Chitter-DMs

Database instructions

To start create 2 local databases, one called 'chitter-dms' and the other 'chitter-dms-test'

createdb chitter-dms
createdb chitter-dms-test

Then, to create and populate the tables run the following:

psql -h 127.0.0.1 chitter-dms < spec/create_tables.sql
psql -h 127.0.0.1 chitter-dms < spec/seeds.sql
psql -h 127.0.0.1 chitter-dms-test < spec/create_tables.sql
psql -h 127.0.0.1 chitter-dms-test < spec/seeds.sql

Flash Messages

Flash messages will dispay error/success messages dynamically dependant on the error it encounters and disply them at the top of the page.

require in gemfile and update

gem 'sinatra-flash'

add this line in the configure block of your application controller

register Sinatra::Flash

Add to top of the erb page in the body (or wherever you would like to render it).

<% flash.each do |type, message| %>
  <div data-alert class="flash <%= type %> alert-box radius">
    <%= message %>
    <a href="" class="close">&times;</a>
  </div>

In the app file, in the route block add this line when you want to render a message.

flash[:success] = "You have successfully logged in."

the 'flash' variable acts like a hash with key value pairs and will display the relevant message/s.