integrating the calendar widget with a real events model. Amazing how…

… trivial this was.

.gitignore

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 .bundle
 db/*.sqlite3
+db/schema.rb
 log/*.log
 tmp/

app/controllers/events_controller.rb

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+class EventsController < ApplicationController
+  # GET /events
+  # GET /events.xml
+  def index   
+    @events = Event.scoped  
+    @events = @events.after(params['start']) if (params['start'])
+    @events = @events.before(params['end']) if (params['end'])
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html # index.html.erb
+      format.xml  { render :xml => @events }
+      format.json  { render :json => @events }
+    end
+  end
+
+  # GET /events/1
+  # GET /events/1.xml
+  def show
+    @event = Event.find(params[:id])
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html # show.html.erb
+      format.xml  { render :xml => @event }
+    end
+  end
+
+  # GET /events/new
+  # GET /events/new.xml
+  def new
+    @event = Event.new
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html # new.html.erb
+      format.xml  { render :xml => @event }
+    end
+  end
+
+  # GET /events/1/edit
+  def edit
+    @event = Event.find(params[:id])
+  end
+
+  # POST /events
+  # POST /events.xml
+  def create
+    @event = Event.new(params[:event])
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      if @event.save
+        format.html { redirect_to(@event, :notice => 'Event was successfully created.') }
+        format.xml  { render :xml => @event, :status => :created, :location => @event }
+      else
+        format.html { render :action => "new" }
+        format.xml  { render :xml => @event.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # PUT /events/1
+  # PUT /events/1.xml
+  def update
+    @event = Event.find(params[:id])
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      if @event.update_attributes(params[:event])
+        format.html { redirect_to(@event, :notice => 'Event was successfully updated.') }
+        format.xml  { head :ok }
+      else
+        format.html { render :action => "edit" }
+        format.xml  { render :xml => @event.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # DELETE /events/1
+  # DELETE /events/1.xml
+  def destroy
+    @event = Event.find(params[:id])
+    @event.destroy
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html { redirect_to(events_url) }
+      format.xml  { head :ok }
+    end
+  end
+end

app/helpers/events_helper.rb

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+module EventsHelper
+end

app/models/event.rb

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+class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
+
+  scope :in_range, lambda {|start_time, end_time| {:conditions => ["starts_at > ? and ends_at < ?", start_time, end_time] }}
+
+  scope :before, lambda {|end_time| {:conditions => ["ends_at < ?", Event.format_date(end_time)] }}
+  scope :after, lambda {|start_time| {:conditions => ["starts_at > ?", Event.format_date(start_time)] }}
+
+  # need to override the json view to return what full_calendar is expecting.
+  # http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/docs/event_data/Event_Object/
+  def as_json(options = {})
+    {
+      :id => self.id,
+      :title => self.title,
+      :description => self.description || "",
+      :start => "#{self.starts_at.iso8601}",
+      :end => "#{self.ends_at.iso8601}",
+      :allDay => self.all_day,
+      :recurring => false,
+      :url => Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.event_path(id)
+    }
+
+  end
+
+
+  def self.format_date(date_time)
+    Time.at(date_time.to_i).to_formatted_s(:db)
+  end
+
+end

app/views/calendar/index.html.erb

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+<%= link_to "new event", new_event_path %>
+
 <div id='calendar'></div>
 

app/views/events/_form.html.erb

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+<%= form_for(@event) do |f| %>
+  <% if @event.errors.any? %>
+    <div id="error_explanation">
+      <h2><%= pluralize(@event.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this event from being saved:</h2>
+
+      <ul>
+      <% @event.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
+        <li><%= msg %></li>
+      <% end %>
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+  <% end %>
+
+  <div class="field">
+    <%= f.label :title %><br />
+    <%= f.text_field :title %>
+  </div>
+  <div class="field">
+    <%= f.label :starts_at %><br />
+    <%= f.datetime_select :starts_at %>
+  </div>
+  <div class="field">
+    <%= f.label :ends_at %><br />
+    <%= f.datetime_select :ends_at %>
+  </div>
+  <div class="field">
+    <%= f.label :all_day %><br />
+    <%= f.check_box :all_day %>
+  </div>
+  <div class="field">
+    <%= f.label :description %><br />
+    <%= f.text_area :description %>
+  </div>
+  <div class="actions">
+    <%= f.submit %>
+  </div>
+<% end %>

app/views/events/edit.html.erb

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+<h1>Editing event</h1>
+
+<%= render 'form' %>
+
+<%= link_to 'Show', @event %> |
+<%= link_to 'Back', events_path %>

app/views/events/index.html.erb

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+<h1>Listing events</h1>
+
+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <th>Title</th>
+    <th>Starts at</th>
+    <th>Ends at</th>
+    <th>All day</th>
+    <th>Description</th>
+    <th></th>
+    <th></th>
+    <th></th>
+  </tr>
+
+<% @events.each do |event| %>
+  <tr>
+    <td><%= event.title %></td>
+    <td><%= event.starts_at %></td>
+    <td><%= event.ends_at %></td>
+    <td><%= event.all_day %></td>
+    <td><%= event.description %></td>
+    <td><%= link_to 'Show', event %></td>
+    <td><%= link_to 'Edit', edit_event_path(event) %></td>
+    <td><%= link_to 'Destroy', event, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete %></td>
+  </tr>
+<% end %>
+</table>
+
+<br />
+<%= link_to 'view calendar', calendar_index_path %>
+<br/>
+<%= link_to 'New Event', new_event_path %>

app/views/events/new.html.erb

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+<h1>New event</h1>
+
+<%= render 'form' %>
+
+<%= link_to 'Back', events_path %>

app/views/events/show.html.erb

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+<p id="notice"><%= notice %></p>
+
+<p>
+  <b>Title:</b>
+  <%= @event.title %>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  <b>Starts at:</b>
+  <%= @event.starts_at %>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  <b>Ends at:</b>
+  <%= @event.ends_at %>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  <b>All day:</b>
+  <%= @event.all_day %>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  <b>Description:</b>
+  <%= @event.description %>
+</p>
+
+
+<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_event_path(@event) %> |
+<%= link_to 'Back', events_path %>

config/routes.rb

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 Calendar::Application.routes.draw do
+  resources :events
+
   get "calendar/index"
 
   # The priority is based upon order of creation:
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   # just remember to delete public/index.html.
   # root :to => "welcome#index"
 
+  root :to => "calendar#index"
+
   # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes"
 
   # This is a legacy wild controller route that's not recommended for RESTful applications.

db/migrate/20110409023947_create_events.rb

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+class CreateEvents < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table :events do |t|
+      t.string :title
+      t.datetime :starts_at
+      t.datetime :ends_at
+      t.boolean :all_day
+      t.text :description
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    drop_table :events
+  end
+end