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Ruby ruby ruby…
As my friends in high places have been talking about Ruby for a long long time now, I thought I might take a look at installing a Ruby based app on one of our servers. Sure, I could have hosted it on Heroku or similar (as I know people that know people), but I tend to do stuff in-house as China often decides to arbitrarily block useful 3rd party services at the drop of a hat.
Looked fairly simple I thought.
Bzzzt, wrong. (This is a bit of a diatribe, but hey, I have to whine somehow 😉 )
Seems Ruby has a little bit to go in terms of friendliness.
First up, was to follow the fairly simple instructions for installing the App I chose – (Kandan).
My first issue was this –
Installing eventmachine (0.12.10) with native extensions
Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb
extconf.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)
from extconf.rb:1
Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/eventmachine-0.12.10 for inspection.
Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/eventmachine-0.12.10/ext/gem_make.out
An error occurred while installing eventmachine (0.12.10), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install eventmachine -v '0.12.10'` succeeds before bundling.
Hmm, mkmf, whats that?
No idea, lets take a quick look at apt-cache.
Ok, so looks like we need ruby headers to compile.
A quick look google shows that at RubyForge shows that this has been an issue since oh, at least 2005.
http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?thread_id=4161&forum_id=4050
Perhaps a nicer message might be – “Hey, I see you don’t have the ruby development headers installed, install some”, and maybe even download them.
Even Perl is more user friendly than that when it comes to missing libraries, and Perl is famous for being obscure.
Once I overcame that minor hurdle, the installer trundled away merrily, and failed on the next message
Gem::InstallError: cloudfuji_paperclip requires Ruby version >= 1.9.2.
An error occurred while installing cloudfuji_paperclip (3.0.3), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install cloudfuji_paperclip -v '3.0.3'` succeeds before bundling.
Debian has Ruby 1.91, and Ruby 1.8 in stable.
*and* the previous compiled gem (eventmachine) required 1.8 specifically.
I’m already smelling versionitis…
[more wizened geeks will say apologetic things like:
#1 ah, but yes there is rb!
– Yes, but I’m coming at this from a fresh angle, and I don’t necessarily know about that.
#2 This is quite debian specific!
– Yes, but it is a rather major distro..
]
Lets see whats available from testing repo.
apt-cache search -t testing ^ruby | grep 1.9
...
ruby1.9.1 - Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby
ruby1.9.1-dev - Header files for compiling extension modules for the Ruby 1.9.1
ruby1.9.1-examples - Examples for Ruby 1.9
ruby1.9.1-full - Ruby 1.9.1 full installation
ruby1.9.3 - Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby, version 1.9.3
Ok, so 1.9.3 should do it, lets install that.
apt-get install -t testing ruby1.9.3
Re-run the Bundle installer, and…
Installing cloudfuji_paperclip (3.0.3)
Gem::InstallError: cloudfuji_paperclip requires Ruby version >= 1.9.2.
An error occurred while installing cloudfuji_paperclip (3.0.3), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install cloudfuji_paperclip -v '3.0.3'` succeeds before bundling.
Hmm…
Lets double check.
> ruby --version
ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20 revision 35410) [x86_64-linux]
Lets see. Ruby 1.9.3 >= 1.9.2 in my math book, so wtf.
I can even install it fine manually, via “gem install cloudfuji_paperclip -v ‘3.0.3’” so its really full of poop.
I decide to take a different tack –
Looking at the gems folder though, I don’t see the gem libraries for 1.9.3 there, so I guess Ruby is full of crap again, and lying about the error, although then why does building the gem manually NOT fail. Sigh.
I decided to take the rvm route
https://rvm.io -> curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable –ruby
then
source /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh
(still need to add to apache www-data group, but first lets get this compiled)
rvm trundled away and installed 1.9.3 gems, so that *finally* cloudfuji_paperclip wasn’t bitching.
…and we get to the next error.
An error occurred while installing pg (0.12.2), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install pg -v '0.12.2'` succeeds before bundling.
I run that manually, and
gem install pg -v '0.12.2'
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing pg:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p374/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for pg_config... no
No pg_config... trying anyway. If building fails, please try again with
--with-pg-config=/path/to/pg_config
checking for libpq-fe.h... no
Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header
apt-get install libpq-dev solves that one.
…and
bombing on sqlite.
apt-get install sqlite3
retry
Its at this point I start thinking about puppet and how that does dependencies in a graceful manner, but I digress.
..and because I forget the development libraries, I need to also get those.
apt-get install libsqlite3-dev
Retry the bundle install, and *finally* getting a build.
Oh joy.
