hoghug / animal_sightings

rails day 2: tracks sightings with species & regions, CRUD/L + Search

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The Forest Service is considering a proposal from a timber company to clear-cut an old-growth forest of virgin Douglas fir just outside of Portland. Before they give the go-ahead, they need to do an environmental impact study. They’ve asked you and your pair to build an app so that the rangers can report wildlife sightings.

Start out by letting users CRUD/L (create, read, update, destroy, list) species. Next, allow them to input a sighting of an animal, along with the date, time, and location. (Hint: a species has many sightings.) Add CRUD functionality for these sightings. Now, the area under consideration has been divided into several regions. Build out CRUD/L functionality for regions, and when a user reports a sighting, have them choose the region from a drop-down menu. (Hint: do a web search for html drop-down mdn.) Bonus: let users run reports to list all the sightings during a given time period. Write a form that looks something like this: Finally, let users narrow their reports down to a particular region.