ToyCity 4 - Udacidata

Project Overview

Your boss loves what you did with the inventory app in ToyCity 3, but now has another request. She wants to be able to permanently store the data in a database, and update the database through the app rather than modify the database directly by hand.

In this project, you will use all the knowledge you learned in this Nanodegree program to create a special class called Udacidata that will map each Product object to an entry in the ToyCity database.

Why Does This Matter?

Keeping large amounts of data organized is one of the number one challenges web developers address on a daily basis. The general organization of this project reflects the structure of a tool called ActiveRecord, which is used frequently as a Ruby on Rails developer.

Completing this Project

You should have completed all the necessary steps for finishing this project in ToyCity 4. Before submitting, ensure your program returns the correct values for all the sample code provided in app.rb, and meets the following requirements.

• Udacidata: The Udacidata class has all of the required methods correctly implemented. Each method returns the expected return values outlined in the lesson and in udacidata_test.rb.
  • all
  • create
  • first and first(n)
  • last and last(n)
  • destroy
  • update
  • find and find_by_#{attribute}
  • where
• Modules: The Analyzable module contains all of the required methods correctly implemented. Each method returns the expected return values outlined in the lesson and in analyzable_test.rb
  • count_by_brand
  • count_by_name
  • average_price
  • print_report
• Seeds: The Faker gem is used to generate fake data in the db_seed method inside seeds.rb. db_seed populates the database with 10 new Products.
• Metaprogramming: Metaprogramming concepts (e.g., re-opening classes, define_method, class_eval, etc.) are used to dynamically define the find_by_#{attribute} methods rather than hardcoding them.
• Test-Driven-Development: The student uses TDD and all of the tests in both udacidata_test.rb and analyzable_test.rb pass.
• Modules: The Analyzable module contains all of the required methods correctly implemented.
• Final Output: The code in app.rb is uncommented after the tests pass and outputs the expected return values to the terminal. (Code demonstrating error handling can remain commented out.)
• Errors: ProductNotFoundError is raised when non-existent product IDs are passed in as arguments.
• .gitignore: Files like .DS_Store and data.csv are added and ignored using a .gitignore

Additionally, the following requirements have been met:

• The project is submitted using GitHub, with regular commits
• Code follows proper style and naming conventions

Submitting Your Project

Before submitting your project for evaluation, we recommend that you check that each of the following is true:

• Your program runs without any errors
• You are proud of your project and its output
• You completed your project according to the instructions
• You checked your project against the rubric
• When you feel ready to submit, use the blue 'Submit Project' button below!