Following/Follower model

Not sure if i'm right here but I think If you go back over the videos you can see the point where Jason says the model we have is akin to follower / followed. He then introduces the state machine to determine the ability to accept or block friend requests. With the follower / followed model, the user has no control of who follows them, a state machine allows you to control who follows / friends you. I am trying to finish this tutorial using rails 4 and then add it to the Hartl app, Let me know how you get on if you attempt it.

I have found a couple of resources very helpful the last few days and would recommend them to everybody before starting the rails courses on this site. Just to get a better understanding of what is going on.

First is Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby very quirky but the underpinning code is simple to follow and understand.

Then Demo App complete written walk through explaining everything that is happening, which is unfortunately missing from the tutorials on here, but I do respect that the videos would be too long is they went into too much detail.

I think my point is that these videos should only be undertaken once you have an understanding of a Rails application and what exactly everything does.

Good Luck

Thanks guys. I've been able to make it work partially in php. I enjoy coding with Ruby on Rails. But I find more implementations of features (particularity, social) with php. I'll keep trying in rails and I will post it when/if I figure it out.