Game Review Zone (update)

royalterminal_ — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:45:30 +0000

GRZ Updated

Gaming Review Zone (GRZ - Pronounced as Gears) is a simple web app where you can create reviews about video games. I've created and built this project with Sinatra so I thought upgrading the code in Rails would be great idea!

The Process

I worked with Ruby on Rails along with ActiveRecord. I used devise to create my User class which added all of my user authentication.

I've created my Reviews and Games class and formed the has_many, belongs_to, and has_many_through relationship between them. I've added validations and a custom validation.

# app > models > game.rb

  has_many :reviews
  has_many :users, through: :reviews

  validates :title, presence: true, uniqueness: true
  validates :title, length: { maximum: 35 }
  validate :is_title_case

  def is_title_case
    if title.split.any?{|w|w[0].upcase != w[0]}
      errors.add(:title, "must be in title case")
    end
  end

I've added Omniauth to the authentication system so users can be able to sign in with Google. I've added all of the necessary nested and non-nested routes in the config/routes directory.

# nested route

 resources :games do 
    resources :reviews, only: [:new, :show]
  end

Overall

Being so comfortable with Sinatra, transitioning to Rails was a little tough. After working on this project, I was able to grasp it more. There's still so much to learn, but once again I've proved to myself that I can stick through.
JavaScript here I come! ✨

Chapter 3 completed 🎉

~ RoyalTerminal 👩🏾‍💻

// LEARN. LOVE. CODE. ♥

Gaming Review Zone

royalterminal_ — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 03:54:12 +0000

Built my first web application using Ruby

Gaming Review Zone (GRZ - Pronounced as Gears) is a simple website where you can create reviews about video games. As a gamer, I thought this concept for my first web app would be perfect!

The process

To keep it short and simple, Sinatra is one of the web frameworks I used along with ActiveRecord and SQLite. To start my skeleton, I used the corneal gem to generate the base of the application with all of my models, views, and controllers.

I populated the database with my users, reviews, and upvotes table and formed has_many and belongs_to relationships between them. I implemented authentication/authorization for log in, log out functions and confirming the users identity. I added all of the necessary routes to all 4 controllers (application, reviews, sessions, users) and the necessary html for my views.

`.build` Method

The build method was something that was confusing to me. After searching high and low for examples, I finally have an idea on what it does.

build works the same as new, the only difference is build instantiates the object's associations while new only instantiates the object. For example:

#tux

test = Review.new(game_title: "test", body: "test")

=> #<Review id: nil, user_id: nil, game_title: "test", body: "test", upvotes: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>

Notice how our user_id is nil

@test = test.build_user(email: "test@test.com", username: "testy", password: "12345678")

=> #<User id: nil, email: "test@test.com", username: "testy", password_digest: "$2a$12$9AuPJRVMMaKCiNmHy7YUl.ncgA5YN5Cvj9lFhp/c1ho...">

Note: I'm using `build_user` since this is a `belongs_to` relationship and not a `has_many` relationship. Using `test.user.build` will give you a `NoMethodError`

If I do `user.build_review(game_title: "test", body: "test")` I will get an `NoMethodError` as well, but `user.reviews.build(game_title: "test", body: "test")` will work since it's a `has_many` relationship.

@test.save
=> true

@test
#<User id: 17, email: "test@test.com", username: "testy", password_digest: "$2a$12$w9Xx3M5/5pz57GKaOQl9e.WMTVZ2nKHsqDjoWWd6fCb...">

Note: `build` only returns the created object without saving it.

Now they are associated. build is just a neat way of associating your objects.

Overall

I had a few tweaks and hiccups, but altogether, working on the project wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. This is my second project, and since the first one, I've improved very much. I've spent more time working on cosmetics than the code itself, I've learned a lot, did tons of research, and had support to help me through the build.

I know there's still a lot to learn, but working on this project definitely opened my eyes a little. I feel proud of myself for sticking through and not giving up. I'm fully ready to upgrade to Rails!

DEV Community: royalterminal_

Game Review Zone (update)

GRZ Updated

The Process

Overall

Chapter 3 completed 🎉

~ RoyalTerminal 👩🏾‍💻

// LEARN. LOVE. CODE. ♥

Gaming Review Zone

Built my first web application using Ruby

The process

`.build` Method

Note: I'm using `build_user` since this is a `belongs_to` relationship and not a `has_many` relationship. Using `test.user.build` will give you a `NoMethodError`

If I do `user.build_review(game_title: "test", body: "test")` I will get an `NoMethodError` as well, but `user.reviews.build(game_title: "test", body: "test")` will work since it's a `has_many` relationship.

Note: `build` only returns the created object without saving it.

Overall

Chapter 2 Completed 🎉

~ RoyalTerminal 👩🏾‍💻

// LEARN. LOVE. CODE. ♥

DEV Community: royalterminal_

Game Review Zone (update)

GRZ Updated

The Process

Overall

Chapter 3 completed 🎉

~ RoyalTerminal 👩🏾‍💻

// LEARN. LOVE. CODE. ♥

Gaming Review Zone

Built my first web application using Ruby

The process

.build Method

Note: I'm using build_user since this is a belongs_to relationship and not a has_many relationship. Using test.user.build will give you a NoMethodError

If I do user.build_review(game_title: "test", body: "test") I will get an NoMethodError as well, but user.reviews.build(game_title: "test", body: "test") will work since it's a has_many relationship.

Note: build only returns the created object without saving it.

Overall

Chapter 2 Completed 🎉

~ RoyalTerminal 👩🏾‍💻

// LEARN. LOVE. CODE. ♥

`.build` Method

Note: I'm using `build_user` since this is a `belongs_to` relationship and not a `has_many` relationship. Using `test.user.build` will give you a `NoMethodError`

If I do `user.build_review(game_title: "test", body: "test")` I will get an `NoMethodError` as well, but `user.reviews.build(game_title: "test", body: "test")` will work since it's a `has_many` relationship.

Note: `build` only returns the created object without saving it.