My first Hobo application: My Library

Hello, just as I have published the previous article about Hobo, discovering the full featured rails over layer framework, I can't wait to publish my first test: creating a very simple Web Application to manage a library.

The first step is just to provide an interface to list all my books

So please, follow the guide !

Installation of the framework

Just run the following command in your prefered terminal (gnome-terminal for example in Ubuntu):

sudo gem install rails

sudo gem install hobo

sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby -v=1.2.3

sudo apt-get install sqlite3

First App

Now we are going to create our first Hobo application

hobo MyLibrary

focus in the just create app directory

cd MyLibrary

And now create our first datamodel : a book modelisation

script/generate hobo_model_resource book title:string author:string year:integer resume:text note:integer

now, we are going to create this model persistence into the default sqlite3 database

script/generate hobo_migration

(choose the 'm' option)

Ok, done. now run the rails server (WebBrick):

script/server

browser on http://localhost:3000/

Look at the title of the application :"My Library" ! Just because we call our project "MyLibrary" (without any space), Hobo kindly titled our welcome page with a beautiful "My Library" in a plain old good english.

Identify yourself by creating the first user account which will act as administrator for this new application.

And now start playing with your books collection !

1. your first connection to "My Library"