DOCS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

For now, the most usable feature of active tools is 'custom counters' - my implementation of counter through solution

Look here! Typical data structure

Country

class Country # has 'products_count' column
  ...
end

Made in ...

class MadeIn # has 'products_count' column
  belongs_to :country

  custom_counter_cache_for :country => {:made_ins_count => 1, :products_count => :products_count}

  # So, when MadeIn created/deleted, Country's 'made_ins_count' incremented/decremented by 1 and 'products_count' by MadeIn's 'products_count' value
  ...
end

Category (has parent)

class Category # has 'products_count' column
  acts_as_nested_set # has parent and children (!)

  custom_counter_cache_for "parent*" => {:children_count => 1, :products_count => :products_count}

  # So, when Category created/deleted, parent's 'children_count' incremented/decremented by 1 and 'products_count' by Category's 'products_count' value

end

Brand name

class Brand # has 'products_count' column
  ...
end

Product itself

class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :category
  belongs_to :brand
  belongs_to :made_in

  custom_counter_cache_for :made_in => {:products_count => 1, :country => {:products_count => 1}}, :category => {:products_count => 1, "parent*" => {:products_count => 1}}, :brand => {:products_count => 1}

  # You can use nested options... it is very very useful :)

end

Thanks

ActiveTools

TODO: Write a gem description

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'active_tools'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install active_tools

Usage

TODO: Write usage instructions here

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request