Introduction to Spree (A Ruby on Rails E-Commerce App)

Presented at ConFoo 2014.

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1. Introduction to Spree A Ruby on Rails E-Commerce App by Gregor MacDougall Twitter: @GrMacDougall Website: http://www.freerunningtech.com/
2. About Me Gregor MacDougall Sr. Software Developer @ FreeRunning Technologies
4. The Grand Tour rake sandbox
14. Look Familiar? • Competitors ◦ Marketplace Solutions ◦ SaaS Solutions ◦ Self-hosted Solutions ▪ Magento, VirtueMart, ZenCart, Prestashop, osCommerce, OpenCart, …
15. What Makes Spree Different? • Ruby on Rails • Rails Engine • mount Spree::Core::Engine, :at => '/store' ◦ / -> Your App ◦ /store -> Spree ◦ /blog -> Something Else
16. How Does Spree Model Data? Product • Basic Product ◦ Name ◦ Description ◦ SKU ◦ Weight, Dimensions ◦ Price
17. How Does Spree Model Data? Product • Name • Description Variant • SKU • Weight, Dimensions • Price
18. How Does Spree Model Data? Product - OptionType: colour Variant - OptionValue: black Product - OptionType: colour Variant - OptionValue: red
20. How Does Spree Model Data?
24. Customizing Spree • View Customization ◦ CSS ◦ Replacing Templates ◦ Deface • Logic Customization ◦ Adding new logic ◦ Changing existing logic
25. xray-rails
26. Replacing a view Create the following file: ./app/views/spree/shared/_search.html.erb
27. Using Deface to Modify Templates
28. Deface app/views/spree/shared/_products.html.erb
29. Deface app/overrides/before_products.rb
30. Deface (Matching on Template)
31. Customizability Ruby Meta-Programming (pry examples)
32. With Great Power...
33. Mixed Nuts Store
34. Create The Nut Model rails g model Spree::Nut name:string
35. Create The Nut Variant Association rails g model Spree::VariantNut variant: references nut:references
36. Our Models
37. Nut Model In Action
38. Modifying Spree’s Classes app/models/spree/variant_decorator.rb
39. Overriding Spree Functionality
40. Other Spree Features • Promotions & Discounts • API • Stock Location & Inventory Tracking • ActiveMerchant Support (100+ Payment Gateways) • Full i18n support (~40 languages currently supported) • Large Library of Extensions • and much more
41. For More Information Spree http://www.spreecommerce.com/ http://www.github.com/spree/spree FreeRunning Technologies http://www.freerunningtech.com/
42. About Me Twitter: @GrMacDougall Github: https://github.com/gmacdougall E-mail: gmacdougall@freerunningtech.com Slides: http://www.freerunningtech.com/confoo More From Me! Practical Code Review with Gerrit 9:00 AM Tomorrow (Same Room)