SA3-AR Active Reading: Model Basics

Instructions

Following the usual Active Reading (AR) Instructions, carefully read and perform the steps in each of the following Demos-n-Deets demos:

• Model Classes
• Tables
• Index Pages
• Show Pages

Important Things to Remember

• Perform all the steps.
• Think deeply and make sure you understand each step.
• Name screenshots with the exact names specified.

How to Start Each Demo

1. cd into your workspace folder.
2. Find the “Base App Code Branch” link in the demo webpage.
3. git clone the base app repo, giving it a custom name, like sa1-ar-model-classes.
4. cd into the new working directory.
5. git switch to the base app branch specified in the demo.
6. Open the working directory in VS Code, bundle install/rails db:migrate && rails db:seed, and begin the demo.

What to Submit

• Model Classes Demo Screenshot:
  • sa3-ar-01: The result of the final Car.all command run in the Rails console.
• Index Pages Demo Screenshot:
  • sa3-ar-02: The index page displayed in the browser.
• Show Pages Demo Screenshots:
  • sa3-ar-03: The show page for the record with ID of 3 displayed in the browser,
  • sa3-ar-04: The index page displayed in the browser, now with links to the show pages, and
  • sa3-ar-05: The contents of the index.html.erb view file in VS Code (especially make sure that the link_to helper calls are visible).

Important! All screenshots must include your computer’s desktop in the background so that it is recognizable as your desktop. Also, all screenshots of web pages must display the entire URL of the page in the browser’s location bar. (Watch out, as some browsers like to hide parts of the URL unless you click on it.)