So, lets try run it.
bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate kandan:bootstrap
== CreateAttachments: migrating ==============================================
-- create_table(:attachments)
-> 0.0015s
== CreateAttachments: migrated (0.0016s) =====================================
== AddSessionsTable: migrating ===============================================
-- create_table(:sessions)
-> 0.0011s
-- add_index(:sessions, :session_id)
-> 0.0004s
-- add_index(:sessions, :updated_at)
-> 0.0004s
== AddSessionsTable: migrated (0.0020s) ======================================
== DeviseCreateUsers: migrating ==============================================
-- create_table(:users)
-> 0.0435s
-- add_index(:users, :email, {:unique=>true})
-> 0.0005s
-- add_index(:users, :ido_id, {:unique=>true})
-> 0.0005s
-- add_index(:users, :authentication_token, {:unique=>true})
-> 0.0005s
== DeviseCreateUsers: migrated (0.0452s) =====================================
== CreateChannels: migrating =================================================
-- create_table(:channels)
-> 0.0011s
== CreateChannels: migrated (0.0011s) ========================================
== CreateActivities: migrating ===============================================
-- create_table(:activities)
-> 0.0012s
== CreateActivities: migrated (0.0013s) ======================================
== AddGravatarHashToUsers: migrating =========================================
-- add_column(:users, :gravatar_hash, :text)
-> 0.0007s
== AddGravatarHashToUsers: migrated (0.0007s) ================================
== AddActiveToUsers: migrating ===============================================
-- add_column(:users, :active, :boolean, {:default=>true})
-> 0.0007s
== AddActiveToUsers: migrated (0.0007s) ======================================
Creating default user...
Creating default channel...
rake aborted!
undefined method `to_i' for #
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374/gems/activemodel-3.2.11/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb:407:in `method_missing'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374/gems/activerecord-3.2.11/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb:149:in `method_missing'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374/gems/activerecord-3.2.11/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/column.rb:178:in `value_to_integer'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374/gems/activerecord-3.2.11/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/column.rb:78:in `type_cast'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374/gems/activerecord-3.2.11/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb:86:in `_field_changed?'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374/gems/activerecord-3.2.11/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb:63:in `write_attribute'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374/gems/activerecord-3.2.11/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb:14:in `channel_id='
/home/cubieboard/chat/kandan/lib/tasks/kandan.rake:35:in `block (3 levels) in
/home/cubieboard/chat/kandan/lib/tasks/kandan.rake:23:in `each'
/home/cubieboard/chat/kandan/lib/tasks/kandan.rake:23:in `block (2 levels) in
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374/bin/ruby_noexec_wrapper:14:in `eval'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374/bin/ruby_noexec_wrapper:14:in `
Tasks: TOP => kandan:bootstrap
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
Oh look, *what* a suprise. Another error.
I’m starting to think that nobody actually tests this stuff in real life.
undefined method `to_i’
A bit of googling, and it looks like Ruby has changed functionality, and broken things in 3.2.3
See – http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13348980/activerecord-to-i-method-removed-in-rails-3-2-9
Plus, there are some security issues to in Rails (of course).
*and* Kandan guys have cancelled it.
However someone else has forked it, and is updating it.
So, lets wipe all of that, and start again, shall we.
-> https://github.com/kandanapp/kandan
cd ..
rm -r kandan –with-prejudice
git clone https://github.com/kandanapp/kandan
edit the config/database.yaml
Add some sqlite3 (hey, the rest is, and at this point I just want something testable, I can tweak later).
production:
adapter: sqlite3
host: localhost
database: db/production.sqlite3
pool: 5
timeout: 5000
save.
exec rake db:create db:migrate kandan:bootstrap
Done. Yay.
Now to test.
bundle exec thin start
>> Using rack adapter
>> Thin web server (v1.3.1 codename Triple Espresso)
>> Maximum connections set to 1024
>> Listening on 0.0.0.0:3000, CTRL+C to stop
Ok, now *thats* finally working, I just need to setup a apache_proxy to that port on the actual url it will be sitting on, and finally it should work.
*Famous last words*.
Way more painful than it really needed to be. Grr…
WordPress has a nice feature called Custom Post types.
(An overview for those that code for WordPress is here – http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/plugins/a-guide-to-wordpress-custom-post-types-creation-display-and-meta-boxes/ )
We typically use the Custom Post Types UI plugin ( http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/ ) to create, rather than write code. The end result is the same though.
This allows us to create specifically enumerated sets of content relatively easily.
eg – if you were doing a Site for a Client, you may need a Portfolio section for their web.
With custom post types, you can setup a Portfolio post type, and add various taxonomies (meta data to group or organize these posts by later)
eg Category
Eg if it was for a web design firm, you might add values into the Category taxonomy like
Flash
HTML5
CMS
Then choose those categories when you add a new Portfolio post so that you can later filter by any of those fields.
So far so good.
We also use another Plugin called QTranslate ( http://www.qianqin.de/qtranslate/ )
QTranslate allows us to add multiple translations for a post, or taxonomy in the WordPress UI.
Its pretty nifty, and a good tool for those that do multilingual wordpress sites.
QTranslate seems to be a little funky about how it works with Custom Post Types though – essentially its a little hit and miss whether it actually populates the backend with translation options.
After a bit of googling I found a nice solution to force it to parse taxonomies.
Add this into your Template functions.php at the end of the file, and QTranslate will work properly.
function qtranslate_edit_taxonomies(){
$args=array(
'public' => true ,
'_builtin' => false
);
$output = 'object'; // or objects
$operator = 'and'; // 'and' or 'or'
$taxonomies = get_taxonomies($args,$output,$operator);
if ($taxonomies) {
foreach ($taxonomies as $taxonomy ) {
add_action( $taxonomy->name.'_add_form', 'qtrans_modifyTermFormFor');
add_action( $taxonomy->name.'_edit_form', 'qtrans_modifyTermFormFor');
}
}
}
add_action('admin_init', 'qtranslate_edit_taxonomies');
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