Socialization-Cassandra

Socialization is a Ruby Gem that allows any ActiveRecord model to Follow, Like, 'Comment' and/or Share any other model. Cassandra is used as a data store.

Installation

Rails 3/4

Add the gem to the gemfile: gem "socialization-cassandra"

Run the generator: rails generate socialization -s

Run: rake socialization:migrate

Rails 2.3.x Support

This gem requires Rails 3 or better. Sorry!

Usage

Setup

Allow a model to be followed:

class Celebrity < ActiveRecord::Base
  ...
  acts_as_followable
  ...
end

Allow a model to be a follower:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  ...
  acts_as_follower
  ...
end

Allow a model to be liked:

class Movie < ActiveRecord::Base
  ...
  acts_as_likeable
  ...
end

Allow a model to like:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  ...
  acts_as_liker
  ...
end

acts_as_follower Methods

Follow something

user.follow!(celebrity)

Stop following

user.unfollow!(celebrity)

Toggle

user.toggle_follow!(celebrity)

Is following?

user.follows?(celebrity)

What items are you following (given that an Item model is followed)?

user.followees(Item)

acts_as_followable Methods

Find out if an objects follows

celebrity.followed_by?(user)

All followers

celebrity.followers(User)

acts_as_liker Methods

Like something

user.like!(movie)

Stop liking

user.unlike!(movie)

Toggle

user.toggle_like!(celebrity)

Likes?

user.likes?(movie)

acts_as_likeable Methods

Find out if an objects likes

movie.liked_by?(user)

All likers

movie.likers(User)

Note on Patches/Pull Requests

Fork the project.
Make your feature addition or bug fix.
Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.