Added random_topics rake task

* Run 'rake myapp:load:random_topics'
* Bundle file update (ffaker, random_data)

README.md

@@ -26,24 +26,35 @@ Quick Start (aka TL;DR)
 
 (clone the repo):
 
-* cd lottadot-restkit-ios-rails3-1-advanced
+```console
+cd lottadot-restkit-ios-rails3-1-advanced
+```console
 
 (update the git submodule that points to Restkit):
 
-* git submodule update --init --recursive
+```console
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+```console
 
 (start the rails app in a terminal window):
 
-* cd ldtrkpoc2svr
+```console
+cd ldtrkpoc2svr
+```console
 
 (if you use RVM:)
-* rvm use ruby-1.9.2-p290@ldtrkpoc2svr
+```console
+rvm use ruby-1.9.2-p290@ldtrkpoc2svr
+```console
+
 (If you see something like 'report_activate_error' you'll have to do 'gem install rails'. If you see something about gemset doesn't exist, then follow rvm's instructions to install the new gemset (ie rvm --create use ruby-1.9.2-p290@ldtrkpoc2svr ), and don't forget to 'gem install rails' when it's finished.)
 
-* bundle install
-* rake db:migrate
-* rake db:seed
-* rails s
+```console
+bundle install
+rake db:migrate
+rake db:seed
+rails s
+```console
 
 Open a web browser and open [http://lvh.me:3000/](http://lvh.me:3000/)
 
@@ -58,6 +69,15 @@ You should see
 
 If you press the 'add one' button it should contact the website, create a new Topic on the website. After creating it should update the UITableView so you see the new Topic.
 
+---
+###Optional
+
+If you'd like to "load test", you can generate random-topic-data (default is 150 records) Run:
+
+```console
+rake myapp:load:random_topics
+```console
+
 ---
 ###TODO
 

ldtrkpoc2svr/Gemfile

@@ -35,3 +35,6 @@ group :test do
   gem 'turn', :require => false
   gem "minitest"
 end
+
+gem 'ffaker'
+gem 'random_data'

ldtrkpoc2svr/Gemfile.lock

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ GEM
     erubis (2.7.0)
     execjs (1.2.12)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
+    ffaker (1.12.1)
     hike (1.2.1)
     i18n (0.6.0)
     jquery-rails (1.0.19)
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ GEM
       rdoc (~> 3.4)
       thor (~> 0.14.6)
     rake (0.9.2.2)
+    random_data (1.5.2)
     rdoc (3.12)
       json (~> 1.4)
     sass (3.1.12)
@@ -111,9 +113,11 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   coffee-rails (~> 3.1.1)
+  ffaker
   jquery-rails
   minitest
   rails (= 3.1.1)
+  random_data
   sass-rails (~> 3.1.4)
   sqlite3
   turn

ldtrkpoc2svr/lib/tasks/load.rake

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3782177/rake-task-to-add-default-data
+# RAILS_ENV="development" rake myapp:data:load
+# problems? try RAILS_ENV="development" rake myapp:data:load --trace
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../config/environment')
+
+namespace :myapp do
+  namespace :load do
+
+    # Swiped from ActiveRecord migrations.rb
+    def announce(message)
+      length = [0, 75 - message.length].max
+      puts "== %s %s" % [message, "=" * length]
+    end
+
+    desc "Creates n number random topics using the Random Data gem, defaults to 150"
+    task :random_topics, [:n] => :environment do |t, args|
+      begin
+        n = args.n.to_i < 1 ? 150 : args.n.to_i
+        require 'ffaker'
+        require 'random_data' 
+        time = Benchmark.measure do    
+          n.times do |i|
+            topictitle = Faker::Company.name
+            topicbody  = Faker::Lorem.paragraph
+
+            catch do
+             t = Topic.new(:title => topictitle, :body => topicbody)
+             t.save!
+              puts "%6d: %15s" % [(i+1), t.title]
+            end
+          end
+        end
+        announce "Loaded %6d topics in (%2dm %2.0fs)" % [n, *time.real.divmod(60)]      
+      rescue LoadError
+        puts "This rake task requires random_data.  To install, run this command:\n\n  sudo gem install random_data\n\n"
+      end      
+    end
+  end
+end