tylerlong/follow_example

example of user following user, article, event...etc

follow example

example of user follow user, article, event...etc.

notes

1. user follow user is interesting

how to setup

require "followable"
include Followable

insert sample data

rails c

user = User.create(name: "Tyler Long")
user2 = User.create(name: "Peter Lau")
article = user.articles.create(name: "Rails rocks")
event = user.events.create(name: "RubyCon")

how to use

rails c

user.follow(article)
user.follow(event)
user.follow(user2)
user2.follow(user)

article.followers
event.followers
user.followers
user2.followers

user.followed_articles
user.followed_events
user.followed_users
user2.followed_users

user.followed? article
user.followed_by? user2
user2.followed? event
event.followed_by? user
event.followed_by? user2

user.followers
user.followed_by?(user2)
user2.unfollow(user)
user.followers
user.followed_by?(user2)

dive into

user.followships.create(followable: article)
user.followships.create(followable: event)
user.followships.create(followable: user2)
user2.followships.create(followable: user)

article.followedships
event.followedships
user.followedships
user2.followedships
user.followships
user2.followships


followship = Followship.first
followship.followable
followship.user

todo list

1. make it a ruby gem
2. release it to rubygems.org
3. write documents
4. make the User model name configurable
5. generator for db migration
6. turn "include Followable" to "followable" and no require statement needed
7. include follow and unfollow controller actions to support ajax?