WDI Progress Update - Trendmyhunch Project Launched, Feedback forms, 'What The Trend API', 'Google Visualization API', CSV to PSQL, Example Code

Challenges:

• Homework:  Email Production using SendGrid and ActionMailer, Feedback form (using Get Satisfaction, UserVoice), Review Github Code of other students 
• Want to Try: Redcarpet, Javascript tutorials
• Example Code #1 (using 'trends.format' JSON hash from What The Trend API):

              Testing Method: Pry

              Try it on My Website: Trendmyhunch (beta only so follow the instructions carefully!)

          New Method inside IdeasController.rb
          Modify Sample Google Visualization API code (obtained here)
         
          Please email me if interested..

• Example Code #2 (loading contents of .CSV files into PSQL database):

         Please email me if interested...

Progress @ General Assembly (GA):

• Rails (Markdown, Feedback forms, Google Analytics)
• API: What The Trend API, Google Visualization API
• Presentations: Trendmyhunch Project presented (feedback from Michael in UX class)
• Sublime Text 2: Sass text highlighting
• Chrome Extention: Dev HTTP Client

Contributions to Developer Community 

• Posted a link to this Blog on 'What the Trend API Google Group' sharing how to implement into Ruby on Rails and Google Visualization API

WDI Progress Update - Production, Bootstrap, CSV migrations

Challenges:

• App exploded when tried to install bootstrap, used Heroku clone to recover
• Searching databases and filtering selections
• Resolved absolute file paths not being recognised when uploading to Heroku. Fixed data migration files and relocated CSV files to the root directory. Compiled successfully with this code:

require 'fileutils'require 'csv' 

class AddIdeaData < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def up
filepath = Rails.root.join("ideas.csv")
# locate the csv file in your /public folder if File.exist?(filepath) CSV.foreach(filepath)do |col| Idea.create(:name => col[0].to_s, :description => col[1].to_s, :author => col[6].to_s, :url => col[7].to_s, :country => col[8].to_s) end else  raise "No file exists with name: #{filepath}" end  end
  def down   Idea.all.destroy # only with team permission  end
end

Progress @ General Assembly (GA):

• Rails (Authentication vs Authorisation, Static page controller, Custom controller methods using routing collections and members, Hidden form fields)
• Production (Heroku)
• Gems (Sanitise for customising Devise Authentication, Rails_12factor for production and images on Heroku)
• Agile (Daily Scrum meetings)
• Bootstrap themes

Contributions to Developer Community 

• Exciting ideas and concepts explored with the The Slippery Gypseas!
• Sydney Tech Startup Meetup on 6th Feb

Curious:

• Cancan (Authorisation)