v0.2 of Flash Helper Plugin

November 7th, 2005

Release 0.2 is now upon us. Release 0.1, described in Flash Helper Plugin – Flash Standardization was so broken as to be unusable. From bad requires, to invalid syntax and missing classes/modules, things looked pretty bleak.

Fortunately, things are better. Release 0.2 has no new features, but at least, it has the benefit of working.

Installation stays the same:

  • svn export http://opensvn.csie.org/flash_helper_plugin/tags/0.2 vendor/plugins/flash_helper
  • svn propset svn:externals vendor/plugins flash_helper http://opensvn.csie.org/flash_helper_plugin/tags/0.2 be very careful with this one
  • Download from RubyForge.org and unpack into vendor/plugins

Everyone, report any bugs and enjoy !

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Flash Helper Plugin - Flash Standardization

November 5th, 2005

Over on the Rails mailing list, Luke Randall is proposing that Rails applications and generators standardize on some keys for the flash:

This being a very good idea, here is an excerpt of his proposition:

Based on my own experiences, I’d suggest something along the lines of the following (the names are the best I can think of, anyone is welcome to suggest better ones):
  • :notice for positive feedback (action successful, etc)
  • :message for neutral feedback (reminders, etc)
  • :warning for negative feedback (action unsuccessful, error encountered, etc)

(emphasis mine)

In the spirit of open source, I started coding a new Rails plugin: the FlashHelperPlugin. With it, you will be able to do: 
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class UsersController < ApplicationController
  def authenticate
    if authenticated? then
      flash_success('Authenticated successfully')
      redirect_back_or_default :controller => 'home'
    else
      flash_failure('Failed authentication')
    end
  end
 
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<html>
<head>
  <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'scaffold', 'application',
      :media => 'all' %>
</head>
<body>
  <%= show_flash_messages %>
  <%= @content_for_layout %>
</body>
</html>

Actually, what I need now is a nudge to get the tests working. Also, WEBrick fails silently on startup with this plugin in vendor/plugins.

If you want to help, go on over to the flash_helper plugin project page for more information. Get started by checking out the code from Subversion.

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