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Posted by Carlos Tames
Carlos Tames
5,846 Points

Save checkbox status on rails app

Hello - I'm creating a basic webapp, and I'm using the techniques that I learned here, so what I whant to know is how to save a checkbox status to database.

I'm using scaffolding as in course any ideas?

Regards

1 Answer

Philipp Antar
Philipp Antar
7,216 Points
Philipp Antar
Philipp Antar
7,216 Points

(Very) quick rundown:

Generate new rails app:

 rails new checkbox_app

Switch to the app directory:

 cd checkbox_app

Generate Scaffold

 rails generate scaffold Mood happy:boolean

Remove default welcome page

rm public/index.html

Route root to Moods#index in config/routes.rb (in a text editor)

root to: 'moods#index'

Run the migration:

rake db:migrate

Start the server 

rails s

…and got to http://0.0.0.0:3000/, you're up and running :)

Chances are, you have a running rails app but no idea how you got there (I've been there). I recommend learning the MVC architecture in depth, here on treehouse, with Michael Hartl's free book and with the Rails Guides.