connorpaulstauffer / railslite

RailsLite

Concept

RailsLite is a web server MVC framework inspired by the functionality of Rails complete with an ORM inspired by ActiveRecord.

Features

• Utilizes WEBrick as an HTTP web server
• ORM
  • Associations
    • belongs_to
    • has_many
    • has_one_through
  • Searchable module with Searchable#where method that handles multiple conditions
• Base controller class
  • Generates, saves, and validates form authenticity tokens
  • Utilizes metaprogramming send method to call appropriate action
• Flash class supports message generation on render and redirect
• Params class implements custom recursive my_deep_merge method to combine router URL params, query string params, and request body params
• Router class uses Regex to route url inputs to corresponding controller actions
• Session class stores cookies in browser to support session persistence
• Views utilize embedded ruby to generate html dynamically

Instructions

To run RailsLite, clone this repository into a local directory. cd into the directory. Run bundle install. Start the server with ruby bin/server.rb and navigate to localhost:3000/cats in your browser.

To customize the application, alter the sql script in cats.sql, the views, or the models or controllers in server.rb.