run the server on a specific port so that you don't start colliding with one another. Please use a port number equal to 3100 + the number that is beside your name line on the signup sheet outside of my office. (so the person who had the first presentation would work on port 3101 and so on till about 3120 for the person with the last line)

eg from the rails folder:

script/server -p 3101

You will have to test your app using konqueror on csdev01 itself. The college seems to be blocking almost all ports on that machine, so you won't be able to view your app from elsewhere.

Application Details:

You need to write an application that can store data in a comma separated values file and display them on the web. The content of the file can be whatever (PG rated or otherwise appropriate) information you want to talk about.

You need to make sure you meet the following extra criteria:

There should be a way for users to add additional data from the rails application

a username/handle should be stored with each record added. (however since this is a quick project, there is no requirement to do logins or other authentication)

Users should be able to show or hide each of the fields while displaying the records (hiding that field hides it for all records)
Users should be able to sort in two ways

display only records which meet a particular criteria
display all records, ordered by some displayed field.

there should be at least 4 fields of data per record (not including book keeping like the handle of the person who created it)

Make sure you submit the csv file with your submission in the right spot.

Submission

The usual readme.txt which must include:

Your name
Directions for running your program including the port number
A description of what this application does (what data does it store and how do I use it.)
anything that isn't quite done.

Then zip up the whole directory and submit it using the online submission.