Class: QuickBaseContactsAppBuilder

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/QuickBaseContactsAppBuilder.rb

Overview

usage: ruby QuickBaseContactsAppBuilder.rb username password [useWorkPlace]. Creates a very simple Contacts database in QuickBase and a Rails app for it.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(username, password, useWorkPlace = nil) ⇒ QuickBaseContactsAppBuilder

Returns a new instance of QuickBaseContactsAppBuilder.



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# File 'lib/QuickBaseContactsAppBuilder.rb', line 20

def initialize(username,password,useWorkPlace=nil)
   begin
      if useWorkPlace
        @qbc = QuickBase::WorkPlaceClient.new(username,password)
      else  
        @qbc = QuickBase::Client.new(username,password)
      end
      
      raise @qbc.errtext if ! @qbc.requestSucceeded
    
     @useWorkPlace = useWorkPlace
     @username, @password = username,password
     
     @rails_appname = @username.downcase.gsub( /\W/, "_" )
     @rails_appname << "_contacts"
     @rootClassName = ""
     @rails_appname.split(/_/).each{|s| @rootClassName << s.capitalize }
     @modelClassName = @rootClassName.dup
     @modelClassName[-1] = ""
     @modelFileName = @rails_appname.dup
     @modelFileName[-1] = ""
     @modelFileName << ".rb"
     
     buildApp
   rescue StandardError => connectionError
      puts "\n\nError connectiong to #{ useWorkPlace ? 'workplace.intuit.com' : 'www.quickbase.com'}: #{connectionError}\n\n" 
   end      
end